Thank you, Bush

Last night George W. Bush made history. Yes, we have to give it to him, were it not for the failed policies enacted in the past eight years, the US would not have elected Barack Obama president.
Bush will go into history as the president that passed the helm on to a black man. But also as the man who paved the way for this man to come to power.
Sure, I do not mean to take away all the merits of the great orator and politician that Obama has proven himself. But let's face it: if the US had not slumped into a recession months before the election and our people were not sick and tired of fighting a war for oil companies, it is unlikely Obama would have made it past the primaries, and certainly not to the White House.
Now let me make a digression, by the way. Throughout this year, I have been remembering a tune by Parliament called Chocolate City. In that song, at one point, the great George Clinton starts naming several cities he says have become chocolate city, or CCs. Then he blasts out: It is still called the White House, but that is a temporary condition. Visionary.
Back to the thanks. We cannot forget to extend the warmest thanks to senator John McCain, whose temper and gut-feeling-driven politics caused him to commit fatal blunders as saying the economy was strong in the week when the third Black Monday in history happened and to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate without first properly vetting her.
And, yes, let's say thank you to Sarah Palin. If she were not such a colorful character and did not have such a deep disconnect with anything outside Wasilla Main Street, she might have even captivated Americans enough to sway them toward the Republican ticket.
But now let's be serious. Tonight I am proud to be American.
Thank you USA.