AL on Obama

By AL Blanco

It’s official, Barack is now the president.  What’s
also official is that the challenges that face the
country and world are becoming more untenable every
day.

To say I am happy for Barack is an understatement.
Here is a classy, intelligent, smooth and hardworking
man that ascended to the top using his capabilities
and nothing more.  I never supported any other
democratic candidate.  From the second he declared his
candidacy, I was Barack or bust.  What exactly is John
Edwards doing now anyway?  If you answered being the
scumbag he is, cheating on his wife with terminal
cancer and impregnating his subordinates, you get to
go to the Showcase Showdown.

Another thing I am certain of, is the fact that this
honeymoon occurred before the nuptials.  There has
been a lot of Barack dick riding ever since he got
elected.  I think what a lot of the dick riders need
to realize is that this is where the story begins.
Barack is a public servant, our taxes pay his salary
and he has a fiduciary responsibility to make
something happen.

My biggest fear is that there really isn’t anything he
can do to fix the economy.  He can affect it, but in
the end it’s cyclical.  Bill Clinton wasn’t really
responsible for the prosperity in the 90’s, he didn’t
create the technology that spurred the economy.
Barack is like our coach, but a coach doesn’t play in
the game, he can only call the right plays and hope
the players (us) do our parts.

Regardless of the outcome, no one can take away what
Barack accomplished up to this point.  Let’s forget
race for a minute.  He whipped Hillary’s ass real
good.  Hillary is someone who had been deemed the heir
apparent the second John Kerry lost Ohio.  I have yet
to witness a public figure with such a condescending
sense of entitlement as Hillary.  For any person to
overcome that alone is remarkable.

Let’s not forget something else, that little detail:
Barack is black.  Normally I would say he is
bi-racial, but when I look at Barack I don’t see
bi-racial, I see black.  When I look at Derek Jeter or
Alicia Keys I see bi-racial.  Shit, both of Prince’s
parents are black and Barack looks blacker than he
does.  Four years ago, we had two blue blooded
descendants of English royalty run.  I don’t think
anyone would have taken any action, no matter what the
odds, that a black man would be president today.

I also hope that people never forget how low Bush set
the bar.  I know the day Barack walks into a press
conference with his fly down, people like Bill
O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter will call to
have impeachment hearings.  Hopefully, things get
better for Barack and the country after today.  That
being said, today is a really good day and it’s
something we’ll have forever.  For those of us who
have ever felt held down or different by our
socioeconomic status, race, heritage or gender, we
will always have today, and today may never come again
for a long, long time.