I try to keep politics to a minimum in my blogs, since many in my family either don't like politics, or don't follow politics, or disagree with my politics, and I don't want to either piss them off or bore them.
However, there's nothing too exciting about my work to write about. My family is fine and Jenna takes the photos and tracks the happenings in our Utah family. Church is church and not much changes from week to week. That leave the only other thing in my life that I feel much passion for...other than Karen: Politics!!
I pray for a very successful presidency for Barrack Obama. As I said in my last blog, I'm happy and thrilled and proud that we've overcome our prejudices and elected our first Smoker-American in a long time and our first African-American ever. However, I do expect certain things from a great president. The one thing I expect and have rarely been disappointed, is the President to INSPIRE the folks. President Kennedy inspired. President Reagan inspired. President Clinton inspired. President George W. Bush inspired. (You disagree that Bush inspired? Don't you remember him jumping up on the wreckage of the Twin Towers and passionately talking about America?)
President-elect Obama can inspire, but he seems to feel more comfortable telling us all how bad things are and that they're going to get worse. There's nothing wrong with being honest about the situation. In fact, some Americans demand our President be honest. But, hearing our President, even if he is just the President-elect, talk about how bad things are, how we're screwed, how we're going to have to suffer for a lot longer, is not what I want to hear.
Come on, Mr. Obama, inspire us!! Remind us what we're capable of doing. Tell us that by all of us coming together, working hard, and taking care of ourselves (and not expecting the government to bail us out, help us out, take care of us, and be our Nanny), we can get through this and come out on the other side better than we were before.
Inspire us, Mr. Obama, don't beat us down.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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