THE GOOD LIFE

A friend posted this on a forum and I though it was appropriate for today’s political environment, being in an election year and all! Enjoy!

George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine.

A little over one year ago:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;

2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;

3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%;

4) The DOW JONES hit a record high — 14,000 +;

5) Americans were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations overseas, living large!…

But Americans wanted ‘CHANGE’! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democrat Congress & yep — we got ‘CHANGE’ all right. In the PAST YEAR:

1) Consumer confidence has plummeted;

2) Gasoline is now over $3 a gallon & climbing!;

3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);

4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION DOLLARS & prices still dropping;

5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure;

6) as I write, THE DOW is probing another low — 11,100 — $2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS

Yep, in 2006 America voted for “Change”! And we sure got it!!! Now, Barack H. Obama, the Democrat candidate for President — and the polls say he’s going to be “the Man” — claims he’s really going to really give us “Change”!! Just how much more “Change” do you think you can stand?!?!

I love being an American! The sense of patriotism and love of country just overwhelms you sometimes and you then, at that point, remember what it means to be an American. We are so lucky to be living in a free country!

Today I attended a McCain-Palin “Victory Rally” in Colorado Springs with some friends. It was amazing to see the number of people who turned out to see the next President and Vice President. Now, I have never attended any sort of political rally before in my life so this was a first for me and I was really excited and proud to be there today, supporting my choice for President of the United States and his running mate!

When the motorcade pulled up, Sarah Palin and John McCain were in separate vehicles, but both were smiling as big as can be, waving to all of the people who were there to see them. It was a surreal sight to see. You may or may not know that I was born and raised in Arizona so having John as my nominee for President is very exciting, and there he was in real life!

Flags were passed out to the crowd which were apparently rescued from the trash after the DNC’s performance wrapped up an Invesco Field in Denver last week. Instead of throwing them away, these flags were brought here and passed out to supporters to take home.

Seeing those flags flying in the wind, several thousand of them it seemed like, and the patriotic music playing in the background was so inspiring and moving. There were a lot of little kids there like this little girl on the left who was holding a McCain-Palin sign and her flag. I kept thinking to myself that this is the American moment I see on television during the fourth of July while watching the fireworks in Washington D.C. This is that patriotic moment we see in magazines and published pictures of American Patriotism.  I then was reminded that we live in the best country in the history of the world!

Both McCain and Palin did their stump speech which was a condensed version of their acceptance speeches from the RNC last week which of course got lots of claps, whistles and hollering. There was quite a bit of booing too when Obama’s name was brought up and what he wanted to do with the country. I have to admit, I booed too!

Once the speeches finished, we migrated towards the Straight Talk Express airplanes where the candidates were to board and fly to New Mexico for another rally this evening. Mr. and Mrs. McCain exited their vehicles with Sarah and walked across the gates where people were standing and shook hands with every person along the line. Unfortunately I was about ten feet from the gate so I couldn’t shake their hands, but seeing them that close was just surreal.

The place was crawling with Secret Service, police, SWAT and more along with the media. One lady who shook John’s hand started heading for the exit and I heard her say “John McCain is wearing makeup”! I though that was funny to hear.

The whole event felt so official and Presidential. I felt so patriotic and free. I look at McCain and Palin and think to myself “I could do this”! To be the leader of the free world is such a privilege and honor, but how amazing to be able to have the support of the people, to be in a position where you can change the country for the better and lead in a way no one else can. McCain will be the president that the American people look at and think “he is the one that lead us to energy independence”, “he is the one that stopped the excess spending in Washington D.C. and paid off our 7 Trillion dollar deficit”! To have a legacy like Regan and others would be such an honor!

Who knows, perhaps someday I will be President of the United States! When you look at Sarah Palin and her rise to her current position, it makes you think that anyone can do it if she can. She is a wonderful breath of fresh air for politics and will do Washington D.C. some good. This team will grab Washington by the scruff of the neck and shake it around a bit which is exactly what this country needs.

I am sure this team will be back to Colorado before November 4 and hopefully I will be able to see them again. It was so exhilarating, fun and awesome to see them in person.

After they got onto the plane and we turned to walk away, I just felt so prideful in our country, like there was hope that we could fix the problems in Washington with McCain and Palin in the White House. I was so proud at that moment to be American, thankful to all of the soldiers who have fought to keep my freedom. It was so overwhelming that I almost cried. I know it sounds cheesy, but I did. I am just so proud to be a part of such an awesome event in history, to vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin!

As of today, we are 58 days away from November 4, 2008. This will be a historic event. I think we will see the largest voter turn out in the history of the country. We have two historic tickets which, will the a first for the county no matter which candidates are elected into office. I want to urge everyone to get involved, get educated on the issues, the people running and get ready to let your voice be heard on November 4, 2008!

“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children (America), the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.” — Ronald Reagan