| | Well it's been called. Barack Obama is going to be the 44th president of the United States of America. I'm not surprised. I really hope I'm wrong about the kinds of change that he will actually bring in the next 4 years. I'd really like to be proven wrong, and have 4 years of peace and economic growth. But I'm really not hopeful. I see us as being in the same position we were in when Carter took office, and even though he was a well intentioned president, the country was still plagued by high inflation, high interest rates, an energy crisis, and stagnant economic growth. Obama's tax policies and ideas on social reforms particularly in the area of equal pay seem to be 70's throw backs. I really have a bad feeling we're in for a very hard road the next few years. But I hope I'm wrong. Even if I am wrong, I have a hard time believing that anyone, no matter how smart or talented, could actually live up to the amount of hope that people have in Obama.
Anyway, across the board this year it seems I was very good at voting for losers. I don't think a single one of the things I voted for went the way I voted. Still, I played the game, I was a part of the process. America will roll on, and the dialog will continue. Maybe in 4 years we all will have learned a few more things about the world and about government and we can make wiser decisions. I'm foolhardy to actually believe that, but then again I'm an idealist at heart.
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| | Posted 11/4/2008 11:21 PM - 12 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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