Time to Heal, or, FIX IT :)

We have hard times ahead as a country, but I think we have a lot of hope now. I’d like to thank my fellow Americans for coming out in large numbers and voting for humane, problem-solving behavior, without the intrusion of religion into politics.

I listened to Senator McCain’s concession speech, admittedly for the wrong reasons. I was very impressed. I’ve liked him at times. I think he’s got some big problems but obviously he’s a great man.

Here are some of my favorite parts of his speech.

“But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.”

“These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.”

“Tonight — tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Sen. Obama — whether they supported me or Sen. Obama.

I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.”