Reply #61: Have some faith

[Mistwell]

1. 9-11 made it nearly impossible to through out the sitting President, and yet we nearly did.
2. An active war makes it nearly impossible to through out a sitting President, and yet we nearly did.
3. We ran an uncharismatic Senator who was noteworthy for his resume, his lack of controversial decisions (or much in the way of decisions at all) over the years, and his war record from 35 years ago...and not for his popularity or ability to run a strong campaign. And, despite running one of the most unappealing of our choices, we still almost beat a sitting President.
4. We ran against an opponant backed by a MASSIVE amount of corporate funds and much more experience in running for President. And despite that, we (for the first time) gathered more money than them over time through 527 groups and from individual contributions, and almost beat that corporate well-funded sitting President.
5. We turned out more first time voters than ever...who will hopefully came back in droves for future elections.

These are all things that indicate that the American public is doing okay. There is nothing at all hateful about the bulk of the population. We did pretty good this time, all things considered.