Are You Ready?

I know a lot of people are depressed by the Democratic electoral victory in the recent Dumb-Off.

Personally, I am of the strong belief that Obama will be neither as bad as his haters detractors fear, nor as good as his worshippers supporters hope, just like any other politician in this country. He is not the Messiah, but he is not the anti-Christ, either. There is room in the middle, believe it or not.

So, you can vote in our poll if venting will help you heal, or you can follow Bush's advice and go shopping more.

You could even, as many seem to be, start getting ready for the next election. Perhaps you have a favorite candidate already.

I'm still hoping Mike Rowe will run.

Or perhaps you have become addicted to the election coverage. If so, you should know that no less than the president-elect has suggested that paying too much attention to the media is unhealthy.

After three months of campaigning, he stopped reading blogs. After six months, he stopped watching cable news shows. After nine months, he stopped reading the clips, relying instead on his staff to flag important stories.

Obama said during a brief conversation that it was "just weird" to be constantly reading and watching reports on his candidacy, creating a "hall of mirrors" effect that he regarded as unhealthy. He said that cable news yakkers, like those on ESPN, make provocative comments because they have so much time to fill, even though politics, in his view, is far more important than sports.

So there's that to ponder.

Anyway, you can give thanks for your candidate, give thanks for your country, give thanks that it's over, or just give thanks. At least we can all agree that a couple years without robo-calls will do us good.