Once You Reach The Top There's Only One Way

Over the weekend I spent some time at a family gathering where almost everyone voted for Obama. I can understand the vote, but I can't understand the religious zealotry and hypocritical blame game. Whatever subject that was brought up, it was George W. Bush's fault. And whatever the problem, Barack Obama was going to fix it.

It followed that McCain was old, and Sarah Palin was stupid, and the most vitriol came from the women. Now many years ago, you might have described the women as "career women" but since their husbands did very well financially, they opted out of the work place, and raised their children. Two of them have never gone back to work, because their hubbies bring in serious money as partners in a law firm. One of them recently went back to work after a 15 year hiatus.

Listening to them talk was like watching the movie "Mean Girls." If anyone thought feminism would end this kind of ugly behavior, they were sadly mistaken. Men don't have to attack women anymore, because women can do the job by themselves. Almost everything brought up by the women on the subject of Palin was false. They were right on one or two issues, but those issues wouldn't warrant the kind of hatred that was being advanced.

Right now the top of the mountain sure looks good. Everywhere you turn there is a breathtaking vista, and the skies are clear.

The problem with being at the top of the mountain is that the only direction you can go is down. Sometimes the descent is slow and orderly, and sometimes its an avalanche.

There are a tremendous amount of storm clouds on the horizon.
In the next year the wind is going to howl, the rain and snow is going to come down, and their will be huge crevices to pass without falling in and never being heard from again.

President Elect Obama should enjoy his time of good will, and take in as much sunshine as possible. The road ahead will be difficult. Many of the people who voted for him did so tenuously, in spite of what the media is spouting. And even the media, heretofore Obama's top ally, will turn on him when they don't get everything they want, along with all the other special interest groups.

I don't envy the President-elect. When he has to start swatting hands out of the till, the wailing and gnashing of teeth will begin. Then he'll realize the best friend you can have in Washington is a dog.

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