Election Celebration

How WONDERFUL to have been so happy the week after an election instead of in mourning. The first election I was able to vote in was 1980 - the beginning of the last 26 years of the pendulum swinging conservative - and away from me. Now, I hope it is beginning to swing back. The excesses of the 60s combined with Watergate and the turmoil of the Carter years seem to have scared people to death, so they were thrilled by Reagan's promise of a "shining city on a hill." Unfortunately, the conservatives have failed miserably at shining up America. Mostly, they just managed to keep people distracted with side issues while they pick the pockets of the average American. Abortion and Gay Marriage are the political equivalent of the bump and stumble that pick pockets use.

I hope that America is finally waking up, realizing that if they don't face the truth now, the national debt will simply continue to baloon beyond control and none of our REAL problems, health care chief among them will get solved.

Of course, the current crop of democrats will need LOTS of help and a back-bone implant if they are going to solve these problems. But the most important thing is for the PEOPLE to wake up, then we can wake up the politicians who are willing to listen and replace the others.