Election divided the nation

The Journal called it a knife-edge election. It should have been (this is a divided nation). This was the last chance for the conservatives to elect a president with a Caucasian vote. This should be a wake up call to the pompous Republicans who convinced Romney that you could insult 47 percent of our population and still get elected by looking presidential. President Obama started the down and dirty race on the east coast and the Romney-Ryan ticket decided they should stay above that until it was too late. The facts were there and they decided not to use them.

If the Republicans would have given just a small percentage on taxing the rich, that would have taken Obama’s main argument away! Until they do that, they are not going to get the needed votes. The 47 percent group is going to grow as those of us in the middle class will slowly slide into the lower class, as Obama-care sucks the life out of small business and our health care system! That is part of his plan to redistribute the wealth.

Gerald W. Ray, Spokane