Ramblings #20 : Sara, Secession, and R.I.P. Romney

Sara amazes me just about every day with how smart she is.  She just won "Student of the Week" again, the second time in about 3 months.  Almost every paper she brings home has "100" on it.  I went to the parent-teacher conferences a couple of weeks ago, and her teacher told me Sara was the best student in the class.  She also said that she expects Sara to do very well as an adult, and that she has the intelligence and personality to go very far.  This really is the best kind of news a parent can hear about their child.

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So..here we go again.  Texas is leading the way once again to secede from the United States.  So far, they've gathered about 100,000 signatures from people (who I would consider traitors.)  It seems 20 states, including some Democratic ones (like New York!?) have filed petitions to secede from the US.

Come on people, get over it!  Take your loss and move on.  I didn't see all the Democratic states requesting to secede when George W. Bush won the White House, and we had better reason to!  The 2000 election was a sham, and Dubya was elected by a court decision, not the people.  Yes, the Democrats were angry.  But secession?  This kind of divisive talk really needs to stop.

I sent an email to President Obama (as I often do), and I told him that I am embarrassed at the behavior of my fellow Texas residents.  I also pointed out that every major city in Texas voted Democrat (which I'm sure he already knew).  Here was the final count:

AUSTIN:  Obama: 60.2%   Romney: 41.4%
DALLAS:  Obama 57.1%   Romney: 41.7%
EL PASO:  Obama 65.6%   Romney: 33.0%
SAN ANTONIO:   Obama 51.6%   Romney: 47.0%
HOUSTON:  Obama 49.4%  Romney:  49.3%

With the exception of Houston (which still went for Obama), most of these were very wide margins.  So...enough with this secession talk.  Romney may have won the state, but there are still millions of us living here who disagree with you.
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Not too long ago, I said that I thought the "real" Mitt Romney was the guy in the infamous "47% video."  Turns out, I was right.  Romney is now blaming his loss on the voters, saying that he lost because Obama promised "gifts" to the minorities, women, and young voters.  If that's the case, how can he explain losing Maine, New Hampshire, and Iowa?  These are predominantly white states, and probably won't be getting any "gifts" from Obama.  I'm certainly not getting any gifts.

Is it beyond his comprehension that maybe he lost because people just didn't like him or his policies?  Or that maybe his image was damaged from the other GOP candidates talking about rape and abortion?  Or maybe we just thought Paul Ryan's ideas were too extreme?  Or all of the above?  It has nothing to do with "gifts" at all.

Some say Romney was done in by all of Obama's negative TV ads.  Well...during the primaries, there was a 30 minute ad called "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" which was funded by his own party!  Sheldon Adelson paid for that attack ad when he was supporting Newt Gingrich.  Thanks to the Republicans, we learned very early on what a snake Romney was.

I'm getting really tired of all this talk about who the "makers and the takers" are.  If anyone is a taker, it's Romney.  Here's a guy who's made tons of money for himself and stored it away overseas.  Never investing in America.  He's always bet against America, and now he wanted us to bet on him?  Sorry.  And Mitt, you should keep in mind that you too offered gifts to those who voted for you.  The only difference is, only a very small percent of the country would benefit from those gifts.

So...goodbye and farewell Mr. Romney.  This will be the last time I bring up his name in my blog.  If it gives him any solace, he can always go back to his millions in the Cayman Islands, his car elevators, and his dancing horses.  He won't be missed.