Barack Obama For President

The 2000 Presidential campaign seems a very, very long time ago.  An issue then was what to do with the federal government's budgetary surplus, the United States stood in an exemplary position as the world leader, and, at least as I recall it, our Country, while not exactly on an even keel for everybody, seemed to allow or offer a more or less fair shake for everybody.  That last point overstates it, perhaps, but then memory can make things look better given time.  

But the Bush Administration has laid waste to all this.  Putting aside everything specific, there has been a continuing absence of sound, reasoned judgment in favor of I'm not sure what but it has yielded disaster after disaster.  

Barack Obama offers the clearest and most direct step away from the dark years of George W. Bush and toward a day where the United States is again admired and respected throughout the world, its federal government functions in a sensible way and serves its people, and, most important of all, our beloved Nation will again offer something like a fair shake to ordinary Americans.  Obama's election will also illustrate the greatest of American strengths; the continuing ability of this Nation to stand as the best hope for all the World.  Nobody fair and reasonable can deny that Obama's election will be both remarkable and encouraging.