As many of you will notice the countdown to the end of the Bush era has expired. We are less then three hours away from our 44th president being sworn into office. I’ll keep this short but I think someone had to say something on this day. My loathing for the diplomacy of George W Bush is not secret to anyone who reads this site. Perhaps you are one of those 20% that still thinks he was doing a good job as president and you have seen this day more as the beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse then the rising of the sun on a new day.

Personally, I hope this is like Gandalf coming over the hill at the end of the Two Towers to save King Theoden’s people. I see some things in Barack that worry me. I’m not naive, but I’m hopeful that he can rise to the occasion for many reasons.

The first being we need him to. We are in two wars and our economy is in shambles. We need someone to lead this country and put a little hope back in the consumer’s mind.

The second reason I’m rooting for Barack is if he succeeds even mildly it will help race relations. Yesterday, we celebrated MLK day on inauguration eve we can say we have come a long way to making that dream a reality, but we can do even more. Imagine if Barack has the qualities of a transcendent president. The ability to lead like my favorite president FDR did?

That is my hope today. I hope he can unite. I’m not one to put much faith in religion but I am one to believe in people. Warren Buffett recently said this is our darkest time since World War II and we are facing an Economic Pearl Harbor, but he would not bet against the American people because we have a way of coming out on top. I hope Barack Obama is part of that success plan.

So I’m obviously very happy Bush is gone, but I’m looking at today as a day of hope. I wish Obama the best of luck because there are lot of people looking for a leader and he has the chance to be that person.

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