WHEW!!! I am so glad this is over. Now we have some time to breathe, at least for two years until it starts all over again.
I am so grateful that we have elected Barack Obama as our 44th president. I cannot wait until January 20, 2009, when he takes over in the driver's seat. Too bad he is inheriting a clunker, with bald tires, a hole in the muffler, and a busted transmission. President-Elect Obama has a lot of work to do to fix up this vehicle we call democracy so we can get ourselves back on the right track.
I can once again believe the United States is admired abroad. I truly believe the results of this year's election made the rest of the world look at us in a whole new light. Believe what you want, but it matters what other nations think of us. What we do in the U.S. has a profound effect on nations worldwide. If we do not have the respect of our own allies, imagine what our "enemies" think? Now that we are getting some of that credibility back, things will look better everywhere.
Sure, maybe I am looking at this with rose-colored glasses. But I have to! Otherwise, I will drive myself mad and turn into a bitter, cynical, crabass. I'm already crabby enough when I haven't had my coffee, so nobody wants that. I have to look at this in a positive light because, based on this country's violent history of slavery and oppression, I am finally seeing the old die-hard racism fading as citizens age. They are starting to die off, and that has been shown in the statistics of who voted for Obama and who did not. The demographic breakdown speaks for itself.
We are not there yet, and maybe we never will be in my lifetime, but every little step we take to end racism and prejudice in this country will make us all better off.
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