On the Presidency
During the Presidential campaign I went to the store looking for a Halloween card for a friend of mine and came upon one that had a picture of a person opening the paper, with the headline clearly reading "Obama Wins!" Inside, it said "Sorry, this was the scariest card I could find. Happy Halloween!"
I didn't get it, but it sure got me (for a good laugh)!
That card became reality this morning. I truly dreaded looking at the front page of the morning paper. I went to bed early last night so I could avoid the news I knew was inevitable to come in the morning. Just wanted to prolong it a few hours more; even if I was unconcious. But, like a hangover, it came anyway.
My candidate lost. Actually, I think my ballot was lost cuz I sure don't see any results of anything I voted for. Unlike the majority of the U.S right now, I am a registered Republican. And proud of it, even if the whole "Maverick" thing makes me cringe (that's just bad sloganing. 'Maverick' isn't the first adjective that pops in my mind when I look at ANY 70-something year old man. Nothing personal.), and my chosen man-of-action had to publically conceed. There's a lot of upset Republicans right now, and I'd be lying if I said I was completely ok & happy with Obama as our new President; but I'm a reasonable person and realize that Bush has been in office a really friggen long time. The U.S has undergone a lot of sh!t in that time with the war, the economy, etc.. Any Democrat could've run under the platform of Change and gotten in. People LOVE saying they "voted for change!" (trust me, I've stomached it all day long. I've stomached it ever since I got my job and every single person--without exception--in the office is Democrat & has come in every day with new jokes & fodder chiding John McCain & Sarah Palin. Especially Sarah Palin. Not to mention hearing about it from all my Democrat friends).
I agree, we do need a breath of fresh air in the White House right about now. I would even go as far as agreeing we need a Democrat there. But I still don't think Barack Obama has the ka-hon-ay's to properly do it. I'm leery of his experience (rather lack thereof) and the direction he'll take us, among lots of other things. Pigs have better chances of flying than to hear me ever say "Go Obama!" However, I'm also a gracious loser. We've been outnumbered, and whether I like it or not (I don't) Obama is our new team Captain. I will not admonish or berate him, because by doing so I would turn into all the Bush-haters I loathe. Not because they loathe Bush, but because they won't respect their own President Of The United States. Which to me, is ungrateful, uncouth, and un-American. We're all in this together, whether you like it or not.
So I'll do the only thing I can: Focus on the few things I do agree with him on (I may be Republican but I'm not hardxcorex Conservative. Believe it or not, at the very beginning I was going to vote for him).
HOPE is right. I HOPE he does a good job, and I HOPE I'm proved wrong.
I didn't get it, but it sure got me (for a good laugh)!
That card became reality this morning. I truly dreaded looking at the front page of the morning paper. I went to bed early last night so I could avoid the news I knew was inevitable to come in the morning. Just wanted to prolong it a few hours more; even if I was unconcious. But, like a hangover, it came anyway.
My candidate lost. Actually, I think my ballot was lost cuz I sure don't see any results of anything I voted for. Unlike the majority of the U.S right now, I am a registered Republican. And proud of it, even if the whole "Maverick" thing makes me cringe (that's just bad sloganing. 'Maverick' isn't the first adjective that pops in my mind when I look at ANY 70-something year old man. Nothing personal.), and my chosen man-of-action had to publically conceed. There's a lot of upset Republicans right now, and I'd be lying if I said I was completely ok & happy with Obama as our new President; but I'm a reasonable person and realize that Bush has been in office a really friggen long time. The U.S has undergone a lot of sh!t in that time with the war, the economy, etc.. Any Democrat could've run under the platform of Change and gotten in. People LOVE saying they "voted for change!" (trust me, I've stomached it all day long. I've stomached it ever since I got my job and every single person--without exception--in the office is Democrat & has come in every day with new jokes & fodder chiding John McCain & Sarah Palin. Especially Sarah Palin. Not to mention hearing about it from all my Democrat friends).
I agree, we do need a breath of fresh air in the White House right about now. I would even go as far as agreeing we need a Democrat there. But I still don't think Barack Obama has the ka-hon-ay's to properly do it. I'm leery of his experience (rather lack thereof) and the direction he'll take us, among lots of other things. Pigs have better chances of flying than to hear me ever say "Go Obama!" However, I'm also a gracious loser. We've been outnumbered, and whether I like it or not (I don't) Obama is our new team Captain. I will not admonish or berate him, because by doing so I would turn into all the Bush-haters I loathe. Not because they loathe Bush, but because they won't respect their own President Of The United States. Which to me, is ungrateful, uncouth, and un-American. We're all in this together, whether you like it or not.
So I'll do the only thing I can: Focus on the few things I do agree with him on (I may be Republican but I'm not hardxcorex Conservative. Believe it or not, at the very beginning I was going to vote for him).
HOPE is right. I HOPE he does a good job, and I HOPE I'm proved wrong.