Clareified

I’ve stopped and started a wrap-up lessons learned post about ten times. I’ve got some stuff about race and mandates and all this talk about “new America.” But I think I also have the flu or something because I basically keep sleeping and sneezing. But my stats are through the roof for some reason, so I must impart some wisdom today. And here it is, until I get that other post together, Dawn Summers’ key thought about Barack Obama’s victory, something you won’t hear about anywhere else today or ever and that thought is:

Thank you Jeri Ryan. Thank. You.

Yeah, that Jeri Ryan. (Okay, I found this link after I wrote my post cause I figured I should explain why I’m profusely thanking a cyborg (or whatever she was, I’ve never watched any of the Star Trek franchises) so I made my comment before I saw this. So. I still win.)

Oh, and a word about John McCain. After people win, it’s so cliche for them to suddenly start heaping praise on the guy they’ve just crushed. I remember wanting to jab something sharp into the eyes of those who started praising John Kerry as a hero and a patriot the day after the election. All that said…wow, McCain’s speech was so classy and honorable and while I don’t respect the clumsy campaign he ran or support his politics, he definitely bowed out with a grace I haven’t seen since Al Gore’s 2000 speech.

And while I’m here, a word about Howard Dean. I was so skeptical about him when he took over the DNC. He was a bit conservative, for my tastes, in terms of his politics and I thought his whole internet/youth/50 state stuff was a bill of goods. I was wrong. Happily so. Howard Dean is a genius and vomits all over his toolish, loser-faced predecessor.

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