I've heard the talk, seen the news as well as the signs of an economic crisis evolving around me. There are signs of problems, but nothing that is too alarming, to me anyway. I'm sure there are people experiencing hard times. But, thank the Good Lord Almighty, I'm not one of them.
I voted for John McCain in the past election because I believed what I read about Barack Obama and was afraid he would take the country on a high-speed collision course with the apocalypse. There were all those seedy people with questionable connections to the man. But, I wasn't too crazy about John McCain before the election. I thought he would slow the course to Armeggedon and, like many others who voted for him, hoped he'd die in time to let Sarah Palin run the country - if he got elected, of course.
But, now I'm changing my attitude toward the president elect. Maybe he is a socialist. Then again, maybe not. I really don't know and I don't think anyone else who says otherwise knows for sure, either. I think a lot of people are nervous because they don't know what the guy is going to do. I think the vast majority is doing exactly what he asked, on the night he was elected, daring to hope for the best. So far he's assembled a pretty good team around himself and shown a lot of drive to do what's good for the country. It's the kind of thing that instills hope. What if the man is the kind of man to steer the country from the depths of financial crisis to stability again? What if he is the one to truly bring people together and unify a divided country? What if he's the one who can provide the leadership that's needed in such an uncertain time?
What if?!
We can only wait to see.
