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It will take me a few days to process this event. I lost much faith in the American people after last night. I simply don't understand.

Condense all the issues down, the one that jumps out is the debt and additional deficit spending that Obama has done over the past 4 years - with more to come. We've certainly rounded the European debt corner. I was pissed at Bush in term 2 for his spending and certainly thought all the people that bitched about Bush would certainly recognize the same pattern with Obama, especially given the greater magnitude.

The thing that especially grates on my nerves is the democrat talking point, and those that repeat the mantra, that demonizes business. To me, this is more of a statment about the person and their associated persona than it is about the evils of business. I've been a business owner and come from a family of small business owners. Most folks would call my family and our extended family "rich" because of their success. What most see is the manifestation of 20 years worth of effort and sacrifice. What they refuse or don't to see is the preceding years it took to get to that point. Americans apparently have reached the point where hard work, sacrifice, and determination mean nothing. That saddens me greatly.

I myself am a bit of an oxymoron - I'm a christian, conservative, govt woker. I manage an office for the Federal Govt. I make a good salary, have good benefits, and have a good retirement ahead of me - if the govt survives. What people see is my salary and associated benefits. What they don't see is my work schedule (50 hrs/wk), the struggles of managing 18 direct reports, the BS from the industry and enviros I deal with daily, etc. They also don't know the rest of the story - undergrad at 23 while working full time, graduate school in the evenings with 4 small kids at home, 2 jobs I've worked most of my adult life, or the hours I've worked to get their, etc. I'm still looking for that cushy 40 hr/wk gov job I get accused of having. In the end, I love what I do or I wouldn't do it.

Professional people are another 'class' of people that most are envious of. What they don't see is the years of developing the craft, mountain of student loan debt, internships/residency, work hours, and sacrifice to establish a business. What people see is the rewards of years of effort and somehow think life isn't fair because they don't have the same.

America is still the land where hard work, perserverance, and raw effort yield a good living. That America, the America I love and grew up in, is coming to an end. Things are rarely as bad or good as they first appear. I'm trusting this is true but right now it doesn't feel that way.

Colorado, you have the right idea. At the end of the day
we are all Americans. We have been through some tough times
the last few years and now it,s time to sit down and hash out
the problems and agree on solutions. Understanding that no
group gets everthing their way. This is a democracy and that
means compromise.

Romney will take Va.

Today, you're the enemy...you have too much and must share it with those who did not swork and sacrifice as you did.The Obama electorate wants what you have accomplished and worked hard to get,as an "entitlement".

Pretty soon the producers will be disheartened, their personal wealth drained;the investors will flea off shore,the economy will continue to sag,and the engine that feeds the monsterous government and entitlement programs will sputter and fail.

And Obama will ask business owners (again).."Why aren't you hiring?".Only an idiot,or idealougue,even asks the question.

What they seem not to know, is that you can twist things with rhetoric, but fundamental rules of economics, like gravity,will never,ever change.No government seems to learn this,until it is too late...even as history continues to tell us this,we have gone down the same failed path.This country is not about to become Greece...it IS Greece,but many times worse.

Colorado, you have the right idea. At the end of the day
we are all Americans. We have been through some tough times
the last few years and now it,s time to sit down and hash out
the problems and agree on solutions. Understanding that no
group gets everthing their way. This is a democracy and that
means compromise.

WRONG! The United States is NOT a Democracy, never has been. It is a Representative Republic. Huge Difference, Huge.

Cheer up things are only going to get worse.

The only way to survive is to hunker down and protect as much wealth as possible. If you haven't already think about investing off-shore. The Wife is so distraught she is thinking we should move to New Zealand. (That's not going to happen.)

Be creative and figure ways to maintain and expand wealth in a Socialist economy.

Wow. What a [bleep] pity party. It's as if some of y'all didn't realize that this could happen. This wasn't a one-night deal. This has been coming...building. I'm not on Facebook, but my wife is. Some of the comments from Dims on there were startling.

The bottom line is you gotta soldier on. 50% of this country may have voted for this loser, but 50% didn't. We have the House. The Senate is divided. We have to figure out a way to keep the SCOTUS from falling into the hands of the Communists. We have to keep on keeping on.

Some of y'all are surprising me with your utter demoralization. Cowboy up. Your kids are depending on you.

That's right, sir.

System of check of balances. He won't be allowed to [bleep] up too bad.