One Question to the Nation
By: Robert Crane
It was Thursday, November 2, 2000; a mere five days before the most hotly contested presidential election in our nation’s history. With only a few days left in the campaign and debates a distant memory, George W. Bush circled his wagons around two or three ringing promises. While his Boeing 757 dubbed “Responsibility One”, remained parked outside the white-walled Sun Country Airlines hangar located in Minnesota’s Twin City airport in a torrent of rain and ominous lightening, he spoke to the 6,000-strong that crowded enthusiastically inside.
And he promised:
“… I will work with Republicans and Democrats to get the people’s business done, to rid Washington of its bitterness and set a new, constructive tone.” He continued on, “I will also swear to uphold the honesty and integrity of the office to which I’ve been elected, so help me God.”
It was part of a three pronged message he’d carry with him to victory: he will cut taxes, nurture Congressional unity, and return honesty and integrity to the Oval Office.
It has been five and half years.
My simple question to the 6,000-strong who cheered wildly that stormy day in Minnesota and the rest of America is a slight variation of what was originally a question that the irascible New York Mayor, Ed Koch, asked of himself after years on the job:
So how’s he doin’?
And I suppose if you believe one out of three is good enough, you’d say he doin’ just fine.
This article was written by Robert Crane. Robert has completed his collection of humorous short stories about growing up in the Sixties. Feel free to stop by and read them anytime at his popular website: http://www.cranelegs.com