When Obama got the nomination I thought, this is a good thing. It will be good for AAs to be inspired. May-be this will help eliminate affirmative action and whining about discrimination as an EXCUSE not to take responsibility...
As a "symbol" I still think that it's progress.
But then I got to know Obama... his record... his associations... his wrong-headed ideas about the economy... and I have LITTLE "hope" that the "change" he is offering will be good for the country. Quite the opposite.
Of course, part of the "history" being made here is that a shockingly inexperienced man, whose campaign consisted of rhetoric that sounded good, but was so VAUGE, people can just pour their own meaning into it... that such a person actually got elected is a first.
What I HOPE is that BO will get a reality check and CHANGE his mind. That he will not be a weak pacifist, inviting another attack on this country... that he will NOT be as SOCIALIST and LIBRAL as his record indicates him to be... that we will not have his ignorant ideas about taxes turn this recession into a depression...
I HOPE I'm wrong, but if Obama doesn't CHANGE his mind, he could very well make history by taking Carter's place as the WORST president the country's ever known...
