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A brilliant analysis, well worth forwarding to as many people as possible -- not to gloat, but to reflect on how we managed to find ourselves at the bottom of the pit we're in. Thanks, Nick.<br><br>A local blogger opined that the American people deserve an Obama presidency, and he wasn't congratulating us. I would like to offer a different take on it: Perhaps an Obama presidency is a better harvest than we would otherwise have reason to expect, given the seeds we've sown over the last several years.<br><br>I feel hopeful that the course correction this nation needs is at last beginning to take place. I have Christ as Messiah; I only need Barack Obama to do the job of an honorable, intelligent, tough and compassionate President and that'll be more than enough.<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:07:46 -0500<br>> From: nickgier@roadrunner.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] The GOP Monster Years<br>> <br>> This just in from Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman<br>> <br>> November 5, 2008, 8:25 am<br>> The monster years, The New York Times<br>> <br>> Last night wasn’t just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a mandate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the monster years.<br>> <br>> What I mean by that is that for the past 14 years America’s political life has been largely dominated by, well, monsters. Monsters like Tom DeLay, who suggested that the shootings at Columbine happened because schools teach students the theory of evolution. Monsters like Karl Rove, who declared that liberals wanted to offer “therapy and understanding” to terrorists. Monsters like Dick Cheney, who saw 9/11 as an opportunity to start torturing people.<br>> <br>> And in our national discourse, we pretended that these monsters were reasonable, respectable people. To point out that the monsters were, in fact, monsters, was “shrill.”<br>> <br>> Four years ago it seemed as if the monsters would dominate American politics for a long time to come. But for now, at least, they’ve been banished to the wilderness.<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/' target='_new'>Click here</a></body>
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