So how many campaign promises will Obama discard, forget, or just outright say “I had no intention of doing it” (or in politician speak: “it’s important to realize that some things take time for adjustment and support to gain momentum”)? Some of them? All of them? Or better yet, given the different people, his own comments, the media/etc, do we even know what he stood for at the start? Or perhaps the best question of it all: is it even slightly surprising that he isn’t even put in office, yet he’s already going against things he said he was going to do (according to some of his supporters as well)?
To be honest, no one should even be slightly surprised. He’s a politician – and a good one. But that isn’t to say he’s a good ethical person, just that he knows how to manipulate the masses to get what he wants. As is the way of the political machine; politicians are the best manipulators of the crowd, at least in larger state-federal elections.
The big question on my mind isn’t why he’s not doing what he’d say he’d do (or so the reports say), but why is it that people are shocked or even reporting on it? Everyone knew, or should, that his campaign was the same as all the others: say whatever gets you elected, and be quick on your feet when you’re caught being on both sides.
Over the past few months, and most likely until the end of time now (or as long as he’s mentioned in the history books), people will be dabating on many things about Obama… may most likely will be completely untrue, others will be plausible enough that they won’t be able to be proven “true” in the minds of some, nor “false” in the minds of other — no matter what’s decided.
The biggest thing right now is the “Was Obama an Indonesian citizen?”, “was he really Muslim”, or even “was he even born in the USA?” The world may never get an answer to these that satisfies all.
And perhaps the biggest question of them all, assuming he is elected president by the actual people that vote on it, “will his ability to be president ever stop being questioned even after his 4 years are up?”
With all the comments floating around, and the electoral college still not actually casting the votes, is “president elect Obama” actually going to be president?
Will anyone even notice if President George Bush does anything? Like what if he starts a new war? What if he invades a country or something? Will the media and people ever find out, or will this “Obama’s elected, so everything’s different, let’s see what he’s up to now!” attidute make the people generally blinded to anything going on?
Now the question remains: will people be complaining about the election being rigged?
Now that it’s assumed that he’ll be president, I keep on looking at the actual votes cast — it’s close in a sense… under 2 million votes separate the two at the time of this post…. for me, personally, I prefer a much greater span of votes. The greater the span, the less divided the country truly is over who’s in office.
Perhaps it will grow, maybe not. But no matter what — a lot of people will most likely not be happy.
edit: 2.5 million votes separate them now… a bit better, but I’d really prefer 15 million.
Well at the time this is posted, it’s highly likely given general statistics and predictions. Now while it’s possible that everything will be tossed on its head, chances are Obama will be the new President.
Which leads to the questoin: did you really think he’d be the best president for the country?
And I say “who cares”.
After all the stupid “celebrity” type of things going on around it, with giggly girls laughing and hiding their mouths when Obama is mentioned like he’s the next coming it just goes to show that he’s a great politician — he’s managed to convince a large number of people he isn’t one, he’s a celebrity!
All he is is a politician. One that managed to get elected, magaged to pull the wool over the american’s eyes by being the candidate for change….ing his views, beliefs and stances based on what will get him elected.
And then he picks someone that’s an even better politician! Isn’t that a wonderful thing? After all, the policiticans we have now have done such a wonderful job! People can’t afford housing, food’s more money than people make, people need to work 2-4 jobs per house to afford the bills…. meanwhile the politicians (the big ones in the news) always seem to have multiple houses, millions of dolalrs, and the ability to buy a small island or jet. Now that’s in touch with the common man!
[The above paragraph was sarcastic -- in case you didn't realize.]
So in the end it comes down to the one thing…. who really cares? It’s just another politician that’s been in politics so long that “the establishment” can be an alias.
