It's All Over--Finally!

posted by Curt, on November 4, 2008 10:41 am

Well, two years of posturing, cross-country campaigning, mudslinging, scandals, and shallow debate will finally all come to an end. The American Presidential election process is remarkable and unique in many ways, but perhaps in its length most of all. I'll be honest and say that I'm glad to see it go, no matter who is elected.

I voted this morning, and, though I won't tell you who for, it wasn't for either Obama or McCain. I refuse to vote for anyone who supports the government's ridiculous and harmful bailout proposals. And you can expect the government printing presses to continue unabated under either one of our two main candidates.

I suspect that Obama will win this election, so it will be a historic one in that America will finally elect an African-American President. Let me tell what I look forward to (and don't look forward to) in an Obama Presidency:

1. I look forward to the impact of a new and more powerful role model for African-American youth than rappers and sports stars. I predict the impact of President Obama the role model will be lasting, substantial, and very beneficial--much more so than Obama's policy accomplishments as President.
2. I look forward to having a President who's a good speaker again.
3. I look forward to having a President who is committed to at least trying to resolve this country's health care crisis.
4. I look forward to the Republican Party being humiliated at the polls and regrouping to reclaim its identity as the party (more) in favor of limited government and American values.
5. I look forward to an end to the Bush and Clinton dynasties in American politics.
6. I look forward to an end of the constant and rather whiny complaints about evil geniuses Dick Cheny and Karl Rove.
7. I do not look forward to the appointment of liberal law professors (e.g. Harold Honghju Koh) to the United States Supreme Court.
8. I do not look forward to New Deal II, complete with foreclosure moratoriums and continued government bailouts.
9. I do not look forward to Democratic control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress
10. I do not look forward to large amounts of high-flying rhetoric inconsistent with the ordinary, and very political, strategies being pursued on the ground.
11. I do not look forward to the fulfillment of Joe Biden's foreign policy test prophecy.

And there you have it, some of my take on the next four years. Best of luck, President Obama, you're going to need it.

And congratulations to President Bush. I bet there is no one happier than him that the election is now over and he can begin making permanent plans to get out of the White House . . . well, except perhaps for a large majority of the American people. But their minds will change (at least a little bit) in the coming years.

Remember, it hath been foretold . . .

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