Don't for a moment think it will be easy to correct what devastation has been wrought upon this wonderful country of ours. It will be a long, uphill struggle. We're lucky that Barack Obama has been willing to take on this responsibility because it's a killer of a job, especially if you're serious about it and have the integrity to want to do the right thing, because he has that long-term mentality and commitment and the intelligence to sort it out.
One person called me today and told me that his company had its worst sales just recently, which would necesssitate layoffs and cuts in spending. This particular company was showing a 15% growth rate up until last year, and a 10% growth rate at the early part of this year. It mirrors all too many other companies in our country, and I cite it as an example because it presages difficult times ahead. The election is the start, not the end of the effort to right things.
Along with this, it will be much too easy to snipe and complain and grow impatient, to criticize and concentrate on mistakes and missed opportunities. If we are to succeed in this effort to right our ship of state, to restore our economy, to return our country to its previous position, we need to cut the new government and the new President some slack. John McCain, in his concession speech, and George W. Bush, for that matter, who promised to make the transition a smooth one, both have projected the right kind of attitude to make this an auspicious beginning; I take issue with the bloggers and pundits who already have their knives sharpened, before anything has happened.
As good old Ben Franklin said, if we do not hang together, we shall all hang separately.
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