El Presidente

I had been channel surfing since 6pm. From NBC to Fox News... from MSNBC to ABC... I've been looking for the channel who could offer me something interesting while waiting to find out who our new president would be in 2009. And what do you know? Who did I end up hearing the announcement from? Jon Stewart. One of the channels I was tuning into was Comedy Central. It happened so suddnely. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report combined forces to host a live special tonight. Once the 8pm polls closed on the west coast, the electoral votes from Washington, Oregon, and California went to the candidate leading in the presidential race. Jon Stewart interrupted Stephen Colbert to announce, "We have a new president elect... Barack Obama!!!"

That was just appropriate for me to hear it from Jon Stewart. I've become a political junkie the past few months. I've been turning into the Daily Show and SNL to get some relief from the political machine and all the crap that comes along with all this campaigning. I see nothing wrong with getting my news from shows with intelligent writers... able to poke fun at this craziness. I am so glad all the campaigning's over with. It's time for our elected officials to move forth and make the promised changes needed to recover our countries issues - the economy, the war in Iraq, healthcare, and anything & everything affecting our fellow Americans.

I can't wait to hear Obama make his acceptance speech. I'm not very religous but... here goes... God, please God, please help him along the way. He's got so much on his shoulders and, hopefully, he'll have the support of his cabinet, Congress, and all of America to put this country back on the right track.

And now... he speaks.