Oh Happy Day! But....

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Yes, I'm happy, Bush is gone. Yes, I voted for Obama. Yes, I am a little hopeful that things will get better. Yes, I think it was a damned good call for Obama to put a hold on all pending regulations for federal agencies until his administration can review them.

But reading over some of the posts on my friends list, and overhearing a good many conversations today and since the election, I feel the need to say this...(If this does not apply to you, feel free to be all smug or something :-P )

Barrack Obama is a man, a human being. He is not a god. He is not our messiah or savior or miracle answer to that which ails us. Even if he's here for two terms, he will not be able to make everything perfect, or even okay. He's inherited a global-scale nightmare of astronomical proportions. It's going to take a lot of detangling until even a tiny dent can be made. It's probably going to take several presidents to recover from this.

Don't put the man on a pedestal. Don't inflate him into something he's not because when he doesn't fix every little thing and make it all perfect, you'll hate him.

Bush may be now called one of the nation's worst-ever presidents, but I wouldn't be at all surprised of Obama ended up being one of the nation's most harshly-judged presidents once he's had his run.

Comments

[chironcentaur.livejournal.com]

Well, I do know some Obama worshippers who understand what he was doing and excuse him for it (hell, I understand what he was shooting for, just think he could have accomplished that while choosing someone who is less of a flaming asshole). But yeah, good example. And it will only get worse.

[unprotoize.livejournal.com]

Really. There were people demanding their campaign contributions back. I'm like "what?" I mean, Rick Warren is a horrible human being and if I saw him I'd probably punch him in his sanctimonious face. Or at least be seeeriously tempted to. Still, though, I'm pleased that Obama won and that John McCain didn't win.

Looking back on it I see it as a lesson, that I can't expect this guy to do everything I want. I got some perspective out of the experience. And I guess Warren's convocation wasn't so bad yesterday. Maybe he'll learn something from his experience, too. I heard that while people on the left were excoriating Obama for his choice, right-wing loonies were hating on Warren for "selling out" and agreeing to do it.

Hearing that made me step back and appreciate the whole thing from a different angle.