The race for the White House has ended. It's finally over. Some of us had lost track or simply did not care what was happening, but the bottom line is: George W. Bush has been elected as the 43rd President of United States of America. Bush leads 271 to Gore's 267 in the electoral votes although Gore had a majority of over 30,000 in the popular votes. But I guess, Gore's just not lucky enough.
I cried when Gore made his concession speech, which was poignant and moving. But
at least the saga has ended.
Depending on who you voted all those weeks ago, you're either thrilled to have
your choice of candidate safely ensconced in D.C. or you are just too upset by the
outcome. Either way, at least it has been resolved. The suspense was killing me.
And I am sick and tired of spending those long hours in front of the Television
listening to political pundits rave and rant about "compassionate conservatoriums",
electoral college…so on and so forth. Some of us cannot imagine the hours of our
life we spent glued to CNN and MSNBC for coverage of the latest Supreme Court
hearing on the final results.
Still, what a fascinating history lesson we have all learned. At least we have
something to tell our kids about. And haven't we all learned something from this
too? Some of us did not know what Electoral College was prior to this month. A
crash course on everything from the names of the counties of Florida to United
States judicial system followed.
Just think for a moment. Maybe if more Bush supporters had gone to vote on November
7th, then he would not have been in such jeopardy. Bush may have won the popular votes
too, which would not have given democrats anything to protest about.
Gore supporters. Well, there was not much they could do unless they were registered
in the Sunshine State.
Despite the final recount, the acrimony surrounding this election will be felt for
a long time to come, at the very least on the election day four years from now. Well,
who can imagine what is to happen? Maybe Bush will actually deliver all those grandiose
promises he made about health concerns, social security, and tax relief to fellow
Americans and will be hailed as a national hero. At least this time it won't be a
divided in the House of Senate and maybe it will be good for America, after all.
Either ways, both parties will field in their best man as presidential candidate.
For Democrats, it will be another chance to get their man and ideals into the top
office in the world. For years from now, every person in the good ol' U.S. of A.
will have another choice to make and another chance to make a difference. Undeniably,
this is the nature of politics.
Politics, as some of you political pundits may agree with me, is too important to be
left to the politicians.
Let this not happen again in 2004. Take the next chance to make your voice count.
-LKS
