Obama's Cherry on Top

This election may be the greatest thing that’s happened to the world of my generation since the Beatles. I could probably name a few other things, but I’ll leave that up to you. There’s a great website called infoplease.com where you can look up important events year by year and suit yourself.

There are several important factors which I believe put the election of Barack Obama over the top. (Besides his determination, unflagging coolness in response to every attack, and obvious leadership skills):

Tina Fey should be congratulated and thanked many times over in her portrayal of Sarah Palin. The one episode of Saturday Night Live where she barely needed to revise Sarah Palin’s response during her interview with Katie Couric was stunning. Kudos also, to CNN, who ran the SNL clips with great gusto.

I also think the very choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate caused great rifts within John McCain’s party, as it was reckless and ill-conceived. More than a month before the election, it felt to me as if he’d already given up. Tired of the whole campaigning process, and wishing it would go away, it looked as if he were just going through the motions, making feeble attacks at the suggestion of his staff. If he had spoken as eloquently during the campaign as he did during his concession speech, he would surely have done better.

But the crowning glory, the cherry on top in my opinion, was the public endorsement of John McCain by Dick Cheney! We know there was no love lost between these two men, so it looked like a cruel act of sabotage by Vice President Cheney, one he knew would do more harm than good, when he appeared on television days before the election. And isn’t that just so Cheney?

Anyway, like most people I know, I’m looking forward to happier times, not without struggle but with healthy debate, forward motion, diplomacy and the will to make our country proud once again.

YAY!!!!!