But I couldn’t let this day go by without saying something about its significance.  It truly is a historic day.  Not only have we seen the election of the first African American President in our nation’s history, we also saw the brilliance of our political system and how it actually supports true, peaceful revolution.

Sure, it’s great that record numbers of Generation X and Y voters turned out and voted for change, but it was also an example of a revolution by voters using the parameters of the constitutional system, as designed by our Forefathers.  We did it without violence, murder and riots.  We did it with our election process, which is quite effective when people participate, honesty prevails and the law of the land is upheld.  It was a democratic, civilized revolution by people who chose to exercise their right to vote for change.

Now I realize that only time will tell whether or not this day was the beginning of a revolution, or just the same old same old.  But I’m going to be hopeful and optimistic, something I will have to re-learn to do after the past 8 years.  But maybe this really is the beginning of a new chapter, where the good of the people truly rises above greed and Obama will hopefully lead by example.

Sounds like something worth believing in.  I think I’ll give it a try.

I know, I know.  There he goes again, bitching about something political.  All you have to do is read the title of this post to deduce that.  Well, before I go on my rant here, let me just state that the reason for this post is not to bitch and complain.  I’m not going to be purposely negative here. The purpose of this post is to help you set appropriate expectations for the next four years.

Now, I’m not going to sit here and use this post as an opportunity to tell you that either Obama or McCain are lousy candidates, or tell you who to vote for.  Considering the state of politics in this country, they both are not the worst candidates we’ve ever seen.  Now, is it sad that McCain and Obama are the two best candidates each party offers?  Perhaps, but it could be worse.

Which brings me to my point – Whoever wins, don’t expect the next four years to be a radical departure from the pain and troubles you are now facing.  While only time will show how well the winner of this election will do, the damage done by the current administration is probably too much for anyone to handle in four years.

Now, it’s fairly obvious that Obama or McCain have “the potential” to be vast improvements over the current administration, but that’s setting the bar low, right? Yup.

But who knows? If you set the bar low, you just might be pleasantly surprised sometime after 2012, when we are all driving flying cars powered by air, and will be living in cities on the moon!

It amazes me that followers of Hillary Clinton just can’t seem to let go.

While many analysts and “experts” say she didn’t do much to effectively endorse Obama (her most dramatic statement served only to reject McCain, rather than promote Obama), I think she pretty much did what she had to – she rejected the GOP and (mildly) endorsed Obama.

So what more do Hillarites, want?

Listen folks, I’m no political expert, but when you put the person ahead of the issues, that’s a problem.

So Dem’s who wanted universal health care (high on the list for both Obama and Clinton), an end or clear timeline to end the war (championed by both Obama and Clinton), preservation of woman’s rights over their own bodies (both want preserved, as opposed to McCain, who wants Roe v Wade overturned) and several other issues that clearly differ from the GOP’s platform, they’d rather use their vote to protest their party than unify to support the cause.

Sickening.

Just some advice to the Hillarites out there – Please think about swallowing your pride and vote for Obama.  Put the cause before the person.  This is a democracy, not a monarchy, and we should not assume anyone in this country is entitled to the presidency.  Didn’t we learn anything from the Bush administration?