Sarcasm aside it is slightly frustrating when an adult normally of the 35+ variety is all willing to throw their arms open and welcome a new age and empire of hope and change. Now if they want to jump on the band wagon there be my guest but for pity's sake stop rolling you're eyes at me for being skeptical. I did not even understand what a president was until my mother explained the oral oops I mean oval office to me. Yes I know tactless but alas. Now allow me set the record straight. I have nothing against President Obama. He's the first Hawaiian president America has ever had and I think that shows great maturity on it's part ready to trust the islands. But why believe he is the second coming himself so fast?
Personally I think it's nothing short of a miracle that I have any faith in the presidential system at all. Let's have a brief overview of my past relationships with presidents Give or take the fiasco with President Clinton was in 1998 from what my vague and lazy googleing tells me so I was 9 about the time I started comprehended what was going on. Whether that is a normal age I do not know. If that's late my only defense is I avoided the news ever since. Someone of a religious nature died whom I cannot recall and when the news report stated that the man had died I stated that was a good thing since this was boring. What turned me off the news however was not that but the slap on the face I received and the telling off form my grandmother. For some reason I connected that with the news and not my own early signs of pain-in-the-ass-pergers syndrome. It's a real one look it up. In hindsight however I realize I was less then tactful.
I digress, After the Clinton event the first major thing that took my attention was Septembers eleven. I was not in the states at the time but I knew two things. The grief even all the way in Europe as an American was overwhelming. Secondly even as a ten year old I could tell the man in charge who was supposed to be the hero of the hour. Was a babbling idiot. I shan't divulge any further no more explanation needed I Expect.
So here we are Obama has been in office almost a week and nothing has blown up yet. Well almost nothing but I forgot about the can and microwave thing. But Obama did ban the use of torture and is closing Guantanamo bay I think I'm a tad lazy with research. So because of that I dare say I am willing to give the man a chance.
What I'm trying to say here is do not expect youthful Americans or non Americans to simply put all our hopes into a single man, a mortal. Especially after the examples we've seen in our life time.
Unfortunately I could not partake in the election I turned 18 in December if you where too lazy to do the above math. I would often rant my displeasure at my mother about it telling her she should have popped me out sooner. She told me she'd take that into account next time. And Obama is not the man I would have voted for in the primary's but without a doubt in the final duel if you will, then yes without a doubt he would have had my support over Bush 2.0 And I will say this since I do not think I have shown you all what a geek I am I will quote a recent block buster “Obama is not the president america deserves, but the one it needs right now...” When you figure out what movie is you'll find its semi appropriate.
Oh and President obama if you read this, would you mind taking care of that parking ticket for me? Much appreciated, cheers.
