HOPE

I've always liked John McCain, but I voted for the other guy and I'm standing by him. Aside from being legendary drunks and sourpusses, once we Welsh make up our minds, that's it. Besides, W and the Republicans really, really messed things up.

Our new President (which, by the way, is ALWAYS capitalized) is young and inexperienced, that's true. And it's all a very serious business and he's already made some mistakes and he's probably going to make more mistakes and the economy sucks and the deficit is now bigger than the Sun and his poll numbers are tanking and people are yelling at each other about health insurance and .. and .. OMG!

Calm yourself. We have far more pressing matters:

Ellen is the new judge on "Idol"!
Diane is replacing Charlie!
Microsoft is now actually advertising Windows 7!
Hallowe'en is just around the corner!
Leno's new show starts next week!
My BFF just posted on FaceBook that he's had a long day!

See? None of that other stuff really matters to us average Americans. We have our broadband, BlackBerrys, Starbucks and trucks. We're fine.

We have hope.