Will the rest of the world find a new way to heap insult on America? Obama won election by the majority of the popular vote, and (as I wrote last week) an even greater majority of electoral votes. This to me means most Americans from most states felt he was the best man for the job. I know some of the credit goes to George Bush. Without eight years of disastrous leadership(?), we might not have given Obama a serious look. But things were so bad for so long we did. And the results are in. Next step is the honeymoon, afer which we’ll see if we made the right choice. Given the alternative, I can’t see how we miss on this one.
Some things to point out with this “historic” election. Not all whites are racists, and not all racists are white. Obama is half white, half black. Or African-American, the politically correct term. I just hope he’s all business. We need to get out of this mess.
I saw online 50 facts you may not know about Obama. Here are a few:
Favorite Music: Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach, and the Fugees
Favorite Films: Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
He speaks Spanish
He has read every Harry Potter book (he actually reads!) By the way…these are timeless classics.
He smokes cigerettes
He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
Favorite Artis: Pablo Picasso
Favorite TV Shows: MASH and The Wire
Worked at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager and now hates ice cream
Enjoys playing Scrabble and Poker
Favorite drink: Black Forest ice tea
He is left handed
Favorite Book: Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
Hates the youth trend of sagging pants
Ate dog-meant, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
Knows how to use “the internets” and “the Googles.” (these are Bushisms)
These all look like pluses to me.