I do not know if I have written this before, but I really do not like the Media.

What that means is all the stuff you never see anywhere.  Not even here.  She would have loved to see a woman president, but that's not what that's about.  And there's no sense of outrage either, she knows very little about what's gone on.  

I had to explain to her that the Obama movement has smeared Bill and Hillary as racists.  And even that doesn't really get her worked up.

What "awe crap, we're screwed," means is that we both genuinely believed that from 1992, with some considerable bumps along the way, up until 2000, the country was going in a direction that not only made us proud, but, and so much more importantly made us feel like we could do something very mundane yet also very extraordinary:  Raise a family.  The future looked good.

When Bush stole the election, we know what happened then.

I don't need to describe how we felt about that.

What "awe crap, we're screwed," means is that we were sure that, in 2008, the country could pick up where it left off in 2000.

Now we are not so sure.  Things could go either way.  We do not have the confidence in Obama in that way.  Obama does not address issues in a competent manner.  Obama is a novice.  He is surrounded by the wrong people.  

So clearly, my spouse is not wrapped up in this the way I am.  Pastors come and go.  Elections come and go.  Politics comes and goes.  Political attacks they come with the territory.  Does it matter what Geffen said?  Not to her.  But to me it does.

All she looks at is the news tonight, thinking about our daughter and says "awe crap, we're screwed."

Final note.  She didn't say "crap."  She said a word that starts with an 's' and ends with a 't.'

Lastly, I have always said that if Obama wins AND does a good job.  If he does the things that Bill was able to do, creating jobs, balancing the budget, AND bringing 7 million people out of poverty, all the while HELPING to bring a small measure of peace to other parts of the world like Kosovo and No. Ireland.  

Which doesn't mean Obama has to be perfect, Bill wasn't perfect either.  Bill didn't do right by Rwanda.  A lot of his legislation was left open to abuse, unenforced regulations, etc.  

What I'm saying is, for now my sense is "awe crap, we're screwed,"  but if Obama is a success the way I believe Clinton was a success, the way I believed Hillary would have been a success, then I'll be the first person to admit I was wrong.  I will do so gladly because the quality of life for all Americans will be, day in and day out, getting better.  Not only that, but all the history that's playing out right now will be swept away.  No one cares that you stole an election if you do a good job (see BSG!).  No one cares if you lie to start a war, if you win it.  There's the idealogs who will care, but they don't win elections.  Or at least they shouldn't.  

BUT....  

BUT....  If this personality contest, rules based win, yields yet another bust, if this goes the way of Carter (another admirable man), what are the chances any of the people who shoved this crap down our throats, or even the people who  are going to take responsibility for THEIR actions, and admit they were wrong?

I bet none.

Not only that, but if he does a poor job, all of what's happening right now will be viewed much differently.  Much much differently.

Anyway.  I was wondering if anyone remembered we are talking about the future of America here?