I had someone in my office say outloud today that if things keep going the way they are going that Barack Obama could go down in history as the worst president ever, even more hated than W. I laughed a little and just got back to what I was doing. I have always been amused by people and their unrealistic expectations and the thing I find really dangerous about populations is that these unrealistic expectations do not take long to become popular opinion.
Never understimate the power of popular opinion. It was popular opinion that caused students to get shot at Kent State University back during the Viet Nam era. It is popular opinion that can decide whether or not a new Prime Minister is needed in England. It was popular opinion that spared the life of Barabas and brought about the end of a messiah. Popular opinion is extremely powerful but yet popular opinion is still not used to elect a president. Do you think election night decides a presidential election? Ask Al Gore about the popular vote versus the system that really puts a president in power.
The Obama-American people honeymoon was destined to end, you could see it coming like a freight train. The average American expected Obama to wave his hand over everything on January 21, 2009 and make it better and then drop a check for a few thousand dollars in their mailbox. If you think that is unrealistic then you are not one of the people I am talking about and you are a small minority. Popular opinion elected Obama before election day even arrived and now popular opinion is crucifiying Obama’s every decision. It isn’t fair but it is the American way.
This financial crisis is unlike anything anyone has ever seen before and Barack Obama got dropped right in the middle of it. Is he making the right decisions? Intelligent people would answer that it is impossible to tell if he is making the right decisions yet and only time will tell if we are on the path to recovery. Popular opinion will tell you that Obama has already blown it and the Republicans can just ride the wave of Obama’s failure right back into the White House. God I hate popular opinion.
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