Forward! The Election and Bicycle Wrap-Up

It's taken us all this time to absorb the enormity of the President's re-election. Obviously we are delighted. We are grateful that this bright, decent, hard-working and empathetic person will continue to build upon the enormous task of righting the country from the deviancies of George W. Bush's terms in office. While the progress has been slow there's no denying we're moving in the right direction.

Although we haven't gone too deeply into Gov. Romney territory we became increasingly troubled during the campaign with the idea that somehow, despite the polling numbers on Daily Kos, the Governor might somehow slip into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His flaws ran the gamut from farce (the Mitt-astrophic overseas trip during the flawlessly-run London Olympics) to mean ("No one ever asked to see our birth certificates") to the outright disdainful (being far too grand to condescend and make the case for his presidency to 47% of the public. In a democracy.) Even now he's muttering to his donors about how the President was re-elected because he gave "gifts" to people; he's dim-witted enough to think the brouhaha last summer was about "free contraceptives," not insisting that employers offer women employees all contraceptive options available under the insurance plans for which women paid premiums.

Well, we knew he drove to Canada with his dog strapped to the roof of his car, and witnesses said in high school Gov. Romney tackled a kid in high school and cut off his hair. Nice to know that $300 million in filthy Koch - Rove money couldn't obscure his essential character. Please proceed into oblivion, Governor.

As for Congressman Ryan the less said the better, unless the person doing the saying is David Letterman. Letterman Ryan Top Ten

What can we expect in President Obama's second term? (Besides, according to the defeated Teabaggers, socialism, Adam marrying Adam instead of Eve, and foodstamps?)

We don't know but there's this: We bought a new bike a couple of weeks back, a lovely Giant Escape. It's aluminum, some six pounds lighter than our previous bike, Carmella, and shaves 5-8 minutes off our commute home. The first Monday on it we felt a panic since it's a bike for a person half our age and twice our fitness level. But then we realized: This bike could make us a better rider.

May President Obama feel a lightness in his heavy, heavy tasks next term, may he slice through resistance with continued grace.