Walk Don’t Run
A couple weeks ago, my good friend Tim reminded me of my run on Election Night, 2000. He suggested that I try to duplicate that success by going on a run this evening.
Ahhh. Election Night 2000. I remember it is as though it was yesteryear. Fairly early that evening, the news networks called Florida for Ozone and this was considered a blow to Bush from which he could not recover. Feeling quite down, I decided to go out for a two mile run. I was not in any kind of running shape, so I must have been running on adrenalin. When I returned to watching the coverage about 30 minutes later, I learned that the networks had taken Florida away from Ozone…it was too close to call. Bush went on to win Florida, convincingly :o).
Being kind of superstitious, I decided to try again this Election Night 2008. I’m not exactly sure of the objective. Maybe the best that I can hope for is a firewall in the Senate. So, maybe this evening, I can help prevent a filibuster-proof 60 Democrats. The only thing is, this evening, things are a little different. I’m 8 years older; a little heavier; and I’m fighting chronic plantar fasciitis. So I couldn’t run. I could only walk. I guess that is one more reason I identify with McCain.