What the election has taught us

A hard fought battle between Obama and Romney supporters. What have we learned?

• Radical "Republicanism" is divisive. The party caters to only a very few individuals...those making a tremendous amount of money. Since this small group doesn't have enough collective votes to win any election, Republicans have fostered themselves as the party of Jesus and moral authority. This is interesting, because if you look at the tactics of its most rapid pundits (such as Limbaugh, Coulter, and Beck), they represent the antithesis of morality. The knee-jerk Republican response to defeat, to be "the party of 'no'," is not helpful.
• As a nation, we need to come to grips with ideas that much of the world has already realized:
• Health care is a right, not a privilege. So we need to pay for it.
• Education, based on merit, should not destitute those trying to attain it.
• "Offense in advance" is not necessarily the same thing as "defense."
• This is not a religious nation. For those espousing strict constitutionalism, read your history. The founding fathers were far from religious people
• Tax reform is essential, but nobody has yet embraced the true answer, a flat tax with limited deductions. Also, why are religious institutions that intrude into the political sphere tax exempt?
• Abortion should be available, safe, and rare. A woman's body, and her right to do with it as she pleases, should not be the subject of legislation.
• Evolution is real. Global warming is real. If your religious tenets say otherwise, they are simply wrong.