On Jan 16, 10:37*pm, "Pete C." > wrote:
> Felice wrote:
>
> > So what are those of us who are celebrating going to have for lunch on
> > Tuesday? The best I can come up with is Chicago deep-dish pizza from Uno via
> > Dining In. Someone has to have a better idea.
>
> > Felice
> > .
>
> Very close to half the population of the US will not be celebrating. I
> expect close to 100% are hoping for the best however.
>
> It's pretty sad how the perception of the election is drastically
> different when the reality is that it was only a few percent further
> apart than the election folks still haven't stopped bitching about.
> Those few percent can largely be attributed to those voting based on the
> novelty factor of making a historic election, and not on political
> positions.
>
> The US is no less divided than it was in 2000, and unless something
> dramatic happens (a president with a permanent tan isn't dramatic), I
> don't see any sort of national cohesion forming to bring the masses in
> from the polarized extremes.
> It's a scary thought to imagine how W.W.II would have turned out if the
> US population was as polarized as it is today. Today we face challenges
> at least as great as those in W.W.II and the future does not look good
> no matter who we have in the White House.
>
> Pete C. - Centrist and realist
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Funny, you don't sound Centrist to me. You sound slightly right of
Gengis Khan.
Lynn in Fargo