Let's all cut loose for the next few days and celebrate the nation's first black president....er....half-black president. Therein lies a metaphor. Oh yeah, he's just as much white as he is black. Yup. I believe the color-wheel says that's gray.
Let's not forget the real Obama. When the party's over, let's sober up and assess this gray man one day at a time.
Call me a dispirited Dem, or maybe a postmodern realist, or maybe just someone for whom Obama has, since the election, become just another politician. Not black, not white. Gray. This runs counter to my still-enthralled fellow dems who are hosting community rah-rah parties and inauguration galas. They're all about change and recommitting themselves to America in Obama's name. They're full of party buzz: change, strong cabinet, no drama, labradoodle, Camelot.
I'll be honest with you. So far, most everything he's done has disappointed me. Let me count the ways:
- Hillary Clinton. Like her husband, a low achiever, full of bluster and hot air, a smile-n-waver, political scorpion. Maybe this was a case of keeping your enemies closer or the continued non-importance of State, but whatever her job is here, she'll make a mess of it.
- Summers and Geithner. Two architects of the current Second Depression who, with mentor Robert Rubin, dismantled the Glass-Stegall Act last time they had power, the very act that was enacted to prevent a second Depression. As Marx aptly observed, first time tragedy, second time farce. What about a third time?
- Bill Richardson. Karma's a bitch. When he stabbed the Clintons in the back you knew he was a dishonest schmuck, with them, with New Mexico, with Obama.
- Eric Holder. He was rushed, he was too cavalier, he didn't know about Marc Rich. Bullshit. He was Clinton' lapdog. Another bullshitting lapdog at the head of Justice. Just what we need.
- Rick Warren. The president's new friend. Besides being a homophobe and anti-abortionist, doesn't Obama know who this crypto-fascist really is? Does he know about Africa? Does he know about Warren's role in increasing AIDS in Uganda? Does he know about the witchcraft, the exorcisms, the anti-semitism, the ritual slaughter? Warren is a Christian-Fascist. He makes Palin look like a rationalist. Why is Obama holding prayer circles anyway, and with him? Why does Obama need another crazy preacher?
- Robert Gates. George Bush's defense secretary. WTF?
- Afghanistan. How many more years (decades?) will we be "keeping our eye on the ball?"
Well, there's one dull disappointment for every day of the week. Come to think of it, I've yet so see something shiny I like. Now, I'm not saying it's not better than the darkness of Cheney-Bush, but let's not be in any rush to hang a glowing halo around Obama's head. You've got to earn that. And right now, he still needs to earn my respect from bright decision-making and leadership. I cut this guy no slack. For me, Saint Obama starts out deep in the gray.
REDUX: 57 Comment Observation
This place is now the mirror image of The Free Republic. Full of nasty little nerds, lots of diary Nazis prowling the diaries for "trolls" to report, but most of all lots of democratic ditto-heads, bootlicking for the party. Change is not just a six letter word. You may have voted for it, but you ain't getting it. But from what I read here, you don't care.