Consider channeling election rage to humor

Letter to the editor
Published: October 23, 2008

Editor:

My friends —  It’s all over now but the voting. So all of you soccer moms, hockey dads, Harvard grads and even Joe the Plumber, let’s gather around the kitchen table and talk about how glad we are about the promises we have been given.

No matter which candidate is elected, we’ve been promised our taxes will go down, bankrupt homeowners will return to their homes, the troops will leave Iraq (soon or someday), our healthcare system will improve, we’ll stop importing foreign oil, and, most crucial of all, our national economy will again be strong and jobs will be restored.

A change is on the way! Right?

I think it’s important for the American public to understand that we need to find something to smile about. So let me say this to those of you on Main Street (and every other street in Madison). Let’s park our fears at the door and turn on the “Tonight Show.” Every weeknight at 11:35, for 10 minutes or so, Jay Leno will have you laughing in spite of yourself —  and doesn’t laughing beat the heck out of crying?

You betcha—wink, wink!

Annie Rowe
Madison