Obama

I voted for Barack Obama. My spell check still doesn't know who he is but that is beside the point. Was it just me or did everyone who voted for him think that he was going to do something spectacular as President? Or, if it wasn't going to be one thing that was spectacular, I at least thought there would be a build up of smaller positive things that would eventually be spectacular and give me (and the rest of the millions of people who voted for the man) some sort of validation for being integral parts in his election. The Commonwealth of Virginia (my home/current state) is traditionally a red (Republican) state and in 2008 we fell in line with all of the other blue states in hopes that this whole "Change Revolution" would take place. We all heard "Yes we can!" like 5 million times and, yes, they could. And they did...or I guess we did. But something else was supposed to happen. Wasn't another slogan "Change you can believe in"? Were my expectations just too high? Or is Obama just a dud? My spell check still doesn't know who he is.
Oh well. He still has a year and a half in office so I guess I can give him til 2012 to get his rear in gear. I really hope he picks a new Vice President to run with in 2012. Biden is a master douchebag (please excuse my language). I can't believe Joe Biden said "This is a big fucking deal" in range of the microphone after announcing that the new health care bill had passed. Someone needs to tell him that he holds an important position in American politics. He is basically the number 2 (or 3,4,or 5 depending on his role.....Cheney was Bush's 1.5) most powerful man in the entire world. He acts like he's a softball coach in a 40-something men's league.
I think we might only be in Iraq and Afghanistan still because Obama doesn't want to bring an extra 175,000 men and women who will have to go out looking for jobs.