Obama is the new Jesus

Obama Mothafuckas!  Obama!  Get me a job!  Lower my taxes!  Get me laid!  Solve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict!  Solve Global Warming!  Cure my herpes!  Bless me, Obama!

Ok people, seriously, get real.  I like Obama, I voted for him.  I think he has the potential to be a good President, if not a great one.  But the man is a professional politician just like his predecors.  Just because he talks about change in his rhetoric doesn't mean he'll actually change a whole lot.  I'm worried that people have such high expectations of him.  I mean I know we've all seen him on TV or have read recently and he's trying his best to send people the message to be realistic about change, but I don't feel like when he says that he's talking to intelligent people like you and me.  We know that he can't work miracles; that he can't turn water into wine or help me figure out a more efficient method of delivering alcohol to my brain.  But I worry about all the people who voted for him because he was black, or because he promised them change.  Now they are like "ok obama, we put you in the white house, now do something for me".  The problem is, he faces such a monumental task that any change he is able to accomplish is an accomplishment in of itself.  The way things are done in Washington will go back to business as usual, mark my words.  Republicans will try and block attempts at changes in policies just because they are republican, not whether it's right or wrong.  Democrats will too.  Lobbyists will pour honey in the ears of our elected officials and continue to place corporate interests above the interests of the American people.  Meanwhile millions of people who voted for Obama are going to be sorely disappointed when Obama doesn't get them a job, doesn't make it cheaper to send their kids to school, doesn't solve this, doesn't solve that.  

So for all of you who expect Obama to do something for you, what will you do when he doesn't?  Of course, the answer is that when he's up for reelection you won't go vote for him.  The realization that our political system is so gridlocked that it's almost impossible to get anything done will hit you and our country will go back to being fat and complacent and not really giving a fuck about anything.  I think people are caught up in the cult of personality surrounding Obama mama, but it will fade.

I could be wrong.  I hope I am.  I hope that great change does happen and that this signals a paradigm shift in American policies and politics.   But I'm a realist, and I doubt this will happen.  I hate to rain on your parade people, but I get a kick out of it and it makes me feel good.