I didn’t blog yesterday, but did something that has become a bit of a tradition….I watched MSNBC’s special, the news reporting of the events of 9/11 played at the exact time they happened, now 7 years ago yesterday, so that you are re-living the experience.  It was interrupted only for the President when he spoke at the memorial, I am glad he was given the respect he deserves in doing that.

Then last evening, I watched some talk shows, and on one of them, Rudy Giuliani was interviewed.  When he was asked something along the lines of why he thinks it is that many as a Nation are either forgetting about 9/11, and why we are no longer united as a Nation like we were then, he suggested that it could be related to the elections and party politics. 

We are in the midst of our second election since September 11, 2001, in which the nation is deeply divided by what they are told to think about “the present administration”, what they are told to think about the war, what they are told to think about how things were handled after 9/11, depending upon what isle they camp. Yes, I’m generalizing, not everyone is blindly following, but many are.  We are divided - democrats - republicans - and the chasm seems to be getting wider so that we as a Nation are falling in.  I don’t know what the answers are, I, too, will be voting for who I believe is the best candidate, who once again is within the party I’ve voted most of my life. But I wish the ads, the process, wasn’t as nasty as it has become recently. It doesn’t impress me to see two men, Obama and McCain at the site of 9/11 (less than an hour from our home, btw) on TV one day, and attacking each other the next.

I do know that I never want to forget 9/11.  I want to view the following images at least once a year, and be reminded, and be thankful for “the present administration” which has had to make decisions few administrations ever have had to face.  Thank you.

By the way, the video includes some of those who jumped from windows, if this disturbs you, dare I say watch it anyway?

Rudy Giuliani, “America’s Mayor”, gave an excellent speech last night.

I am sure I’m not the only one thinking this way. With Giuliani and Edwards both stepping down from the race, and a little…very little…imagination, I can see the Republican ticket being John McCain for President with Rudy Giuliani as his running mate, and Barack Obama as the Democratic choice, with John Edwards are his running mate. What do you think?

And how do I feel about that? No opinions right now, saving that up for when the real race begins.

A lot can happen on the big day next week, “Super Tuesday” which follows the “Super Bowl” (the Giants will beat the Patriots…oh, oops, this is a political blog, sorry), but it really has been amazing to watch the political landscape change over the past weeks.