Now that a Democrat has Won the White House Again....

I am a democrat. I am a disabled Vietnam Vet. I am currently employed by the Department of Defense and work for them in England. I didn't whine when we illegally attacked Iraq nor when we chose not to pay for these wars with taxes but instead went into debt to China. On the other hand, I will say, I am a lot more proud of my country now than when the Republicans were in control. I can also tell you, as an American living overseas, that other countries see us in a much more favorable light now that Bush company are on the way out. I noticed that your avitar is a mobile artillary piece. Were you ex-military? Where and when did you serve?

Poor Ted, we all know that you are sad that the American people voted your party out office, but it will be ok. I am sure you will hear republicans talking like they did in the late 90's, Oh I am sure you forgot about republicans bashing Clinton, and the American people. I am sure you don't remember when Clinton attacked terrorist camps in Afghanistan, and republicans attacked him. What was Clinton thinking? That Bin Laden guy wasn't a bad man (atleast republicans didn't think so then). Democrats will support their candidates, like republicans will support theirs. This is how our country is, and until something changes to bring us together, this is how it will be.

I thin that could be said about some of those on the far end of either party or ideology. We went through the same thing while Clinton was President, and as someone who listened to a lot of talk radio while delivering mail during those years, the ditto-heads were crying up a storm 24/7. I'd say most on the far right think they're proud Americans but they pick and choose which parts of America and which Americans they love. Sarah Palin has let me know I'm not a real American. Annie

Unfortunately it seems the majority of those responding completely missed your point. It's about being proud to be an American, not being proud of the president. I wasn't proud of Bill Clinton, but I've ALWAYS been proud to be an American. My dislike for any president would never change my love for my country. Liberals on the other hand are big on the spitting on the flag behavior. Then you have places like Berkeley, CA where they want to ban the military from being in their city and support extremists groups who try to prevent people from entering recruiting offices.

I think that applies both ways, really. The day after the election one of the first things I heard from my McCain supporting friends and family were how ashamed they were to be American right now. I guess the reason I'm not nearly so upset is because I'd have been disappointed regardless of who won. I didn't like either candidate, really. My only silver lining was going to be the failure of Prop 8 in California, but that hope was taken from me. I'm not going to dwell on that forever, though, because I know eventually we'll win. For the next 4 years it'll be the republicans and conservatives complaining. That's how the trend has gone for as long as I can remember. When the dems win, they support their candidate while republicans whine. When the republicans win, they support their candidate while the democrats whine. In the end, somebody's always going to whine about the outcome.

I hope you already know that my politics are really strange but, I don't whine until the person in starts screwing up. Then I whine, complain, bytch and get mad. lol I have to agree with Annie and I didn't even like Clinton. When I turned 18 and was able to vote, I was an Independent. This year I supported Hillary because for way too many years old white men have ruled the White House and the country has gotten progressively worse, we needed a change of pace. Guess we got it with the middle aged black man lol. Plus I have been really pissed at the Republican party for several years now and it has only gotten worse. I can honestly tell you that there are times that I'm a little disappointed in being an American. You want to know when those times are? When we go into a country and "set them free" from their awful leader so we can spread democracy, how are we the spreaders of democracy when we have politicans that should be jailed for their illegal activities. I am not talking about any party so please don't turn this into more Democrats than Republicans.

We can only hope. I know Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey are now finally proud to be Americans. See, I am always proud but I bet over the next 4 years, it may be questionable. I really do not fancy living in a socialist country. we will see!

Yes, and the whining has now begun on the other side and we will be hearing that for the next eight years (I hope) Take a look at the threads on here. They are all ready complaining that the press is laying off Obama. Never mind that he is the President Elect, hasn't been inagurated and the press ALWAYS lays off the President Elect since he can't do anything but tour the Whitehouse and name his cabinet. It's a courtesy given every President elect but they are actually saying that it is only because Obama is black and the press doesn't want to appear racist. What a crock! I don't ever remember hearing so much harping by the losing side so early in the game. The guy isn't even in office yet.

All I say that now that the Democrats blamed Bush for everything and now that they are in power, the Republicans can blame Obama for everything. Turnabout is fair play. But I did notice that the Democrats went more overboard then even the far right who wanted America to have a religious revival and for everyone to go to churhc.

Now we'll see how the far right reacts. Allready I've seen stuff out of them that mirrors how the far left acted when it was announced that Bush was re-elected. From what I've seen out of the far right these last few years they aren't much better than the far left.