No I Didn't

I feel like I have entered the "Twilite Zone." Headlines on CNN such as "Kenya Declares National Holiday" and "Obama Win Overwhelms Africa"... not to mention "Black Kennedy" or "Obama, Bigger Than Football", are sounding somewhat audacious at this point. Did the the United States elect their next President or did the human race come upon a savior who will inspire global change?

Every time I turn around there is another person making the statement, "Yes, I did!", proudly implicating that they voted for Obama and are ready for a change. I have seen t-shirts and stickers stating, "I Voted Obama-Biden". People are hugging and hopeful and then there is me, cynical and annoyed. I just want to yell, "NO I DIDN'T!", back at them.



Realistically, I knew that Obama was going to win. The younger generation and pretty much anyone who wasn't white was going to vote for him. This is a comprehensive amount of the population. Anyone fearful of another Bush ending up in office voted for Obama as well. Younger people want change. However, they lack the life experience to understand how change must be conveyed. Minorities were so concerned with making history and overcoming oppression that they let winning supercede logic and cast their votes based on race. To consider McCain to be anything similar to Bush is ludicrous. McCain might not be the ideal candidate for President but he certainly isn't the terrorist that Bush is.

Honestly, I really hope that Obama will be able to achieve all of the grand accomplishments that he has been giving speeches and debating about and has been able to get the world enraptured over. Obama has promised alot and has taken on the responsibilty of changing the lives of millions of American citezens. Personally, I don't think that I should be criticized for having extreme doubts about this stranger.

We will see what the future will bring. Maybe Obama "can" or maybe he will fuck all up even worse. The best thing about America is that either way, it's on our shoulders because we gave him the job and all of his new found power... our future and our children's future in the palm of Barak Hussein Obama's hands. Comforting.