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President Barack Obama
At last.
I said before that no matter who the President was this time, it would be most remembered as a step up from Bush. I was wrong about that, because against all odds and expectations we got the option that seems the best for moving the world forward, but, equally importantly... it's over. A term that should never have existed in the first place, that was inexplicably extended four years in, and that seems to have lasted a lifetime, is now behind us. President Doofus (as John Stewart has taken to calling him) is now out the door, after having joked "Welcome to my hanging" to introduce his portrait being put up in the White House, in possibly the best thing he's ever said. The contrast was unbelievable last weekend, when we got their speeches one after the other and it was such a change to have someone who looked like he knew what he was talking about rather than that shaved monkey we've had to put up with for the last while, although impressionists everywhere are suddenly going to find themselves much shorter on material. Over the next few years we're going to hear more of a much more pleasant voice that can string sentences together. It's going to be strange at first, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
Now, I would be lying if I said that all the comments that I heard from the many election-tracking sites that I couldn't stop visiting for months disappeared from my head. I imagine that it's because I tended to visit primarily liberal sites, but all comments that I saw from the Republican voters were childish, inflammatory and seemed to be concentrating far more on getting their side to win, rather than even mentioning the resultant effect on the country and the world. Fairly early on, one of them said he was looking forward to "the liberal savior" being swatted away effortlessly, and even much later on in the campaign, I saw so many comments saying that the Republicans now had Obama "right where they want him" (about 150 electoral votes ahead, at that point. I thought they had more ambition). Worst of all were the racists and white supremacists that vowed to make things as difficult as possible for him simply because of his race.
And now that despite their blind belief, he's won... well, you're not supposed to retaliate if the right thing wins out over the ignorance of the masses, are you? That's why it's the right thing. It's about what you think is best for the world, not a competition like I saw some people making it. You don't gloat, because it's a victory for what you believe is good, not something to turn back at the spiteful people for.
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Hah, you twats.
I said before that no matter who the President was this time, it would be most remembered as a step up from Bush. I was wrong about that, because against all odds and expectations we got the option that seems the best for moving the world forward, but, equally importantly... it's over. A term that should never have existed in the first place, that was inexplicably extended four years in, and that seems to have lasted a lifetime, is now behind us. President Doofus (as John Stewart has taken to calling him) is now out the door, after having joked "Welcome to my hanging" to introduce his portrait being put up in the White House, in possibly the best thing he's ever said. The contrast was unbelievable last weekend, when we got their speeches one after the other and it was such a change to have someone who looked like he knew what he was talking about rather than that shaved monkey we've had to put up with for the last while, although impressionists everywhere are suddenly going to find themselves much shorter on material. Over the next few years we're going to hear more of a much more pleasant voice that can string sentences together. It's going to be strange at first, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
Now, I would be lying if I said that all the comments that I heard from the many election-tracking sites that I couldn't stop visiting for months disappeared from my head. I imagine that it's because I tended to visit primarily liberal sites, but all comments that I saw from the Republican voters were childish, inflammatory and seemed to be concentrating far more on getting their side to win, rather than even mentioning the resultant effect on the country and the world. Fairly early on, one of them said he was looking forward to "the liberal savior" being swatted away effortlessly, and even much later on in the campaign, I saw so many comments saying that the Republicans now had Obama "right where they want him" (about 150 electoral votes ahead, at that point. I thought they had more ambition). Worst of all were the racists and white supremacists that vowed to make things as difficult as possible for him simply because of his race.
And now that despite their blind belief, he's won... well, you're not supposed to retaliate if the right thing wins out over the ignorance of the masses, are you? That's why it's the right thing. It's about what you think is best for the world, not a competition like I saw some people making it. You don't gloat, because it's a victory for what you believe is good, not something to turn back at the spiteful people for.
...
Hah, you twats.
Congratulations [From Clare Young]
(Anonymous) 2009-01-20 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)Clare(x)
Re: Congratulations [From Clare Young]
The unfortunate similarity between Blair and Obama has been remarked on - both came out of nowhere to take many previously conservative areas and were hailed as the start of a new era. At least in the case of Obama he doesn't really have a greater power to be bullied by.
Nice to hear from you again!