Good Morning Comrades...

Being for the benefit of the wonderful new direction we are taking in this, our U.S.S.A., I will immediately begin to tabulate my meager wealth so that it can be shared with all the people. I am joyful that I will not have to work so hard anymore, as hard work only results in excessive taxation, and the government will now send me the wealth of others for which to pay my bills. It is a glorious day for our country, when we all share everything and all will be equally poor...

Okay, so maybe that's a bit extreme of a view of Barack Obama winning the presidency, but there is some truth in it. But let's not kvetch about the loss of the candidate we supported without first looking at some positives.

History has been made, and America has elected its first black president. Whether you agree with the policies of this particular president-elect, it is an inspirational event and a stunning symbol for all people of color in this nation that any American, no matter what their heritage, can someday be president of the United States. This does not heal the racial divide, but it is a shattering of the final glass ceiling in racial disharmony. From the civil rights movement of the sixties to today, the ultimate progress has been made.

Another positive - the Democrats did not, so far as we can tell at this time with some races still undecided, gain enough seats to be fillibuster proof. While Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama try to enact the long-deferred liberal agenda, there will be at least one check against a complete liberal rollover.

And hey, this election cycle is finally, mercifully over. This has been the longest election cycle in my recent memory, and it is a welcome relief to turn to discussions of other things.

So it's not all direness. And many comparisons have been made between Barack Obama and John Kennedy, so let's hope at least one comparison rings true. And that would be the fact that even though John Kennedy was elected with the collaboration of underworld mob ties, he turned away from them and actually turned on them once he became president. He made the decision to put the sanctity of the office before his former "friends." Barack Obama was also propelled to power with the collaboration of many dubious nefarious people, so let's hope that he, like Kennedy, puts the country's needs before the agenda of his former "friends" as well. Of course, that course of action didn't work out too well for Kennedy, so let's hope that Obama does not suffer a similar fate. Let's just hope he does put the country first, and actually presides as a centrist with the good of the country as his first priority.

I'm not counting on it, but one can hope.