What a bunch of classy people we are. As Bush’s helicopter flew away after gracefully handing over the reins of our country to the new man in office, the crowd chanted “na na na na hey hey hey goodbye.” Allow me to say, on behalf of the rest of us: Thanks for your service, former-president Bush. I didn’t agree with all of your decisions, but I appreciate you and hope, for the sake of us all, that history reflects better on your policies than the current approval rating. If you have created a stable democracy in Iraq, then I imagine that will be the case.
Media coverage fawned over the new president as if he’d already eradicated world hunger and united Palestine and Israel. Songs praising him sounded like something out of the hymnal at our church. The man has never done anything, and we’re already comparing him to (and I kid you not) Abraham Lincoln. This, ladies and gentleman, is the textbook definition of hype.
Inaugural speech? Hope. Change. Unity. Old hatreds. etc. etc. Not very inspiring, coming from a politician who majors in speechifying. Definitely rehashing the same material. “Building a new America,” also raised some alarms. Sounds pretty expensive. Is “Old America” so bad that we need to build a new one?
I really don’t want to get into the racist benediction prayer offered after the swearing in. I must admit, it is hard to ignore all of the conservative alarms that are ringing in my head and stay true to what I said when he was elected. But I will put them aside until he has a chance to prove himself. Which is already more than George W. Bush was given.
At least I know what things to pray about.
Aunt Kimmy
January 21, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Wow, Brian. Great read. Keep it up. Your commentary’s are very insightful.
Trooper
January 21, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Considering how non-racist everyone thinks they are or thinks people should be, I am amazed at how often race is brought up when it comes to this Presidency. Race shouldn’t be an issue at all. Who cares if he’s black? He gained the confidence of America, good for him. But I couldn’t care less what his skin color is.
Race has been a big part of the election from the very start, during the election, and continues until now, and the media and everyone else should be ashamed.
That totally racist benediction comment (not worthy to be called a prayer) is unbelievable.
sholdren
January 21, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Considering how non-racist America is supposed to be, it surprises me how much race is mentioned. We should be so far past racism that Obama’s race should never have been mentioned in the first place.