Recycle!

I happen to be a fan of recycling. It's not hard to do. I hate throwing things away. I hate waste. It's a great concept, right? It's something easy we can all do for the environment. It's something I've noticed a lot in politics, too...

I was thinking as this election cycle went on (and on and on and on) that Barack Obama's refrain of "Yes We Can" or, for some of his constituents, my personal favorite of "Si Se Puede" sounded awfully familiar. Was it another politican's slogan? I thought about it....it wasn't Bush 1's "Read my lips, no new taxes" or Clinton's "It's the economy, Stupid!" It wasn't "I like Ike" or Reagan's famous "Are you better off than you were four years ago?". Although vaguely reminiscent of JFK's slogan, "We Can Do Better," I was sure it was used word for word somewhere. Hmmm. I was stumped. Until....

This morning, I turned on Bob the Builder for Maddox. He was ready for preschool but I still had to get myself ready and I figured I'd keep him entertained for a few minutes. Maddox isn't a huge tv fan and since Hadley wasn't much of a Bob the Builder watcher, it's not a common show in our home. The music began and I heard the song, "Bob the Builder, can we fix it? Bob the Builder, yes we can!"

AHA! It finally clicked. Yes we can! We can, we can, we can. We can find the key to the presidency in the most unlikely of places. Obama, the great orator, found his way to the White House in the slogan of Bob the Builder. Obama, I think you owe Bob a great big "Thank you!" Now, only time will tell if Obama can fix it as well as Bob can.