|
|
Article: Forget 'great '08'; here's to 'fine '09'.(NATION)(A WASHINGTON NOTE)(Column)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 31, 2008
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Adrienne T. Washington, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As always, Cuzin' Kim offers the New Year's ditty to uplift the family for the coming 365 days. It'll be fine in '09! she exclaimed on Christmas Day. Wait a second, I cautioned. Didn't you predict that 'It'll be great in '08'?
Well, we got our first black president, she retorted.
And that historic election was definitely no small feat.
Weathering the scary seasons of high gas prices, foreclosures, layoffs, bailouts and devastated retirement accounts, for some required cloning the discipline and practice employed by Michael Phelps to win a record-breaking eight gold medals at the 2008 ...