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When the Circus Leaves Town

by Amy Deace

Steve likes to use the analogy of “taking a tour of the sausage factory” for seeing the inner workings of things. Well, to expand on that analogy, during this caucus season I have not only gotten to take a tour of the factory, I had to move in and watch the workers and keep my mouth shut about all of it. So, as the caucus season mercifully comes to an end, these are my observations from someone that is not on the “inside track” but has been privy to it.

1) None of these candidates are perfect. They all have baggage, some personal, some professional, some a lot, some a little. If you think “your” candidate is perfect, well, you are putting them on a pedestal that God only meant for one man.

2) This time next week, the circus will leave town and you all are going to have to live with the things that you’ve said to others and done to others. These candidates and the national media are not going to give a darn about who you endorsed, who you blogged for, who you traveled with. However, you have to still live next door to your neighbor, still go to your churches, and still drop your kids off at school.

I have seen relationships be torn apart because of these candidates. I myself have lost relationships because people didn’t understand why I wouldn’t just jump in behind a candidate and trust that they were the only one that would save the country. (By the way, God is the only one that will save us.)

I’ve seen friends tear apart friends in the media just to get their fifteen minutes.

I’ve seen people taking all of this personally. If your neighbor isn’t supporting the same candidate as you are, they are obviously a horrible person and need to be publicly flogged.

You all need to remember that on January fourth –tomorrow– you all will be left to live with each other. You need to stop the personal attacks, stop the blogging, stop the lying and start working together again.

Oh, and if you got defensive reading this, it’s probably directed at you.

Amy Deace is married to Steve Deace. 

  • S Robinson

    I don’t live in Iowa, but I’m glad to hear your reminders.  We far too often think it is “all up to us” when in reality, our only role is to be faithful to what God has called us to (and that doesn’t include any of the childish and hurtful behavior listed above) and then leave the results to God!  So, let’s be faithful, people!  Faithful to the vetting process, yes, but faithful to the “love God with all your heart, mind & soul and love your neighbor as yourself” part even more!

  • Ballynockanor

    Very good Amy, so true.  Tomorrow none of this will mean anything.  We need to continue to love each other regardless of our political preferences.  

  • Kevin Subra

    I agree with you, Amy. I’m glad I have experienced very little of this (and hopefully contributed very little to this, even when Steve endorsed someone I could not ;>D). I’ve only rec’d vitriolic responses from one candidate’s followers (I’ll let you guess). Thanks for sharing your husband with us.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1247616156 Jared Mills

    Totally agree with you Amy! To quote Jack Shepard: “If we can’t live together,we’re going to die alone.” This whole process has hurt us badly and I hope we can recover from it. I think the most important thing to remember though is another Lost quote: “It only ends once, everything else is just progress.” We already know how this will end, because God is always with us. Win our lose this election, it’s just progress to that final ending.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1481354920 Craig Bergman

    The vicious animalistic behavior of certain supporters will not forgotten nor easily forgiven.

    • Jantman321

      You have don’t have to forget, but you must forgive. Also remember, the animalistic behavior does not pertain to only one group of supporters.

  • Bill Grant

    I am just sad that I think Iowa will be the end of Michelle Bachmann’s political career since she did have to give up her House Seat to run for Congress. Oh, I am sure she will get a job in some political organization, perhaps appear on Fox but as a job within government I don’t see anyone who would give her such a position. Not worried for her but see it as a lost to our country.

    • Bill Grant

      Sorry, I meant to type that she had to give up her seat in Congress to run for President.  Not worried for her because I am sure there’s some political advocacy organization that will hire her but I see her career in the governing aspects of politics as being over and I don’t see if in four years she hasn’t been in government how she can run for President again.

      • Me

        Are you sure on your statement here? If she is the nominee that is correct, but if she isn’t the nominee I know of no reason why she can’t run again for Congress. Now whether she is elected again is questionable.

        • Bill Grant

          Sure she could run again for Congress, but I am assuming someone else would have taken her position by then.

          She could run for Governor of Minnesota but I thought she could win that either. Or Senator from the state of Minnesota. 

          See what I mean.  There is just nowhere for her to go.

          • Sue

            The seat she currently holds will be held by someone else next year. Perhaps she could run for Minnesota Senate or Governor but could she win that?

      • Anonymous

        She didn’t give up her seat. She is still a Congresswoman. Whether she runs again is up to her.

  • Bill Grant

    I could forgive any one who supported a different candidate except for a Rick Perry supporter.  Being a Rick Perry supporter despite the overwhelming evidence against him shows a terrible lack of discernment.  Also of course Romney supporters but of course I never saw them as friends to begin with.

  • Michael Law

    Very insightful Amy…well said and I hope we can all just get along now that the eyes of the country are off our beautiful State of Iowa.

  • Doug Thompson

    Well said.
     
     
    I for one am ready for some other state to be the first-in-the-nation caucus.  
     

     
     Let’s let SC start it off next time and see how it goes.
     
     

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