Posted by
Tom L. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:00:00 AM
All indications are that there will be a long honeymoon between the American people and President Obama. I certainly hope it will be so, since a long honeymoon will mean that the President is serving the vast majority of Americans. Perhaps President Obama coming to office with so little political experience is a blessing, perhaps he will not fall into the partisan politics and rhetoric that is the major sport of Washington, D.C. and the political pundits.
There are times in your life when you know you are experiencing history, for better or worst. For some it is where they were on December 7, 1941, November 22, 1963, July 21, 1969, or September 11, 2001. For others a date may not be attached, just the moment: Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Berlin Wall coming down, or watching Nelson Mandela gain his freedom.
This inauguration was such a moment.
So, given this honeymoon, no comments here on the inauguration or President Obama’s speech – just some basking in the moment.
For most of the mainstream media the honeymoon ended long ago, they are now married to Mr. Obama. It will bear watching to see if/when the Fourth Estate decides the marriage was not all they thought it will be.
For now however, let us “let freedom ring” and allow America once again to show the world that in our nation, despite all our flaws, anything is possible.