The Dems Dive In!
Was it only last week that the world dangled on the edge of the uncertainty of America's political future? Was it only last week that inspite of all the hopeful predictions and polls showing the Democrats were ahead by slender margins, the world looked flat and barren, scorching and choking in the dirty heat of war, corruption and money marching down a rat hole?
Handel's Hallallujuh Chorus began to play Tuesday night in my head when all early reports seemed to uphold the prediction of the Dems rocking the House. We were voting and being heard. We were sending that message to the executive branch, demanding change, demanding that we look for better ways to meet our goals as a nation. Nancy Pelusi, only two heartbeats away from the President, wow! I think the Dems have arrived!
The next day, there is more good news. We are three seats away in the Senate, with races too close to call, from Democratic control. No, I said, don't get greedy, there is already much to celebrate and be grateful for. Counting the chickens in the field is a real iffy thing. Stick with celebrating what is already official. At 5 p.m. Wednesday night, the big news broke. Rumsfeld was out, by mutual agreement and resignation. I wanted to open the window and scream.. out of sheer delight. I settled for a hell of a hoe down happy dance which ended with a deep kiss with my equally liberal husband. I found religion, proclaiming that there was indeed, a God! Later on at about 3 am Thursday, I read on the CNN site on the net, that the Dems take the Senate. Not only is there a God, this is Political Christmas!
Instead of Hark, The Herold Angels, there is talk of bipartisanship to be instilled into the next Congress, committees on Iraq and all of our problems. A general spoke to the press about re-examining the war and trying to turn it back to the Iraquis. Even the air that I breathe tastes different and the coffee's better this morning as well!
Does that mean that all is right with the world? Of course not. There is just more potential to fix what is wrong. We will not "stay the course" of block heads and brick walls, we will turn to the economy, our vanishing middle class, our elderly and our science and technology that is so needed, not only for our country, but for the world. We will be counted as a world power, not as a loose cannon on deck. I cherish the day that George Bush "took a thumpin"!!
Handel's Hallallujuh Chorus began to play Tuesday night in my head when all early reports seemed to uphold the prediction of the Dems rocking the House. We were voting and being heard. We were sending that message to the executive branch, demanding change, demanding that we look for better ways to meet our goals as a nation. Nancy Pelusi, only two heartbeats away from the President, wow! I think the Dems have arrived!
The next day, there is more good news. We are three seats away in the Senate, with races too close to call, from Democratic control. No, I said, don't get greedy, there is already much to celebrate and be grateful for. Counting the chickens in the field is a real iffy thing. Stick with celebrating what is already official. At 5 p.m. Wednesday night, the big news broke. Rumsfeld was out, by mutual agreement and resignation. I wanted to open the window and scream.. out of sheer delight. I settled for a hell of a hoe down happy dance which ended with a deep kiss with my equally liberal husband. I found religion, proclaiming that there was indeed, a God! Later on at about 3 am Thursday, I read on the CNN site on the net, that the Dems take the Senate. Not only is there a God, this is Political Christmas!
Instead of Hark, The Herold Angels, there is talk of bipartisanship to be instilled into the next Congress, committees on Iraq and all of our problems. A general spoke to the press about re-examining the war and trying to turn it back to the Iraquis. Even the air that I breathe tastes different and the coffee's better this morning as well!
Does that mean that all is right with the world? Of course not. There is just more potential to fix what is wrong. We will not "stay the course" of block heads and brick walls, we will turn to the economy, our vanishing middle class, our elderly and our science and technology that is so needed, not only for our country, but for the world. We will be counted as a world power, not as a loose cannon on deck. I cherish the day that George Bush "took a thumpin"!!
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