Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Five years later, what could have been...

It has long been said that each of us, upon death, could be reduced to the most painful of tears if our heavenly maker showed us the life we could have lived.

Everyone who cares about our country and our world needs to read Jonathan Alter's brilliant piece in Newsweek this week. It tells us different story of the last five years--one of leadership, unity, peace, and progress. A chronicle of what could have been.

It may not reduce our current leaders to tears, because they will never read it. But it should cause the rest of us to pause. Just think about the opportunities we have missed. These are not fantasies. We could have had this kind of leadership. Our country has seen it before. How can we find it again? What qualities should we look for in the occupant of the oval office? How can we find and elect someone with the strength of character to make this alternate history a reality?


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