Life After Bush

Trivia question-quick! Name the last year a Republican was elected President when there WASN’T a “Bush” or “Nixon” on the ticket!

Give up?

It was 1928!

That’s eighty years-and that, “my friends”, is a LONG time!

As we prepare for the Obama era, we also say goodbye to the Bush years. Regardless of your politics, there is a mixed sense of both anticipation and anxiety. Change is tough…and this year, the change is QUANTUM in nature.

Let’s remember that we have endured harder economic times-and more dangerous times as well. Our economy will rebound, our fortunes abroad will be reversed-and good times are just around the corner. It will take both Democrats and Republicans-and a good place to start your own agenda of “change” is to tune out the voices of hate and division that have crept into our media. Not just right wing people like Rush Limbaugh, but Air America and all those other heavily biased talking heads who “major in minor things”.

Can you believe that Sarah Palin is still being criticized for every slip of the tongue? LET IT GO ALREADY!

We have bigger fish to fry! Let’s block out the hate and focus on what unites us-and more importantly, where we want to go as a country. Barack Obama will need to corral to forces within his own party who want to “stick it” to the Republicans—and he’ll also have to reach out to those same Republicans to enlist their help in moving the country forward.

Choosing carefully the rhetoric we expose ourselves to (and could be influenced by) will go a LONG way towards BECOMING the change we seek.