One Thing We Can All Agree On After 100 Days
Much hoopla has been made about the first 100 days of the Obama administration, and frankly, I’m pretty tired of it. There is no particular significance to the first 100 days of any new administration, other than to give our 24 hour news media something to blather about. In historical terms, 100 days is a meaningless yardstick. In the end, President Obama will be judged on the totality of his accomplishments, and no one will care if a particular piece of legislation was signed on day 99 or 999.
One thing that is clearly evident about the first 100 days is the fact that we remain deeply divided over the direction our nation is heading. The remarkable difference in the President’s approval rating between Democrats and Republicans is evidence that we don’t see eye to eye on much of anything. The divide is so deep that I’ve actually avoided writing about political topics recently because I simply don’t have the stomach for a debate in which both sides prefer name calling over logic and reason.
No matter what your political beliefs or your party affiliation, there is one thing that we all seem to agree on regarding the first 100 days of the Obama administration. Aretha Franklin flat out rocked the inauguration with her hat. Long after the over the top inaugural festivities are forgotten, we will all remember that hat. Aretha has even agreed to loan it to the Smithsonian, and eventually to donate it to the Obama Presidential Library.
In the spirit of political reconciliation, I invite you all to relive the brief moment when every man woman and child in the nation was awed by the sheer splendor of Aretha and her magnificent hat. Since we as a nation are in desperate need of a cause that we can all support, I will be holding a contest here to find the most creative use of Aretha’s hat in a photograph. Simply download the hat image using the link at the end of this post, and place it on the head of your favorite celebrity, or politician. Email your completed masterpiece by May 15th, and I will post the best entries here for everyone to enjoy. There are no prizes, but the winner will have the satisfaction of knowing they contributed to healing a political rift that threatens to tear our nation apart.
