I'm sort of a political junkie...Tuesday night was my Super Bowl...I was up until about 230 watching results, listening to pundits, waiting for Vinatari to kick the last-second field goal...again. It was great and well worth it! And unlike 2000, when the ball came to a rest on the goalpost and we had to wait a month to see which side if fell off on, it only bounce off the post and then through...all the drama without the wait.
I'm pleased that Bush won. One of the reasons is that I think he's a good man. Another is that I love to see pundits and pollsters be wrong...they had Kerry in the White House before any polls had even closed! What's up with that!?!? I love a come-from-behind victory.
How about the Karl Rove guy, huh? That guys owns Washington this week...
Did you see Dan Rather? That guy was tripping over himself to explain why CBS wasn't calling Ohio when NBC had already taken the plunge and called the election for Bush. It was pretty funny. Nice work Tom. Dan...time to go. Peter, the bell tolls...
What's the new generation of news anchors going to be like? Will they value a particular style? Will they be more likely to be candid about their leanings on issues and policies? Will they value "connecting" with the views or will they continue to be the professional, "nuetral," and all-knowing characters that we watch now? Will they acknowledge that the internet is changing news and play along or continue to bemoan the changes that culture is putting upon them?
Is the nation really as divided as the pundits say? There are certainly people who feel very strongly about either side of the issues. But there are also a whole lot of people out there who vote because they've always voted that way. Is that really division or is that just good democracy.
In many ways, democracy is at its best when there are strong opinions and ideas on both sides of the aisle. It's systems like communism, socialism, facism that produce uniform thinking. But democracy requires two or more ideas competing, challenging, and refining each other.
I'm going on vacation in a few days!! I can't wait. We'll be doing mid-west tour of friends and family. I'm hoping that Heidi and I can ditch the kids at my sister's house and go to the inn where we spent our first night as husband and wife.
We've been married ten years on the 19th of this month!! I truly do love her more deeply and passionately than I did on that day when we first exchanged vows. What an incredible woman. She deserves more than to be a part of a blog that covers many thoughts...I'll do a special tribute blog to her closer to the date. Just let it be known that I love her so deeply that words won't do it justice.
Big day...study, meetings, teaching at Catalyst worship gathering tonight. Hey, check out the Catalyst web site at www.wchamburg.org/catalyst. Todd did a great job getting it up and going. It will grow and change, but it's a fantastic job.
Peace,
Matt
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