inauguration

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ur rendezvous with destiny has ended, taking a span from the Nov. 2 electioneering to the presidential re-inauguration. I didn't much enjoy the sight along the way, but it was not at all bad. Many people were probably hoping to have an easier presidency to deal with, but President Bush will continue to defy our expectations, and shock and awe us where he oughtn't have. He has so great an aggressive agenda that I am amazed by his energy. He campaigned as if he was first running for election, not re-election. He continues to want to prove that he is right and we are wrong. Presidents would be exhausted by now, perhaps, and content to have received the ratification of the people.

Not this president, which is good for the interesting ideas that will be afforded to this young generation (the so-called Y generation) what the President of 2020 should be like. If Bush aspired to Reagan, that president of the future will aspire to Bush's capability for vision and hope of bringing justice to the world.

I'll tell you one thing: This president, however much disagreement over his policies I have with him, has made me wanted, more than any other presidents ever, visit his future presidential library. Clinton can't do that; I won't visit Arkansas. Reagan, I may stop by his place. I will visit the libraries or museums of Lincoln, Jefferson, and Kennedy. I will visit his library in Texas.

And I would be happy to do so. Maybe I'd attribute it to a sense of relief. I would collapse in front of the statue of President Bush and pray to myself, "Thank God it's over. You have won the War on Terror. You've ended all threats to the U.S. from rogue nations. You've helped sent us on our way to establishing a space station on the moon, and sent us to Mars. You've helped assured us that only a born-again Christian can be President. You've demonstrated that the best way to keep the public trust is by ultimate loyalty. You're loyal to those you appointed, and have loyalty at your beck and call. Nixon had a traitor that brought him down. You don't. Alas, we have not seen your like again, who could combine the guts, vision, trust, and faith in the way you did. Maybe it's because of your success that others failed. Your victory on terrorism made sure that another 9/11 would not happen again, and so no Presidents thereafter could have the opportunity to rise from the ashes of the collapsed twin towers and declared that any nation supporting terrorism would be regarded by the 'U.S. as a hostile regime' and that 'either you are with us or you are with the terrorists'. You've ensured that the Middle East becomes a democracy, even through the blood and toils we have suffered. You were the President of the new Millennium, and a new decade, and we will not forget you anymore."