I received this email from a friend. It reminded me of my mom and feels like it could be everyone's mom or grandma. I'm not quite her age yet; I'm a baby boomer and still feel like I'm a part of the change but I'm getting closer to these thoughts and will be there soon enough. Just wanted to share it with you all.
I don’t know everyone. That one was a snoozer. Halfway through the debate I looked over and Harold was asleep in his chair, and somehow I think so was much of America. In the VP debate we couldn’t get Palin to answer the questions and in this debate every time it got interesting Tom called time - it was frustrating.
You can comment all you want on who won and who didn’t. I haven’t got a clue. But here is what my heart is telling me. I am 82 years old (83 in December). It’s time to hand the reigns over to the next generation and hope that we did a good job raising them. To Senator McCain I say, with love in my heart, sit down and shut up. You’re beginning to look like an ass and your answers sound like a cross between Barnie Fife and Floyd the Barber. And no matter how many times you start a sentence with "My friends" if you end it with a bunch of stuff that really doesn’t make sense... well eventually someone like me is going to call "bullshit".
Actually, let me state that a little differently. ALL OF US have to call "bullshit" right now. There is too much at stake. You can’t agree with George Bush all of the time and then say you are about change. You can’t say the economy is strong in the morning and then say it’s a crisis that afternoon. You can’t be about deregulation for 25 years and then suddenly be against it. And for God’s sakes war can’t be the answer to everything.
You just can’t teach an old dog a new trick... even if you put lipstick on it. Change is needed. I know because I am a fat, old dog. For too many years I’ve been eating more pie than I should. Jenny Craig had me doing pretty good for a few years but eventually I started eating pie again. John McCain has been part of the Republican party in Washington for 26 years. It doesn’t matter what he has been saying the last few months, eventually he’s going to eat the party pie again. He’s old. I’m old. That’s what we do. We don’t suddenly switch to salad.
It’s OK. We've been part of the greatest generation. We had our turn. Now we get to sit back and enjoy our pie while someone else worries about the calories. The new guy has the energy and the new ideas. Senator Obama, I hope you’re up for the challenge.
One more thing for Senator McCain before this old bird goes to bed. Ronald Reagan is dead. Let it go.
Thanks for stopping by everyone. I hope you keep coming back. It gives me something to do while Harold watches his shows.