I can accept that Obama was re-elected President

I cannot accept that I live in a country that re-elected Santa Claus ... in spite of the fact that the US is facing a MASSIVE problem of over $200 trillion in FUTURE unfunded liabilities.  

Oh, well, it is what it is.   It is time to saddle up and FIX this.  That's all.

I might feel bad about the fact that I live in a country populated by people who [by a margin of 51% to 47%] chose to express themselves as a divided nation with the House of Representatives STILL controlled by a large majority of 234 solid seats [and maybe more, depending on recounts still in progress ...].   

The election results, especially the Republican majority in the House, tells me that there are still a majority of people in the country who understand that things are badly broken -- overall, the people have voted in favor of DIVISION.   So now we get DIVISION!  It was too optimistic to expect that we would see people understand that there is no free lunch.  

IDIOTS do want to believe in Santa Claus and the vote from one of those idiots counts as much as the vote from a responsible person.

But realistically, there is reason for some optimism ... after all, we still have 234 seats in the House ... it'll be tough and contentious battle ... or I should say, "HOPEFULLY, it will be a tough and contentious battle!" ... but this majority is still something we can work with ... we know what we have to do, there will be opportunities to go after the Democrats, it's not going to be easy ... it is time to saddle up, get ready for the fight and FIX this.