You might think

I’m foolish, or maybe it’s untrue

Ahem.  Yes.  Well.

You might think, based on a cursory reading of this blog, that I am excited, enthused and ecstatic about the results of the election.

You might think that, but I’m not.  I’m somewhat relieved, not more but not less nervous and moderately happy but probably not for the reasons you think.

I thought that Romney would not have been good for the country and bad for a lot of people.  But I’m not jumping for joy that Obama was reelected.  I’m just not as worried as I would have been if Romney had won.

If Romney had won I would be very worried about what would happen next year but now I feel like I have some breathing room.  Not much, but some and that’s still at risk, but it may be enough.  I am also relieved that the candidate who brought lying in a campaign to new heights did not win because of that.  That’s the part I’m happy about.  All politicians stretch the truth and make promises they may never try to keep.  This guy lied about hard facts and showed no reluctance to keep lying after the facts were reported.

So I’m glad that the candidate who wasn’t as bad won and the one who looked really bad lost.

Excited, no, but I am somewhat relieved and that’s a good thing.

Maybe that is what you thought.