A Blue State Of Mind
Friday, November 5th, 2004Like a lot of people, I’ve been kinda down since the election on Tuesday. Part of it is of course the disappointment that my guy didn’t win the presidency. But a part of it is just the emotional exhaustion that the whole political season has wrought. Well life goes on, get over it…
One of the most interesting things about the past election is the entry of the terms "red states" and "blue states" into the American lexicon. Not since the Civil War can I remember any terms that so succinctly sum up the division that has developed in this country. Never before in my adult life have I seen such passion and hatred directed at the presidential candidates. And now as the pattern of red states and blue states is etched in my mind, I think I can imagine how people must have felt when we had free states and slave states. It really does feel like we now have two countries where there once was only one, each side wondering how the other can possibly think and live the way they do. Of course, those of us in the blue states are right you know! 
