[shibumi]

"People basking in a long-sought victory -- a victory that they can bank on -- behave in a certain way. There's a sense of exhilaration, of smugness, of tolerant condescension for the losers. But there's none of that in any of the hardcore left-wing comments. No arrogance, no lofty amusement, but something else entirely, something that can only be characterized as a sense of near-hysteria crossed with frustration. It's an impression of deep insecurity, of people afraid that their triumph is ephemeral and is going to be snatched away from them. In their moment of victory, the American left is no less than desperate."

Considering the manner in which this election was "won" and the office of POTUS usurped, it could be that the left is finding out that Ill-gotten gains are never as satisfying as those honestly earned.


.....or it could be that they're just jerks.

[Darkwolf377]

Considering the manner in which this election was "won" and the office of POTUS usurped, it could be that the left is finding out that Ill-gotten gains are never as satisfying as those honestly earned. .....or it could be that they're just jerks.

I think their reaction as described above is proof of what we FReepers have always maintained, based on the DUmmie FUnnies comments, for example.

Liberals are miserable, powerless people who believe they should be running the planet, and they would be, if only this world wasn't so unfair.

Combine that with hero adulation, which is a sign in men of a failure of masculinity and maturity, and you've got an anxious bunch who can only be made happy by something that will never, ever happen: They will not be getting phone calls from Obama putting them in some bureaucratic post ala the Soviet Union promotion of party apparatchiks with no experience to positions of authority over those who might have wronged or ignored them in the past.

The Obama fans aren't happy sitting in the basement watching this stuff happen, they want to be in on the decisions--yet I suspect most of them never get off their butts and talk to people not like themselves.

This is why you don't find as many on the right getting as wrought up. A true conservative put in a place of power would react in the exact opposite manner of a liberal. Instead of being thrilled at being in a position to control others, he would be anxious to do his necessary duty and then get back to LIVING. A true liberal would live in DC forever, making laws and more laws, shaping the lives of others too blind to live for themselves; a true conservative would run for office only to throw roadblocks in the way of such people, and hope more will follow him so he can get the heck out of DC and get back to the life he wants to live--without interference from anyone (other than those necessary things only government can do, defense, etc.).

So I guess this is a loooong way of saying yeah, they're just jerks.