The winds of change

I am ecstatic that we have a new President to guide our nation and our people. A man who knows how to excite people to rally behind our nation instead of dividing us.

I pray that we continue toward unity. Solutions for the economy will not be easy and will take time but I believe we can do it. Like others, I believe that in times of distress, a real leader needs to call us to give of ourselves. Franklin Roosevelt rallied the people to make sacrifices and the people did so.

Central Florida has also sent the riff raff packing from Congressional Districts 8 and 24. Ric Keller (8) can hit the road and Jack Abramoff’s buddy, Tom Feeney (24) in his own words “got licked”! Thank goodness!

My only sadness on this otherwise historic night is that 62% of the people of Florida chose to put outright discrimination into the Constitution of the State of Florida. For several years it has been statute that “marriage is between one man and one woman” but those who perpetuated Amendment 2 decided that it should be part of the constitution. I do hold out hope that President Obama will be able to further push toward “liberty and justice for all” in our country.

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