Posted on 11/05/2008 7:13:48 AM PST by Gondring
It's over. Nov. 5 has come, and no matter whom you were rooting for, many political animals say the day after an election can bring on a special sort of blues. The bored kind.
"It's almost kind of a surreal feeling. [...] When her father's campaign ended during the Republican primaries, Huckabee said she felt more than a sense of loss.
"It felt like it didn't hit us until a couple of weeks later when we were like, 'Uh, what do we do now?' You don't know how to have a normal life anymore," [...]
"Getting back to the real world is probably one of the hardest things," she said. [...] Bill McConochie, the founder of Political Psychology Research, Inc.[...]
"What I do know from my research is there are two types of political animals, if you will," McConochie said. According to McConochie, how far a person falls on either end of a spectrum of "liberal" or "conservative" traits will determine how serious they will take a victory or defeat on Election Day: The more extreme in views, the more important the election.
"Their reaction will simply depend on how strongly a person is invested in the election process," said McConochie.
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Seeking weapons and ammo to defend the republic might be better advised.
Are we saving our Republic from our fellow Americans?
Just a question. I’m not trying to be sarcastic or a smartbarry.
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