My sincere congratulations to President Obama on his win for a second term for the Presidency. It's a great thing to live in a great democracy such as ours, where no tanks have to roam the streets before,
during and after an election. As I do every year no matter who wins, I
now hope that we can put aside our political differences and stand
behind all of our elected officials to have them work together in spite
of the clear cut division shown by this election.
I was shocked in this election by the incredible amount of divisive rhetoric
from both sides, the astounding Facebookian vitriol and personal hatred
coupled with dogmatic approach to political slogans of many of my
Facebook friends and how Facebook and social media became an extended
arm of the vast right wing conspiracy and the even vaster left wing
nuthouse.
And in the spirit of the hyphening of America, I'd like to be one of the
first DMVers to welcome to our area some new faces, including my peeps
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who becomes the third Cuban-American currently
in the US Senate (joining Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez) and the fifth
Cuban-American Senator ever (others were Mel Martinez and John E.
Sununu).
I'd also like to welcome new Mass. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the first female Native American Senator and Hawaii's Mazie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate.
My sincere congratulations to President Obama on his win for a second term for the Presidency. It's a great thing to live in a great democracy such as ours, where no tanks have to roam the streets before,
during and after an election. As I do every year no matter who wins, I
now hope that we can put aside our political differences and stand
behind all of our elected officials to have them work together in spite
of the clear cut division shown by this election.
