This Wasn’t Just Any Election; Parte Deux
I’ve been accused of many things in my life… but optimism? Seriously? What, in the grand scheme of things, could possibly be wrong with being optimistic? The main accusation I’m made to endure is my "messianic" "delusions" regarding Obama. I won’t back down on this. Y’all can believe in your fictional pseudo-historical characters, biblical and otherwise. I’m sticking with a sure thing: Obama. Allow me to turn what many of you think are my madwoman ravings into a more structured treatise on the Obama-Be-Godlike concept:
First: He ain’t even President yet. And already he’s been more productive by way of cabinet appointments than Bush was in the 8 years he festered in Office.
Second: He killed the Rove-ian machine. Politics as we’ve always known it was ruled by underhanded faux-scandal before Obama: remember Monica Lewinsky? Remember "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"? Remember when anti-war was anti-American? Remember Reverend Wright?
My mother taught me as a child that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. She didn’t know about Obama. We the Bloggers stopped the Rove Warriors in their tracks this year. They weren’t counting on the INTERNETS! So, what if we let go of that politically corrupt past and undergo a true civic catharsis? We the Blogger People are now forever empowered to audit our leaders. At it’s advent, the blogosphere still seemed kind of news-y at best. Some brave souls were speaking out and getting SOME coverage. But when the election of this honest, anti-war, multi-racial guy was at stake, people really tuned in so that any attempt to lie was automatically subject to scrutiny. We the blogglers weren’t gonna take this one lying down. Christian had me imagining future presidential debates last night. He theorizes that instead of binary arguments of "for"/"against" politics, future candidates will discuss, publicly, what collaborative courses will best benefit the people. Think online video-conferenced debates.
Third: Holy momentum, Obama! Does anyone else see the crazy-awesome prospect of Obama’s promise to sign a stimulus package into law on the night of his inauguration? Think about it: on the night of the freakishly huge, unprecedented party that will be Washington D.C. and every city and town all over the world on January 20, 2009, Obama wants to set the wheels of progress in motion: Governors and Mayors all over the country have promised ready-to-go public works projects the moment such legislation is signed into law. Imagine following up the orgasmic Obamarama 2009 with crazy-progressive ground-breakings that will get Americans back to work at a pace unprecedented in this country’s history.
Fourth: Obama, the Uniter. Bear with me on this one. I totally had a "Obama-may-not-be-as-cool-as-I-thought-he-was" moment tonight, but then after work I heard his response to the criticism surrounding his Inaugural Invocation choice. It was, simply: we need to unite everyone.
I truly believe that only by bringing haters into the fold do we stand the chance of uniting. Imagine Obama outright ignoring these misguided demographics. They would then continue to cling to the same old victim platform from which they’ve attempted to make their cases against gay marriage, et. al. ("Threatening the Sanctity of Marriage", oh my!)
With such now-controversial individuals INSIDE the Obama mega-committee, the dialog becomes more common-sensical. Minds will be changed. I, frankly, envision the institution of marriage evolving to be something beyond what we can conceive under our current mindset. Think "Love Without Limits".
If you need more evidence, I’ll be glad to divulge as my hours-in-a-day permit. Actually, I aim to blog them as I think of them. Think "This Wasn’t Just Any Election: Part 23". I ain’t shutting up.