Hope For The Better

My mother made a comment on my blog all the way from Hawaii the other day about how she couldn't believe I haven't blogged about President Obama. Well after a week, I have a few thoughts.

I remember after Clinton knocked out the other Bush back in 2002, hanging a poster facing out of my window that said "BYE BYE BUSH". This wasn't only because I was excited that Clinton won and old man Bush lost, but it was more a message to the person in Hood Hall that was a obvious Bush supporter.

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I was excited that 12 years of conservatism was about to end and I was excited about change. Then after 8 years of Clinton, the 2000 election was upon us and although I wasn't thrilled about Gore as a choice, I knew after reading details about Bush's beliefs that if he was to win in 2000, we were in trouble as a nation. Sure enough, Gore was elected, however, the Supreme Court put a end to it and decided to appoint Dubya. At that point, I knew it was going to be a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long 8 years. And I hate to say it, but man, I was right...Dubya will go down in history as one of the worst presidents ever.

In 2008, with the fact that Dicky Boy wasn't running (only god knows the horrors if that were to happen), and Dubya's approval ratings were dropping quicker then the Federal Funds Rate the presidency was up for grabs. I wasn't thrilled about Clinton, but the Republicans weren't impressing me either. John McCain interest me for a moment, but then he went to the dark side of conservatism. His picked as Vice was scary and later cemented my idea that he wasn't the person for the job...Cummon, she winked at the camera during the debate to pick up votes.

But the Dems were going down a different road with a man with relatively little experience. Clinton was out and Barrack Obama was in. Now there were scary things about Obama...His lack of experience, his ties to Daly's of Chicago, Jeremiah Wright and his real estate scandal. But what impressed me was his agenda and how he intended to steer this country out of 8 years of political agony. McCain wasn't clear about his plan and Clinton didn't really have one.

But Obama did and philosophically it matched my vision (and a lot of other people) for how this country should go. Yes, I'm not going to agree with Obama on everything he does and I've already spoken my mind on Geithner. And lets not forget about the Right...already complaining about how people have turned him into a Savior by having his picture "Obamicon". Yes, I think people have to be careful about this. Historically this has been done before in politics, specifically JFK. African American are doing this for obvious reasons (I would too if I was African American). But I really think this "savior" title is being used because of what has happened over the last 8 years.

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President Obama's overall vision is full of change from 8 years of darkness. His vision of how to steer this country is full of Promise and hope. Let's hope it now becomes reality.

And look...Charlotte knew Inauguration Day was a special day...She lined all her little people up to watch the TV.