This is freakin' great!!! You guys are the best, I mean it.

You know, I'm coming to the realization, that my work in politics, may be over, for a while.

I mean, you know, how can I say this - I've been on a razor's edge these last 4 days. It started with that Bill Clinton thing, remember, down there in SC? And I mean, that little sentence - one sentence - started this huge cascade of events, that still hasn't even finished. I've been tracking this very closely, this is exactly the kind of thing I wanted to look at under a microscope. to get my "education" that I feel I needed, in a particular specific area of "political belief and behavior".

So like, when Kennedy did his little endorsement speech there, I kinda already knew what was happening, right? But when I actually heard the words - it was like, physical, right? I felt this "wave of relief" pass over my whole entire body, and the feeling that went with it, was like a million pounds had just been lifted off my shoulders, and the words that went with it, were this kinda thought like, "oh man.... maybe this long nightmare is finally over"....

And then this morning, when I heard that Christian right guy say what he said about Ron Paul, that sealed the deal.

It was, like, suddenly everything in the political universe had been set right again.

I mean, is this making any sense?

This last four days, has been remarkable, I mean, really - I really do believe, that political analysts are gonna be looking at this one for a long time.

I have never before experienced anything like this, in politics, in my 48 years on this planet.

And I mean, I've been together with a "lot" of people these last few days, and the vibe, the buzz on the ground, has been entirely consistent. It's almost like, one of those situations where everyone feels exactly the same thing at the same time, for no explicable reason. Know what I mean? It's kinda one of those odd phenomena like in that Spielberg movie Close Encounters, right? Where people of diverse walks and geographies, suddenly get this "vibe", and converge around it - very strange stuff, right?

And I mean, that's kinda what this was - very unusual. An entirely massive shift of momentum, that happened almost "instantaneously".

And that moment, that single exact moment, it was like, all these "concepts" converged all at once, in lots of different peoples' minds, all at the same time. And as a result, both parties are re-shuffling, and political allegiances are re-aligning, and the whole deck of cards is being re-shuffled exactly like it's supposed to!!!

Right? This is exactly how our system is supposed to work!!!

And I mean, this "pivotal event", how I look at that, is, that people have kinda been "confused" lately, they haven't really known "what to believe", right? And there's been awareness of "spin", but not necessarily a real-time ability to individuate it.

So, that little deal there, the spin-followed-by-truth-followed-by-reaction-to-truth, was like a "conduit" opening up for all this information flow, so like, suddenly it all made sense, right? Suddenly - boom - that is spin, and there's no question about it - and then, boom - that is the truth, and there's no question about it. Right? It was almost like that.....

Anyway, you know, I've only been doing this politics thing for a very little while, and the only reason I felt the need to get hip to it in the first place, was 'cause I got the sense that something in this space was very, very wrong, and I wanted to find out what was up.

And I mean, my [u]only[/U} effort, in all this, has been to kick a few ostriches and run like hell when they wake up mad!

And I mean, right now at this moment, I'm a very happy camper! My sense right now, is, "all is not lost", and I didn't have that sense four days ago.

That piece, right there, I tag, as hope.

That's what this man, Obama, is offering me. At least, that's what I "see" that he's offering me.

And I mean, that - you know, when you're drowning in a huge sea, you don't say no to a life preserver, right?

Well, I dunno if this makes any sense - I'm very tired, and I need to go get some sleep. I'm probably just rambling, but I just wanted to share that with y'all.

God Bless America! With His help (and maybe a little bit of yours and mine too), we'll make it.