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I wanted to thank you for your thoughtful post. You have eloquently put into words my own feelings.. from following the pre-election process, staying abreast of the candidates’ stand on the issues, belief that my country would ‘never’ elect this person to the highest office, then seeing that the ‘light at the end of the tunnel really was a train’. Dumbstruck at first, angry second, fearful next, and now.. now I'm at a loss as to what to do. Not only is it a train coming.. it seems the tunnel has no exit, and I have no recourse but to watch it approach, experience the agony over and over, until it hits.

I too, fear for my Country, for our future, and our children's future even more. I don't blame my fellow citizens (for the most part) for the oncoming train; it is powered by a very very small minority.. with alot of money, alot of power, and a lack of any moral conscience. The people that gave them power were manipulated in subtle, and not-so subtle ways.

They appealed to the poor, the hopeless. with promises of a lift up out of their circumstances; all the while knowing they would only give them paltry offerings of a ‘benevolent’ government, just enough to create dependence, and thus retain power. They appealed to the young’s innocent idealism; with slogans and promises of a world of peace and prosperity through thoughtful communication and tolerance... reminiscent of the ‘flower child’ mantra of the 60’s. They reached out to minorities, blacks, Hispanics, gays.. making them believe, through well-crafted speeches and campaign rhetoric, that bringing this man into power would suddenly validate them.. remove any and all discrimination, real or imagined.. that they struggled with.

Obama, and this small group, won by reaching inside to touch the most vulnerable part of the voters; and used that vulnerability in the cruelest, most inhumane way possible.. offering them false hope.

So here we are.. and yes, where do we go from here? When these people.. this ‘just a shy over one half’ of America realize they have been duped (as we are seeing already with the gay community), what is going to happen? Where will the sense of betrayal turn to.. the anger, the hopelessness? It's another possibility of a very very bad scenario playing out.

God bless us one and all...

I fear for my country. But I still do not believe we have reached a point where a majority of us agree with people like Barack Obama and his followers.

It is something else. What that is, I am not sure of, but it is something else.

I still believe the majority of Americans appreciate and believe in the good that this country stands for, demonstrates and is capable of, but that belief has been shaken by this election.