My first Comment

Yeah! I finally have my first reader comment, as I had hoped from a friend with a very thoughtful opposing view to my post. I appreciated it so much I wanted to post it as its own post.

**As a McCain supporter and reader of your blog, I too am upset about some of the outrageous reactions by both McCain supporters AND Obama supporters. The quotes from the Philadelphia Inquirer are unfortunate and I'm sure were immediate heart-felt reactions to the election recorded that evening. Most of those Americans probably woke up the next morning and could agree that history was made and be proud of the record-breaking election-day turn-out. On the other hand, please remember that if McCain had won the election, we would have seen quotes from Obama supporters that would would be equally or even more disturbing. Many people devoted a lot of time and energy to this election and their immediate reactions should not be construed as long-term cynicism across the board.

One final point I would like to make is that I am perfectly happy paying my fair share of taxes, but I'm not supportive of having one income bracket pay exponentially higher taxes while others get tax breaks, especially in our current economic situation. Obama's "spread the wealth" philosophy is what is at issue here and hopefully will never be implemented within America. As you mention in your blog, since we have a deficit, shouldn't all Americans be responsible for digging us out of debt, not just those that happen to make over $250K?