January 21, 2009

  • First order of business, the horsewhipping of George W Bush. I kept the voting open an extra day to give everybody a chance to vote. The I's have it, 3-0 which includes my vote. The motion will be carried and we will commence with the horse whipping of George W Bush.

    Its well documented that I'm a big Barack Obama supporter. That being said, at this point I'm pretty much all Baracked out. Its not to say that I don't like him or support him, I do, I'm just sick of him at this point. I watched a lot of the preinaugural events over the weekend and on Monday. And then yesterday, although I had to work, thanks to the magic of the dvr, I was able to catch 6 hours of coverage of the ceremony and much of the painstakingly slow drive back to the White House. Thanks to the magic of the dvr, I was able to fast forward through much of it. Then there were the balls, I caught coverage of them on many of the stations last night too, watching him awkwardly attempt to slow dance to "At Last" 10 times (although I didn't watch each ball). And tonight CNN was showing highlights of his first full day in office.  And it wasn't only tv. On the radio, they were talking about it on many stations over the course of the past 2 days. In the Chicago Tribune, every page but the last 4 of their main section (which is probably about 30 pages) was dedicated to the inauguration. And they had an additional entire special section devoted to pictures from the inauguration. At work, it was all we talked about.

    Getting back to the media for a minute, they really are in love with him. Watching CNN's coverage they seemed to be in a constant state of praising him and kissing his ass. It got to a point when he was signing some nomination papers, they were remarking about how great his penmanship is. They just could not go a minute without basking in his greatness or showing him. Honestly, I'm not exaggerating. When he was within view of a camera, they never went a minute without showing him. Its like they needed their own Obama cam. I kept waiting for him to start walking on water and healing the sick. By the end of it I was thinking "shit, this is really enough already" yet I could not turn it off. That's the thing with him, when you hear him speak he captivates you and almost puts a spell on you.

    I think the attention they put on him is due to a perfect storm of sorts. Sure, their is the obvious, him being the first black president. And he certainly does appear to be great. But all that is magnified by how bad Bush was. We haven't seen a real president in 8 years. As good of a president as Clinton was, he was still not as professional and presidential as Obama has been. So, going back, its probably been 16 years since we had a president this dignified. Bush clusterfucked up so much that we were all gasping for Obama. Its to the point that I read recently that 58% of the people who voted for John McCain think that the country will improve over the course of the next 4 years. That's 58% of the people who DID NOT support him. If that is any indication, then the  Republicans are in serious trouble for 2012. Its also a representation of just how horrible Bush was.

    Of course part of the problem with all of this is the hype and expectation that Obama will have on him, as it is so great that how could he possibly live up to it? He is the equivalent to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace or the last episode of Seinfeld. Or Lebron James when he first entered the NBA. He is as big as each of those, hell even bigger. And while James has more then lived up to the hype, I think he is the exception to the rule as most things or people can't possibly live up to the hype. Here's hoping Obama is more James than Phantom Menace.

    There were quite a few Bush jokes and a whole section I was going to write about him, but as of now I can't remember any of it. Serves me right for not writing it down. Of course, I thought of it while I was driving, which makes me think that maybe I need to pay more attention on driving then on thinking of ways to make fun of Bush.

    Nevertheless, congrats to everybody for surviving the Bush Abomination.

    Now if you'll excuse me, CNN has exclusive coverage of Obama coming out of the bathroom after taking a shit.