On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:51:08 -0800, Lynn from Fargo wrote:

> On Jan 16, 10:37Â*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
> ========================================= Funny, you don't sound
> Centrist to me. You sound slightly right of Gengis Khan.

?? He didn't express any political position in his post (either left or
right)?