Election 2012: If you really stop to think about it….

If you really stop to think about, President Obama’s reelection was not so much about a loss for Romney as it was a tribute to the 47% who overcame incredible odds  to exercise their basic right to vote more than any other time in American history outside of the Jim Crow years!  Of particular note is that the President won in two of the states where Republican governors, legislators, state election officials,  state attorney generals and Super Pacer(s)   fought the hardest and shelled out the most dollars  to deny Americans the right to vote – Pennsylvania ,  Ohio and most likely Florida as well once Governor Rick Scott's, Republican legislators'  and  Republican election officials'  voter suppression tricks are ironed out and the  final tally is in.

The President’s reelection was also a tribute to the 2008 coalition representative of all America -   Blacks, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, moderates, young voters, seniors and white men – most of which voted in greater numbers than in  2008 and never stopped supporting the President’s  Better America for all Americans Agenda despite right wing pundits on CNN and FOX who tried their hardest to put down the  47%’  intelligence and relevance throughout the 2012 Election campaign.  Guess what - community organizing is hard work and it  works!

The 2012 General Election was the 47%(ers)  mandate to end Tea Partied obstructionism   not only  by  gaining and/or maintaining  5 seats in the US Senate, but also in voting out Tea Partied extremists in  4 House seats with a possibility of more to come in the final tally.  

Tea  Partied House Republican leaders are vowing to continue their Just Say No  Obstruction  Agenda on the backs of the 47%, but remember that most of them will be up for reelection in the 2014 Midterm Election which is just a short 2 years away!

So, as much as you will be hearing Tea Partied Republican elected official’s and  right wing pundits’  post-election spin that the 2012 Election is  ”a mandate for President Obama to reach across the aisle”(!?!?!) , remember the reality that was so elegantly and patriotically stated by none other than Governor  Romney in his concession speech…

The election is over.

Now it is time for…

leaders to reach across the aisle,

to put an end to bi-partisan bickering,

for job creators to create jobs and invest in America and

to pray for our leader

GOTTA VOTE!

All the time!