It was only a week ago when half of this country and the rest of the world celebrated the victory of Barack Hussien Obama. After one of the most bizarre and drawn out elections in history it has led us to say…”now what?” There is no more checking 538/CNN/MSNBC/DailyKos/FoxNews(eww) or any election chatter on Twitter/Facebook. Its back to normal folks!
As mentioned earlier, while I was very hopeful for Obama’s chances leading up to the election I still was very pessmistic about his chances of winning. In my mind I thought that McCain, Palin and the right wing media would find some way to steal the election.
I did not volunteer for his campaign because I believed that my negativity would be more of a hinderance than help. I was very recultant to even put an Obama bumper sticker on my Jeep fearing that some moron would slash my tires (despite the fact that I live in a SOLID blue state.)
Despite all of my worries, America responded loudly on Tuesday night. They didn’t fuck it up this time around. Maybe having 8 years of Bush rule, a useless war and our crap economy made people “Harden the fuck up”.
After the victory, Obama still has to prove himself to the country. He seems very “Fired up” in anticipation of inauguration day and is moving quickly to set up his cabinet. While it has started to sunk in, most who think that he’ll wave a wand to fix our issues are going to be in for a rude awakening.
Even prior to Election Day I knew that Obama or any candidate wouldn’t solve all of our problems….at least immediately. Obama is not going to make my Student Loans disappear or make me lose weight. He will not bring me a girlfriend or improve my Jeep’s gas mileage. Obama can change some of our country’s policies, however he will not change everything in our life. WE are responsible for that.
Obama will be publc ememy #1 to the morons who still think Bush was great, but hopefully his actions will speak louder than words.
America, I have regained faith in you. After a long bitterly contested campaign, Senator Barack Obama of the great state of Illinois has won the Presidency!
Despite absolute fucktards calling him “socialist”, “radical”, “muslim” and “hussien” he has proved that America is simply sick and tired of the Fox News doctrine. Now Barack is not off the hook yet. He still has to guide us out of this mess and repair the damage done after 8 years of incompetence.
The worst is unfortunately yet to come. I truly expect the republicans to continue to unite with right wing media (Fox News & Right Wingnut talk radio…BFF) and smear him. The attacks will be meaner than what Bill Clinton, the nations FIRST black president, faced.
Perhaps the greatest fear is the fear of him getting shot, injured or killed by some KKK loon. I really hope the Secret Service really takes great care in protecting him.
Of course Obama himself will not wave a magic wand and make the economy better. He might be even hampered by congress, depending if there is a majority or not. I actually hope that he stays as a centrist rather than being too liberal.
Still I trust my judgment and I hope that he will be the right president for the right time.
One regret…I should have volunteered. I didn’t want to because I believed that my cynicism would have hurt more then helped.
Anyway America has spoken and I hope the damage of this great nation will start to be fixed.
Election day in the United State of America is Tuesday, November 4th 2008.
That happens to be TOMORROW.
As you already know this is going to be a historic election. Either a black man or woman will take one of the two highest offices for the first time in our country’s history. No matter who you vote, be it Obama/Biden, McCain/Palin or even Ralph Nader or Bob Barr, your vote counts.
If you DO NOT exercise your right to vote, you are an idiot, plain and simple. Don’t complain or bitch if things are going wrong. Don’t say “I should have voted” when you had the opportunity.
By NOT voting you basically are not caring. While the president cannot make things better instantly, whomever will be selected will have tremendous influence over the next decade.
DO NOT make any excuses. In most states your employer will give you paid time to vote. If you are in school, your professor or teacher will understand. If you are a slacker, put down the bong or Xbox controller and get off your ass and VOTE! They’ll be around anyway once you get back. If you are worried about missing your favourite show, DVR it. Its probally a rerun anyway.
