Some of us will say, “Finally”.
Some of us will say, “Now what do we do?”
Some of us will say, “Today, we were supposed to vote today?”
Some of us will say, “They got it, my vote would have been wasted.”
A few will say, “Get on with it, then.”
While others will say, “Finally, a place for me”
Still others will be angry, sad, happy, glad.
Some of us will say, “Change, I will believe it when I see it.”
Some of us will say, “It’s already happening”
Truthfully, only a few handfuls of people will understand what most people failed to realize long ago. In 5th grade some teacher probably explained the process. In 8th grade you were too full of angst, hormones or nervous energy to listen. In High school, well, did anyone learn anything in high school?
We learned the simplicity of our country's system was what made it work. Terms like checks and balance, executive, judicial and legislative were tossed around. Bicameral and electoral were used as both nouns and adjectives.
The constitution of this country has survived longer than any other, because it works to keep everyone in check. It keeps everyone from being too honest or too deceitful. Our system works to protect us from ourselves.
So, change is coming but only in the form of a different captain steering the canoe. Oh, he might head in a slightly different direction but the people with the paddles, (i.e. congress, governors, senators, council members, district heads, CEO’s, Cabinet Members, secretaries, plumbers, contractors, school teachers and students) still dictate what direction we really head into.
Think back, has any one President really revolutionized the way we do business? Before you answer with a statement that slices across party lines, consider the objective answer as opposed to the passionate political answer.
We live in a stable nation, with a stable democracy that is predicated on the simple fact that the people rule.
Now go and celebrate or go and ponder the future.
Oh, and make you sure you vote, just in case you need to complain.
