In fact, I hated the fact that they pretty much used Palin as this 'gusto' when frankly, she's as backwoods as Alaska backwoods can get, and personally, Bible Thumpers are as radical as any Global Terrorist out there, in my humble opinion. She is shady to boot in most of her gubernatorial dealings, most of which had some sort of familial issues. And her appeals to men more than women pretty much showed she wasn't really interested in moving this nation in a positive light as much as McCain hoped.
And to clarify, Obama never wore the flag lapel pin during the campaign, which was noted, along with his not putting his hand over his heart or showing any form of due respect during the Anthem, often looking at the shine of his shoes--something I personally abhor. (Even regular people that talk during the national anthem bother the hell out of me.) Some of his policy moves also seem a bit of a farce.
I commend both candidates for their efforts, and no doubt, you are correct when you say anything is better than the past eight years of a failing economy, and our loss of respect of the national powers of the world, etc.
But I still fail to see the reason to feel that just because the forty fourth president of our United States is Barack Obama, that there's this magical wand waving over us now, and it's all going to be so much better, with cute-sy Hollywood soundeffects and everything. It's like we've blinded ourselves into seeing this light in a man who is just that, a man who can just as easily break a promise as the next.
This post was not an intent to flare a political debate, especially anonymously. I'm just not going to cry tears of joy like those of Oprah Winfrey or get excited until the changes intended are the changes made--and that could take, like he said in that speech, another 8 years of misery, before things even barely begin to get better.
Here in California, we seemed to have take a giant leap forward in our last election to enable domestic partnerships, and now, in the short life that potential had, even in our being a 'blue state', that's been overturned in a similarly narrow victory that mirrors the Presidential one. See Prop 8.
Positive progress will take more than one election, that's all. Especially if our new found voting vigor fails in 2012, and in the other elections to happen before then.
I doubt this "magic want capability" as well. Obama will be up to his neck of an array of problems that even after he won, I found my self thinking "Really? Can he really change all this?" I think that it is possible for him to change direction, but I can't call to an actual degree it will happen. We'll see...
In fact, I hated the fact that they pretty much used Palin as this 'gusto' when frankly, she's as backwoods as Alaska backwoods can get, and personally, Bible Thumpers are as radical as any Global Terrorist out there, in my humble opinion. She is shady to boot in most of her gubernatorial dealings, most of which had some sort of familial issues. And her appeals to men more than women pretty much showed she wasn't really interested in moving this nation in a positive light as much as McCain hoped.
And to clarify, Obama never wore the flag lapel pin during the campaign, which was noted, along with his not putting his hand over his heart or showing any form of due respect during the Anthem, often looking at the shine of his shoes--something I personally abhor. (Even regular people that talk during the national anthem bother the hell out of me.) Some of his policy moves also seem a bit of a farce.
I commend both candidates for their efforts, and no doubt, you are correct when you say anything is better than the past eight years of a failing economy, and our loss of respect of the national powers of the world, etc.
But I still fail to see the reason to feel that just because the forty fourth president of our United States is Barack Obama, that there's this magical wand waving over us now, and it's all going to be so much better, with cute-sy Hollywood soundeffects and everything. It's like we've blinded ourselves into seeing this light in a man who is just that, a man who can just as easily break a promise as the next.
This post was not an intent to flare a political debate, especially anonymously. I'm just not going to cry tears of joy like those of Oprah Winfrey or get excited until the changes intended are the changes made--and that could take, like he said in that speech, another 8 years of misery, before things even barely begin to get better.
Here in California, we seemed to have take a giant leap forward in our last election to enable domestic partnerships, and now, in the short life that potential had, even in our being a 'blue state', that's been overturned in a similarly narrow victory that mirrors the Presidential one. See Prop 8.
Positive progress will take more than one election, that's all. Especially if our new found voting vigor fails in 2012, and in the other elections to happen before then.
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