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Election season is over, but for the post mortems

Published on November 6, 2008 in Politics. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Did that feel like the longest election season ever? Maybe I was just paying more attention this time. I was utterly obsessed with election news over the last few weeks, which seems to be the case for a number of my acquaintances.

At this point it’s all over but the finger pointing on the GOP side.

A friend sent me an unattributed comic that just about sums it up for us. (If you know the creator, please leave me a link.) From the comics at XKCD

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What’s really next?  I guess we can now look to Obama building his team over the next few months as he prepares to dig into the Bush-push quagmire come January 20th.  He got us to HOPE, and we gave him a mandate to ACT.

Now we all have to help him get the CHANGE done. I don’t doubt an Obama administration is going to give the blogosphere lots to dissect and debate.

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QOD: President Barack Obama

Published on November 5, 2008 in Politics. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

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The road ahead will be long.  Our climb will be steep.  We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.  I promise you – we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts.  There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem.  But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.  I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.  And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change.  And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.  It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other.  Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

– President-Elect Barack Obama, November 4th, 2008