Yeah, as if you couldn’t of figured that out for yourself by now.

After years of bitching about the unfairness of only having a two party system and avoiding any election related news, I went out and voted for Obama yesterday. The thought of a McCain/Palin presidency was a uniquely terrifying thought. I know Zbigniew Brzezinski has endorsed him, as has Colin Powell and a few other hawks.

I didn’t burst out into tears or have a trashing orgasmic moment of exctasy when the news was announced, but I did feel a little superficial tinge of hope. We all have a lot of work to do, I’m not celebrating until we actually get something done. We haven’t won anything other than an opportunity, which is looking exceptionally bright compared to the last 8 years of Authoritarianism and corruption under the Bush administration.

The Bush Co. hasn’t been Fascist in the Italian sense of having a strong meta-narrative and group thinking. You can’t claim to have strong national support when you have to pay people to come to your rallies, when you have to pay people to pretend to be soldiers standing in support of you. You can’t claim to have such a strong meta-narrative or social cohesion (forced or not) when you have a 31% (27% according to some sources) approval rating. They are organized Authoritarian looters, not Fascists.

I don’t know why all of the Liberial leaning forums started calling McCain victories in the few months before the end of the election though. The McCain party never had the sophistication or backing of the Obama party. Even if there was only a 6% difference in the candidates in the final run. Obama has a strong international following, so it should be interesting to see how well he can keep their faith, and the faith of the American people. He has done a great job of building up hype and has proven his ability to give rousing speeches.

My question is, what can we realistically expect from this presidency?

The onion lays this historic presidency nicely:

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress

After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome.

Although polls going into the final weeks of October showed Sen. Obama in the lead, it remained unclear whether the failing economy, dilapidated housing market, crumbling national infrastructure, health care crisis, energy crisis, and five-year-long disastrous war in Iraq had made the nation crappy enough to rise above 300 years of racial prejudice and make lasting change.

“Today the American people have made their voices heard, and they have said, ‘Things are finally as terrible as we’re willing to tolerate,” said Obama, addressing a crowd of unemployed, uninsured, and debt-ridden supporters. “To elect a black man, in this country, and at this time—these last eight years must have really broken you.”

Added Obama, “It’s a great day for our nation.”

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For that same reason, I never, ever, write in the text field.  If it crashes, my work is fukt.  So:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

I do all my writing on my hard drive now, using that (free) program.

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That’s funny, I just spend the last 72 hours doing an Obama article, did way more research than I needed to but it’s fascinating shit, what can I say.  It’s gonna get published on another site but here’s the leaked version: http://www.fallenarrows.com/htmltimes_obama.html

How has Associated Content been treating you?

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Eric Patton - 05 November 2008 05:19 AM

My question is, what can we realistically expect from this presidency?

I voted for Obama, because McCain looked to be four more years of Bush, and Bush stopped being funny some time ago.

But I don’t trust the grinning bastard that won, either.  This was more of a “might be fucked” vs “fucked for sure” thing.

The Good Reverend Roger - 04 December 2008 02:07 PM

I voted for Obama, because McCain looked to be four more years of Bush, and Bush stopped being funny some time ago.

You must not have read this then:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/01/bush-peace/

That one had me laughing for awhile.

harflimon - 04 December 2008 06:37 PM

The Good Reverend Roger - 04 December 2008 02:07 PM

I voted for Obama, because McCain looked to be four more years of Bush, and Bush stopped being funny some time ago.

You must not have read this then:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/01/bush-peace/

That one had me laughing for awhile.

Not bad, but irony is already dead.  It was killed when they gave Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

^^Irony is far too strong and virile a beast to be killed by a mucus demon like Kissinger. 

Obama is.  That much I’m willing to say for sure.  Curious to see how the staged spectacle of “open government 2.0” will get managed.

thirtyseven - 05 December 2008 07:24 PM

^^Irony is far too strong and virile a beast to be killed by a mucus demon like Kissinger. 

Obama is.  That much I’m willing to say for sure.  Curious to see how the staged spectacle of “open government 2.0” will get managed.

Step one:  Big toothy grin.

Step two:  Some “non-partisan” cabinet picks.

Step three:  No accountability for the crimes of the last administration.

Step four:  Business as usual.

Of course, I am being foolishly optimistic.