I think the best comment on the transition was the comment that it felt like the liberation of Paris...
Gotta agree with that, I'm afraid. Bush hovering over the Capitol and then being flown away with a blue sky behind him as he left was a pretty strong image.
And Cheney in a wheelchair looked for all the world like the evil Mr. Potter in
It's A Wonderful Life
I thought Obama's address was pretty moving - in terms of our moral standing in the global community, our responsibilities to our companions on this planet and our goals to create a more humane society. The callous disregard the previous administration showed for the victims of Katrina was monstrous, for lack of a better description. Had Katrina hit Fairfield County, CT, I sincerely doubt you would have seen stranded WASPs desperately waving from their roofs to hovering Coast Guard choppers and waiting days on end for help.
To have a seemingly normal family in the White House is going to be nice - with 2 cute kids under Grandma's watchful eye. The only downside is Barack has his mother-in-law living with him...
It also seems like Obama may already be having an effect on young minorities. Maybe it will become cool to be smart and study and work hard - and not emulate celebs and rappers. They now have a role model and I hope Obama will be able live up to
their standards.
You know, our culture has really celebrated underachievement and this manic self-absorption involved in personal gain for way too long - and that is
exactly what put us where we are today.
If you want to thank Bush for something, thank him for that.
Godspeed Obama - you've got a lot on your plate, young man.
Imagine - a President 13 years my junior...damn.
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