A Return to Common Sense?

I just have to add my two cents to the already over-blogged, history-making and progression-marking occasion of Obama's Presidential win - I woke up the morning following feeling such a renewed sense of hope - like it was a brave new world out there and the possibilities are endless. Yes, we have a lot of hurdles to clear. Yes, we will probably go further down before we go back up, but at least now, there is a strong sense that up is an attainable reality again. I can't remember most of Bush's years other than the obvious - war and rampant, unrepentant and uncontrolled, unregulated spending, backslapping and handshaking with the good ole boys, oil, oil, oil and more oil issues and the general antipathy of the very rich for the not so rich and very poor. I can't recall a single thing he has said, read (since you know he doesn't write any of his own material and in many cases it seems that he reads so haltingly and without conviction that you KNOW he just picked up the speech and did not prep earlier) or uttered that would ring throughout history in a positive way. There will be no book of famous quotes, no legacy of diplomacy, understanding, empathy or sympathy. I often wonder how history will misconstrue his role - will the powers that be rewrite history to serve the 'greater good'? Will there be anyone who is not afraid to speak the truth about his presidency in the harsh light of reality? I hope that historians will expose some of the horrible and selfish ways he has run (read: ruined) the country. I hope that they do not lavish praise on him for his handling of the trials and tribulations of this country since he caused a lot of them. I read on CNN that he was trying to say that he faced more challenges than other presidents: the war (s), the 911 attack, Katrina, the economy. But if you deliberately (if not knowingly, after all he is just a figurehead) put these things into motion then why should you get any credit for having to deal with them? PLus they were totally mismanaged anyway. Anyway, point is it is a brand new day and hopefully Bush will be relegated to history books and no longer have the position or power to hurt the American people any longer.