Tomorrow, Obama and McCain Become Friends
Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2008
by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com
Barring any unusual circumstances such as a deadlocked or contested election, we will know the identity of the next U.S. President by late tonight. The presidential race that unofficially got under way upon the completion of the 2006 mid-term elections will finally come to an end. Some would even borrow the late President Gerald Ford's description of the end of the Watergate crisis by referring to "our long national nightmare [being] over."
We have seen this happen before. No matter how hostile any recent race for the White House ever became, the competitors made up (at least temporarily) when the election was over. In a show of unity to the rest of the world, they offered the olive branch to one another, mended fences, and set out to heal old wounds.
This is not unlike what happened earlier this year after each party's respective nomination was decided. McCain wrapped up the Republican nomination in early March and promptly made peace with former competitors like Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Rudy Giuliani. Obama didn't clinch his hotly contested – and often bitter – race with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination until the primary season ended in June. However, it wasn't long before Obama and Clinton made amends.
I know an Obama-McCain or McCain-Obama alliance may seem improbable, or perhaps even impossible, to some at this point. However – trust me – it's going to become a reality. There had to be hundreds of thousands of people, including many seasoned pundits, who thought Obama and Clinton would never be able to make up. The divide between them had seemingly become unbridgeable. Yet they managed to pull it off and Clinton wound up campaigning harder for him than just about anyone. And, to a lesser degree, the same thing happened with McCain and his former GOP primary opponents.
In the Bible, God once called the prophet Isaiah to be "The repairer of the breach" (from Isaiah 58:12, KJV) for the ancient Jewish people. It will soon be up to Obama and McCain be examples of repairers of the breach for 21st Century Americans. I think they will do just fine.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)hi terry,i hope and believe that all will "make up" and join together for the good of all involved. "First, do no harm." maybe we finally have people who believe in our nation enough to join together, instead of splitting apart. thanks for sharing,best regards,sue thom
Wonderful, Terry. And you're right. It is and will be time to repair the breach. I'm hoping for a better tomorrow for us all. Thanks for sharing.Sandra
Having read this after the election, I would have to say you are a prophet :-)I believed in my heart that this would be the case. Obviously their views and tactics are different, just like anyone else in America, but I never doubted that either of them had nothing but the best intentions and good will toward our country. It's interesting to see things being set up--the 70th week of Daniel is fast approaching. Lord bless you!
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