W. Still the President!

[Breathe]

If that headline caused you to have an emotional reaction, I hear ya. Seeing those stickers on cars made my blood boil for years. They felt like someone was taunting me, which they were. They felt like a slap in the face.

Now the winds of fortune have changed. Barack Obama is president-elect and Congress has changed hands. Republicans have been given a public drubbing and Democrats have been given a mandate (a real one, not the kind GW claimed after barely stealing the 2004 election.) My, "Yes We Did!" sticker is on it's way from MoveOn. org even as I type this.

I'll probably put that sticker on my laptop or a cooler but I will not be putting it on my car. Instead, I choose to remember how I felt upon seeing those W stickers. I choose to put myself in the shoes of McCain/Palin supporters and I choose not to provoke them and add to their pain or to the divisiveness that has torn our country apart for the last eight years. If ever there was a time to rise above, it is now.

So yes, I am happy Barack Obama won but I am choosing not to wave it in front of the noses of my brothers and sisters, whether or not they agree with me and whether or not they would do the same. Someone has to be the bigger person. Someone has to stop the flag waving and start the healing. Let there be peace on earth. And let it begin with me.

With Love,
Caroleeena

[puerco-bellies]

1. Well bless your heart, that is very reasonable and nice.

I'll slap two on my car, thank you very much.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. And all these problems arose from the GOP's failed policies!

The unemployment numbers belongs to the GOP, the coming recession/depression belongs to the GOP, the Iraq mess belongs to the GOP. All of it theirs. They can't try to put this all on Obama. They can't be allowed to pretend that it isn't happening right now.

Dumbya is still president and all of this belongs to his party: the GOP!

[Xipe Totec]

3. I'll put my American flag back up on the front porch on Jan 20th nt

[TWiley]

4. Ding dong the bush is gone

DING DONG THE BUSH IS GONE
WHICH OLD BUSH?
THE EVIL BUSH
DING DONG THE EVIL BUSH IS GONE

fah la la la, la la la, la la la la la la la

[silverojo]

5. That's bullshit

The real reason you won't put it on your car is because you know some crazy Repuke would firebomb your wheels! :rofl:

[Breathe]

7. Arr arr arr arr arr...

I've had bumper stickers on my car before and my car was never firebombed. They did get stolen sometimes but that was all. Still, I am realizing that waving flags in each other's faces just adds to the meanness and anger in the world. Just like leaving snarky comments on people's blogs. It's time to rise above that. We must be the change we wish to see in the world. If we want to live in a peaceful world, it needs to start with each of us as individuals.

[Morrisons Ghost]

6. I've never

Gotten the whole "paste your car with stickers to let everyone know what I enjoy or who I support" thing. It really ruins a car imo!