We've had two years - give or take a couple months - of being shown what the new regime in DC thinks change is made of.  Two years - more or less - to see how they expect our hopes to be satisfied. Two years - less a hiccup - of listening to the second coming of the great communicator, the orator in chief. Two years to see how a man who claimed to be a uniter not a divider handled himself and his relationships with the electorate and legislators on both sides of the aisle. We've had two years to see if this would indeed be the most transparent - and most ethical congress in history.  Two years to see how the swamp would be drained.

In that time what have we seen and heard?

We've seen that the articulate man can not speak without a teleprompter.  Not even to elementary aged children.
We've heard that his cadence is grating and when he goes off script he bumbles and fumbles worse than his predecessor ever thought of doing.  We've seen him stand arrogantly before all of us looking down his nose with his chin pointed up, declaring that we are just not smart enough to grasp his plan.  We've heard him tell those on the other side of the aisle that elections have consequences and he won so they can just sit down and shut up.  We've watched in horror as legislators follow his lead and ignore the wishes of their constituents. We've listened with our mouths agape as legislators declared that the constitution is wrong, that it says whatever the legislators decide it says, that they can do whatever they want, that we must wait until they have passed 4,000 page laws to know what is in them, that they don't need to read the laws they vote on.  We've seen 4,000 page laws written behind closed doors, amendments shut out, debate shut out - we've had to fight to get those thousands of pages laws released at all so that we can have - what a day? maybe two - to delve through.  Even though we were assured that such laws would be available to us.  We've been treated to executive branch - cabinet level - office holders who have cheated on their taxes.  We've had legislators exposed for traveling on private jets, cheating on taxes, cheating on rules for dwellings... the swamp seems to be full of as much muck as ever.  We've seen our money, and that of our children and grandchildren and all of humanity spent.  We've heard the president talk about how tax breaks cost HIM money, as though it is his - not ours.

Are we united?  well maybe.  I'm thinking we may be more united than ever that indeed the swamp needs draining.

Now is the time.  Now is our chance.  We don't get to do this again for two more years.

We've called, emailed, written to legislators/president/newspapers, we've educated ourselves, we've joined groups, read books, we've put stickers on our cars, in our yard, and flown the flag - worn patriotic clothing - sung songs - chanted,  we've attended town hall meetings and watched even more on TV and on YouTube, we've gathered in our hometown streets and we've traveled to DC to stand and be counted - to yell.

Tomorrow - no matter what - VOTE!
Whom ever you feel you must vote for, remember this vote is the one most precious and effective tool we each have to remind these .... people? how we feel.  What we expect of them.  And who the hell signs their paychecks!