Wisdom

This morning I had to have a blood test as a part of my annual physical. The woman who took the blood was originally from Guanajuato - which is where Vicente Fox is from. I asked her if she was following the election and she said she was. She said she was sorry that the Mexican Constitution has term limits. She thought Fox had done a pretty good job - "not perfect by any means - but he made some real progress." She said "the PRI was in there for a long time and Fox only had six years and most of the people who served in his cabinet were really PRI people - so with all that he did a pretty good job." "He faced some real obstacles from the Congress and even from some of his own ministers - and yet Mexico is better off than it was six years ago."

She was wary of Lopez Obrador and unsure about Calderon. But while she was interested in the politics in Mexico she made an even more important point. "i hope" she said " that the Mexican people realize that their government does not assure their success. The hard work of the people is what does that." Would that more people in the US would understand that simple truth.