Anyways, just wanted to get your attention. I wonder where those names came from, house and cabinet. But on a more serious note, because that's all I'm about is serious, let's look at something funner; the word "cooperation."
I was a bit frustrated in my post yesterday, but meant what I said about Obama wrongly stating that this election would show a decisive winner. Looking at a map of the U.S. election night showed a dang a lot of Republican Red. Click on most states Obama won and most of it was red. There is, however, something called the electoral college set in place to give smaller states some say. Before I argue about that, I need to do more research--it was set up to help, that's what I know.
But, what I am mostly sad about is how divided our country seems to be. A few headlines even read "The Divided States of America." How sad.
There was an upsurge of sour-attitudes yesterday morning, understandably (it would have happened no matter who won), and now that everyone's thinking straight, cooperation is in the air. Truthfully, this is the only way anything will be able to move forward in the next 4 years.
Obama is right to have called his campaign "Forward;" the opposite direction is a terrifying proposition. Republicans and Democrats yesterday are saying they are willing to work together, liking each other on Facebook and sending less-hateful messages to one another. But don't you think it would have been a good idea to do that 3 years ago? (I say 3 because I really don't blame Obama for the first year of his presidency, it was the aftermath of a huge crash. But from then, I would have liked to see more go in favor of America. I would have liked to have known more about what the president and his staff were doing to move the economy upwards and out.)
If we put ourselves in his shoes for a second, it makes his job sound a lot more difficult that most of us understand it to be. I mean, I feel for the guy! Tough position to be in, and I don't know exactly what kind of experience he has to work off of, but what I do hope is that he is going to help the country improve. Honestly, my biggest problem with him is the lack of leadership I feel from him. I don't know much about him, but feel like he hasn't tried to share much about himself besides sentimental things. I will be the first to agree that he was a lot more likeable that Romney at face value, but likeability only goes so far. There is a disconnect for me in his leadership when I don't have confidence in his vision. I could connect with him as a person and maybe even a friend (If I drank beer, I'd much more likely sit and drink with Obama than sitting with a glass of milk with Romney), but that's about as far as my trust goes with him, and that is where I have fears about this country's future.
So now that we are here and he is there, with a divided nation and grid-locked government, all we can do is co-operate with each other. That was my mentioning of having a positive attitude about things in my previous post. I feel like it took 4 years to realize that what they were doing wasn't going to work and that now, with basically the same odds in the House and Senate, Obama gets another chance to prove himself--really his only option at this point.
My friend Christian said something really great that I'd like to say to Republican friends:
"The gift of agency, coupled with the freedoms of this country, means that no matter the situation, our personal happiness is in our own hands. These next four years can, and should, be the happiest four years of our lives. If in four years from now we find ourselves miserably unhappy, it will not be our governments fault, it will be ours."
http://news.yahoo.com/50-50-nation-151916925--election.html
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