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.

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[caletara.livejournal.com]

"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."


Thank you. I don't know how many times I can say that. People are treating him like a god. My family is gushing and can't understand why I just don't join in. I'm extatic that Bush is gone. I'd do a little jig in celebration. But people seem to be thinking Barack Obama is like Jesus or the Buddha or someone. They're going to get disapointed when they realize he's human, like everyone else.