Biiiiiiiiiiiiiig deep breath.

I have shamelessly swiped this from something margoeve wrote here. It's as good a start to the next four years as anything else. It's certainly better than anybody feeling like they need to take their ball and their bat and go home.

I've been sitting on anger and disappointed expectations. Not everybody behaved as I would have liked them to. Oh-the-blank-well. Time for me to put on my big girl panties and pony up.

I'm a moderate and I have said nasty things about both Democrats and Republicans. I am sorry that I said disparaging things about your political beliefs. They were said out of frustration, but that is not an excuse.

I am sorry that we hurt each other.

I am glad that we all wanted a change from what has been going on and I am sorry we couldn't see eye to eye during the election cycle. I am hoping you will, now that things have calmed down, accept my hand and let us come up with some solutions that we can all live with. The government can only do so much. It is up to each of us to make it ok to be, not a party, but an American.

I hope you will accept my apology.