Entries from November 2008 ↓

• Busy but productive few days. Looking forward to the upcoming break in
  Bali! #

Wow! So in the end, Obama totally hammers McCain, and it’s all over. In fact, it was a funny feeling yesterday afternoon watching the numbers tick over on CNN and finally it was done and dusted.

This has been an interminably long campaign, and one of my regular routines each day or so has been to punch up the CNN Political Podcast (“The best political news from the best political team”… I got the tagline down pat now!), and that has been one of my regular news intakes each day for a very long time, whether home or away, on planes or early in my office, on my iPod or iPhone or Mac.

And now…?! It’s going to feel a bit quiet… I can’t even begin to imagine how Obama and McCain feel. McCain gets to take a big rest (perhaps a retirement from the big game?), and Obama now gets to work on the problems created by others… so much for whatever agenda he may have had coming into this election… everything shifted while the game was in play, and his first 100 days are basically going to be grappling with what he has inherited, perhaps more than any other president in recent history, barring perhaps the Vietnam era. Enjoy!

And Bush?! Well, I dunno, but I suspect that there are many who are very glad that America has a two-term limit on presidents!

Incidentally, I know there are some who feel that I am Dem fanboy, given some of my comments here and there on this blog, but this would not be true. In fact, I was very much a conservative in my early years, probably resonating with Australian Liberal / American Republican values and policies, but I have found that as I have lived for a while, my political views have slipped towards a centre that tries to appreciate the best of both sides of politics. In recent times, that centre has been hard to find, but I think that is the unfortunate fate of the true liberal (small “l” liberal) thinker.

• Hmmmm… Back to winter in Perth… Wow! #

Well, we’re slightly ahead of the game here in Australia, but it’s US Election day today/tonight, and it’s probably one of the most important elections in the last few decades. Without a doubt, beyond the norm, the two options for President offer two very different pathways into the future with ramifications for the world beyond the US.

Interestingly, I noted a news article the other day that suggested that if the world was permitted to vote, Obama would win in a massive landslide. That’s an interesting thing, in my view, and emphasizes the way in which the Bush years have influenced the world scene so hugely…

It’s going to be an interesting night…

• Church was hammered again by graffiti last night… All over the one side…
  I have to pray a lot for grace… #