I have no doubt that this post will make me very unpopular to a lot of the blogosphere but I really don’t care about that. I felt like I just needed to get this out there. Today was inauguration day and unlike many millions of people throughout the country, I was not glued to a television set watching it, tears streaming down my face. I just saw it as a normal day being marked by the victory of a peaceful transition of power from one president to another. Sure this event was historical, but people are acting like this one event is some kind of universal cure all, a panacea, that will rid the country and world of all its ills.
You can call me a Scrooge, or even unpatriotic, but I don’t believe that Barack Obama has done anything yet that is deserving of the hero worship he has been receiving. He’s a good guy who wants to change things for the better and for that I applaud him. We’ve elected him based on that message of change. It seems that a lot of people are acting as if this change has already taken place and they are frolicking in the streets and shouting praises for a man who has yet to serve one full day in office. Don’t you think we ought to at least wait a few months before we go declaring Barack Obama as the messiah that this country needs. I don’t think it’s fair to put that kind of pressure on a person. It’s hard to be scrutinized in every aspect of your life.
I’m glad that people have a brighter outlook on how things will go, but we’re still in a recession, and a war. The magical Barack Obama fairies haven’t just taken those problems away. We still have the same problems as yesterday, and now we have a new leader who has to deal with it while millions of people believe he can magically fix it. The real estate market hasn’t magically been fixed. People who have lost their homes didn’t get them back. Last time I checked my credit card debt was still there. What happens in a year when the recession is still around and we still have troops in Iraq? Will people still be praising the name of Obama with tears streaming down their faces? When the honeymoon is over will people realize that Barack Obama, as charismatic as he may be, is still just a man? Will they be forgiving of a president who doesn’t magically fix the world in a matter of days?
Now is the time for this country to get its head out of the clouds and back to the ground. This is where the hard work starts. Barack knows what he’s getting into, so please, let the man do his job.
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You are SO right!