HOPE “More than a feeling”
I couldn’t sleep much last night. I’m troubled by what I’m seeing surrounding the swearing in of our new President Obama. Right off the bat I don’t think it’s his fault. My concern is not with his future leadership. I didn’t vote for him but I think he can serve as a good President. My fear is for the people who are trying to create Obama into a Savior rather than a Servant. The man clearly wants to serve his country and the people who live here. But I was watching some specials last night and many are placing so much HOPE in one man, there is no way he can live up to their expectations.
What is it about us, in this country that we look to others to do what we need to do? We want this man, who is simply a man, to lead us out of a mess we have created. (We can blame parties but if we look deep enough we all own some of this mess don’t we?) We don’t want to deal with the root causes or change the way we really live, but we want change. We want America to be what America should be but have no clue how to define it.
Many of those on the so-called Right will pooh-pooh Obama and HOPE he fails. I think that’s wrong too. Give the guy a chance. He won and whether you like him or not he is our President and we need to give him a chance. That doesn’t mean we gloss over mistakes or don’t call him out when we think he and congress move in the wrong direction. In fact, we should be watching more closely than ever to make sure EVERY VOICE in America is listened to and that will not happen if we fail to be vigilant. But we have to give him a chance and not just wait for him to trip up so we can jump all over him.
People want change…change to what? We want leadership but are we really willing to follow? What if President Obama starts disagreeing with some of his supporters? Will they be as excited tomorrow as they are today? It always goes back to “We The People” and our willingness or lack of willingness to really change. Remember, change is more than a word it’s a lifestyle and not many are willing to give up to receive.
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What concerns me is the “Rockstar” factor and hype. At a rock concert there is no time for details and after the show we sometimes do things we may not even remember or regret the next day. He keeps saying how fast we have to go about fixing the economy. To meet that is a bad sign. We know the first 350 billion got blown without accountability and here we go again. Buzzwords over and over that are vague remind me of Clinton. On top of that the media swooning and gushing means they will not be doing any real work any time soon. Some politicians can talk for hours without saying a word. It is speech that means nothing. Last night his wife told the children “they are the future”. Lisa Simpson did a heck of a song with that phrase if you remember. That said, there are only about 2% of people associated with the government who I can stand. I wish him the best but do not expect it. That is all. Sorry to be negative about it because you and most of your readers would probably like to hope for the best. He alienated me early with Hilary and his stem cell related meddling.
Zach, you should go reply to some of the political stuff over on our new website wiredoregon.com. We got the name from a comment you made once on this website.
I will be there. Sounds like fun.