The election is finally over, thank God.
November 5, 2008
Ethan, my seven year old son, and I talked about the election incecently over the past several months. He had scores of questions and some very interesting insights. Yesterday I took him to our polling place and he watched as I voted for John McCain. Ethan, hoping for my approval, voiced his support of John McCain frequently and loudly, sometimes remarking to our friends, “Yo momma can’t afford Obama…” Last night, as we watched the results come in I decided it was time to ’soften the blow’ suggesting that, despite all of our prognostications of gloom and doom if Obama was elected, everything would be fine if in fact he won.
This morning as Ethan and prepared for school I made a point to talk about how important this election was to our country. I tried to explain that Obama’s election was further proof that the American system works. In America, anything is possible. The truth of the matter is that I really believed what I told Ethan. I DO think America is the greatest country in the history of man. What an amazing experiment - an experiment that works. At the end of the day I am proud of our country, I believe in our system and our citizens. God bless America! Now it is time to get back to work. . .
