I’ve spent the last 18 months working towards today. I nearly started hyperventilating last night when I realized what was going on today and everything in my life that it impacted. I’ve had defeating George W. Bush and all of his sinister cabal as my primary occupation since June 2003 and it’s now come down to today.
Every single aspect of my life has been affected by this worthwhile quest, and indeed every aspect of my life is contingent in some way upon today’s results. Let’s hope everything goes smoothly, safely, and without incident.
It’s come down to some (perhaps large?) number of people checking off the correct box today. I only hope that my enduring trust in the American people is not for want today.
Two songs are ringing in my head this morning, the first is John Mellencamp’s ballad “Your Life is Now”:
See the moon roll across the stars
See the seasons turn like a heart
Your father’s days are lost to you
This is your time here to do what you will do
Your life is now your life is now your life is now
In this undiscovered moment
Lift your head up above the crowd
We could shake this world
If you would only show us how
Your life is now
The second is from Les Miserables:
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echos the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Perhaps there’s one more song worth mentioning today. I’ve listened to this song more in the last two years than any other. It haunted me at work, on the trail, and even in Price Chopper. We Can. Well, let
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