Monday, November 3, 2008

The Big Election 2008

The election is tomorrow, how scary is that. We Americans have a monumental task, not tomorrow when we go to polls, but the days and months the follow. Millions of people are going to vote for candidate A and millions more are going to vote for candidate B, any way you slice it a whole bunch of people are going to be upset. Regardless of who wins and who loses there is no time to complain. We have been in a bit of holding pattern because of the election and we need start fixing the massive issues of the day straight away.
The whole world is affected by what happens at the polls tomorrow. For quite some time America has been the lead dog. It's is us who other countries look at in good times and in bad times. So what do we do once our next president is elected. I have terrible feeling that it is not going to be the right thing. We have got stop complaining and start fixing. Arguing after Tuesday is not going to keep families in their homes or people in their jobs. Calling the talking heads on the radio shows is not going to help catch Bin Laden or figure an effective strategy for pulling out of Iraq.
We have to be proud enough as country to say this is who we selected to lead us from these tougher past few months back in to the light. The light that all people look to, here in the U.S. and abroad. If we are "The Land of Opportunity" let's prove it. There is not a better opportunity now in these coming weeks and months. Whether it's won by a grizzled old veteran, former P.O.W., who has spent decades in the Senate, or a young well spoken lawyer raised by a single mother who has been a community organizer in gigantic city and a Junior Senator, we must follow. Selecting either of these men is just the first step in a long process of rediscovering what is great about our country. The time of negativity, finger pointing or anything else that prevents us from becoming the leader in the 21st century has past. We need solutions, we need more than bi-partisanship, we need to come together as a great country and learn from the the last eight years and be better. We are going to have a new president in January, you might not like him but that should not stop you from being a good American and helping solve the current problems of the day.
We have to do it now because if we do not CNN starts it's 2012 election coverage in 13 weeks.

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