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Letter: Republican says, 'He won, get over it,' is good advice
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He won, get over it. Many angry Republicans are flooding the Internet with claims that the Nov. 6th election was tainted or even signing online petitions urging the disbandment of the United States. Conservative talk show hosts chortle gleefully at every sign of weakness in the American economy. This makes Republicans appear as if we are cheering when Americans lose their jobs or when our investment portfolios lose value, this really helps our image. I was thinking of this while driving in Chicago and saw a bumper sticker with good advice for all of us: "He won, get over it". Republicans first need to stop denying the reality that we lost and do some serious searching for the reasons for their defeat. We have seen that the voters are increasingly turned off by negative advertising and yet the bulk of our rhetoric was directed at how bad the Democrats are and very little to how electing Republicans would have a positive impact. I would hope that in future elections Republicans concentrate on the basic Republican message of personal responsibility, economic opportunity and fiscal conservatism and how this would lead to greater prosperity for all. For now, all Americans should be working together for greater American prosperity where unemployment and poverty rates are lower and our personal income and investment values are higher. Let us put aside our partisan differences until the next elections but for now, let's all be Americans. He won, get over it. Lawrence Bay, Port Byron 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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