A Peaceful Transfer Of Power
This is Steven Petrick Posting.
It is time once again for those of lucky enough to live in this country to breathe a quiet sigh of relief.
Once again power has begun its transfer from one party with its vision and ideals to an opposing party.
Once again, this has been accomplished without the use of force. No massive bloodletting in the streets between the opposing camps. No rounding up of the losers to be disposed of at the whim of the victors.
We face the possibility of this every four years in, and to a certain extent actually every two years (although our general voting trends make such a transfer of power between Presidential elections a rarity).
Ours is not a perfect system. As Winston Churchill supposedly observed: Democracy is the worst form of government ever invented by man . . . except for all the others.
For now, we the people have spoken, and now is the time to allow our newly chosen leaders the opportunity to prove that we have chosen wisely.
It is time once again for those of lucky enough to live in this country to breathe a quiet sigh of relief.
Once again power has begun its transfer from one party with its vision and ideals to an opposing party.
Once again, this has been accomplished without the use of force. No massive bloodletting in the streets between the opposing camps. No rounding up of the losers to be disposed of at the whim of the victors.
We face the possibility of this every four years in, and to a certain extent actually every two years (although our general voting trends make such a transfer of power between Presidential elections a rarity).
Ours is not a perfect system. As Winston Churchill supposedly observed: Democracy is the worst form of government ever invented by man . . . except for all the others.
For now, we the people have spoken, and now is the time to allow our newly chosen leaders the opportunity to prove that we have chosen wisely.
posted by Federation Commander at 12:40 PM
<< Home