Same here, Mary m'luv. My daughter hollered from the other room, "She's not a role model for me!!!".

Despite all the posturing from the right wing pundits, this thing is over. The single biggest mistake made by this man was his selection of Palin, but it really didn't matter who he picked. The fruits of the seeds sown over 20 years ago, in grand karmic fashion, have borne fruit, but it is a bitter fruit indeed for the conservative crowd. They were always best when they operated from an honorable place of respectful opposition. When I first started out in the political scene, over 30 years ago, we had a common goal and approached it from different places. We didn't question honor, integrity, patriotism, or values anywhere near as much as is done today. Gingrich, and Reagan, changed that. They labeled us, they used wedge issues, and all this done to divert the attention of The Great Middle from the real agenda, which was to dismantle all the regulations, and agencies, that had evolved to protect the average person from the dangers of unbridled capitalism. I can remember having to lobby legislators hard to stop the other side from removing the enforcement of OSHA. I remember the failed attempts to make NAFTA a real plus for the North American (Canada, Mexico, USA) economies, and watched frustratedly as they simply turned it into another tool for US capitalists to take advantage of poor folks in emerging countries.

My Gran used to tell me that when a fast talker was trying to get you to look one place, look in the other. The US voters, or at least a large portion of them, seem to have finally figured that out, even if it took damn near destroying the economy to do it.

McCain belongs to a different era. His time has come and gone. And the proof will be on November 4. On November 5, I intend to wake up, gloat, spend a few days rubbing salt in the wounds of those that supported the opposition, ........ and then join in with President Obama and get about the people's business. We have an economy to rescue, we have relationships in the world to rebuild, and our actions affect the lives of many more in this world than just us. I believe this young man, Barack Obama, will be a transcendent political figure. I believe he will give all he has to restoring our country to its place as a respected member/partner/leader in the world community. And I believe he will lead a move to get us back on the track of progressive movement towards a better, more perfect (not perfect but more perfect), union.

All the best,

Mick