Are Americans Angry or Awake?

There is a lot of talk about the American voters being angry.  They should be angry.  The last two years have shown them that they have a government unresponsive to their values.  Yes, it can be argued that this has been coming for a long time, and that it is really all “Bush’s” or even “Clinton’s” fault!  Okay.  This writer does not believe that for one minute, in either Clinton’s or Bush’s case.  Rather, our government has grown too big.  It is so big that President Obama could say to a Latino audience that they must see the Republicans and the Tea Party movement as their “enemies.”  Further, he said that the Latino audience should punish their enemies.  It scares me when a President can call the opposition his “enemies.”  I do not agree with President Obama and definitely not with his policies, therefore, I must be his enemy.    I am not.  I am an American.  I am free to agree or disagree as I see fit to do.  And I have a right to the political expression of my views both at the rally, on the street corner, at the march and in  the voters booth.  Additionally, I am not happy that the President of the USA see’s himself as leader of only a part of the nation and the enemy of the rest of the nation.   As a candidate Senator Obama said that he would not visit West Virginia because it was a “red” state; Remembeer?  Seems he had already formed his concept that he would be President of only 49 states.  The voters who vote against the Democrats today are not haters of President Obama.  They are not racists.  They are not irrational, running scared or acting stupidly.  They are lovers of America, tolerant, fair minded people who are acting intelligently to vote out of office congress persons and senators who have proven themselves to be unresponsive to the values of their constituents.    Rather, was it not the President himself who stated that the police in Cambridge had acted stupidly?  As a campaigner, did he not say that frightened Americans blindly cling to their guns and their religion?  As a speaker to a Latino audience did he not identify himself with them and by blatant inference tell them that as Americans it is okay to regard other Americans as the “enemy” who must be profiled  and punished?   No, Mr. President, the American voters are not angry.  They are awake.  The are not racist and haters.  They are people who are civically responsible who by the ballot today send their respresentatives a message.  It is this:  We are awake  and we well remain awake and alert for a long time. And if you think we will go back to sleep tomorrow, you are mistaken.