First off, I did not watch President Obama's (yes, I will call him President) swearing in or his speech because I was sleeping. I was not planning on watching it anyway. I did not watch either of former President Bush's or former President Clinton's second swearing in. I did watch when Clinton was sworn in the first time because my second grade teacher made us watch it. I may have watched George H.W. Bush's but I was only 4 so I don't remember and I doubt I watched Reagan's as I was an infant.
Fascinating Steph
I don't want anyone to think that I refused to watch it because I did not vote for him. I voted for Bush 4 years ago but did not watch his either.Had I been awake I probably would have watched it, but I was very tired and needed to sleep in. I did read his speech, though. I do not think it was a bad speech. It was pretty generic and what I expected it to be. I am sure it got the crowd going--as most speeches do. I am sure he got help with it and whomever helped him did a good job. Heck, I know I would want help! That would be so scary to give a speech like that!!! He certainly is braver than I am on that front.
Despite all of that I remain uneasy about the future. All I've heard ever since he began campaigning is, "Change, change, change!" I admit that we do need some change as a nation but I have never been put at ease through President Obama's words. Most of the time they've been really obvious or just a lot of fluff. I don't know what he plans to do to change things.
As I mentioned in my blog right after the election I am against the theory of sharing the wealth. That is completely ridiculous! I don't want our country to turn socialist, or worse, communist!!! That would be beyond awful!!! Then there's little things like the war, universal health care, abortion, the economy, and immigration--which I don't want to get in to today but are certainly important nonetheless. However, like I said before, I am mostly scared that our nation will be attacked again. That is the thing I fear the most. I cannot believe how we were so close as a nation seven years ago and now we are about as far away as we've ever been. How did that happen?
I do believe that today's inauguration was historic and I am not the least bit offended that an African-American is now our President. I did not vote for President Obama because I did not believe he was the right candidate for the job but as an American citizen I will always stand by the office of the President even when I do not agree with the party he is affiliated with. I do not wish any harm to come to him or his family and I still like the idea that he is letting his girls get a puppy.
There are two options now.
#1- I am right about everything and we are totally, totally screwed
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#2- I am wrong and everything turns out fine
President Obama, I hope I am proven wrong.
Good luck, sir.
9 years ago
