Barack Obama won the election.
He did not win by stealing the election. Voter irregularities always happen. It is one reason we support voter ID rules. But even in the worse scenario of reports out there, there were not enough tales of voter irregularities to matter nationwide. This is another benefit and built in safeguard of the electoral college.
Barack Obama won. He won by turning out the most people in a well run campaign. In other words, he won fair and square.
We here at RedState are American citizens. We have no plans to secede from the union. If you do, good luck with that, but this is not the place for you.
I devote a good deal of time, energy, and column inches to discoursing on why Conservatives are consistently out of touch, often mean-spirited and insensitive, and generally just plain wrong. That said, I feel compelled to acknowledge RedState.com, a Conservative blog known primarily for spewing rage and Right-wing orthodoxy, for being one of the few media outlets on the Right to recognize reality.
There’s something classy about accepting defeat graciously, congratulating the winner, and resolving to move on. That doesn’t mean Red State should, or will, roll over and allow the “Liberal agenda” to have its way. Conservatives still have a valued role as the Loyal Opposition, as Democrats did during George W. Bush’s Reign of Error ©.
(No, I still haven’t let go of the conviction that Republicans stole Florida, and with it the election, for Bush in 2000…but that’s another story for another time.)
Red State’s message for the unhinged, Looney Tunes fringe of the Far Right is both welcome and appropriate under the circumstances. Someone needs to be an adult, and I commend Red State for taking that step. Would that more Conservatives would move out of Whine Country and begin thinking about how best to move America forward. Conservative fortunes may be on the wane, but that’s not to say there isn’t a role for them to play as the Loyal Opposition. It’s time for them to step up, accept the results of the election, and try to do something constructive. No, you didn’t win, but we’re all Americans, and it’s time to look forward instead of obsessing over the past.
