I called a friend and asked if he wanted to liveblog the speech today. His first response?
"To be honest, I'm sick of hearing him talk."
A little context here. We loved Obama. Sorry, that's the weakest liberal-boy statement, but it was true. We got damn excited after Iowa. We donated. We made calls to battleground states during the primary. Volunteered here in South Carolina during that primary. Kept calling other states throughout the process. Donated more money. Blogged, created podcasts and internet radio programs, donated more money, called more, donated more money, knocked on doors in NC, and generally did everything all of you who got Obama elected did.
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We, the grassroots, the enthusiastic, we got Obama elected. We forwarded will.i.am's "Yes, We Can" video until it went viral. Hell, some of us even donated to the Democratic Party (useless, spineless, cowardly, pathetically unable to speak or govern bastards) in order to ensure a large majority (apparently the dog-eating $h-tbags needed 100 Senators; thought they probably would have found a way to blow that as well) for if OUR candidate gained the presidency.
And he did. And we cried. And we loved him.
Were our expectations too high? Maybe, but I would have settled for something. I'm going to watch tonight with no expectations and not much more hope. I heard one commentator say that we must remember progress has been made because last year around this time we were debating whether or not waterboarding was torture and now we're debating (however pathetically) healthcare (however a poor excuse for such) reform.
This is true; this is cold comfort.
Will I watch tonight? Yes.
Do I want to? Will I get liveblog it? Am I excited?
"To be honest, I'm sick of hearing him talk."
This piece is cross-posted on my site.