No more "....and I approve this message," tag lines.
No more "Re-defeat Bush" stickers.
No more "Swift Boats" and the suddenly-angry men who piloted them (who had ever heard of the term 'swift boat' before this year, anyway?).
At long last - Flip-flops are back to being things you wear on your feet!
Congratulations to President Bush on his successful re-election while acknowledging that nearly half of the electorate voted against him - and congratulations to Senator John Kerry for running one helluva tough campaign, but winding it down like a gentleman when the end was in sight.
For the better part of a year, this nation has been a series of battlegrounds. Let's dust ourselves off and move forward, never forgetting that we're all in this together.
In the spirit of showing that life DOES go on and people CAN work together, I offer the unfolding story of Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Democratic front-runner for the Senate Minority Leader position, who publicly acknowledged receiving a call of support from President Bush:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/senate.democrats/index.html
Reid also said he had received a phone call from Bush.
"I appreciate that very much. He had no reason to call me, other than the fact that he knows that he's going to have to work with me. I look forward to working with him," he said.
I think it's time to put the gloating (and the whining) behind us. Who's with me?
