Thursday Throwback: Better Off With Barack?

I’m delving back in time about a year with this pre-election post on why I had serious reservations on what I was fairly sure was the eve of Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency of the United States. I’d sincerely like to open this debate to the general public – especially since I’m rebooting my blogging after the longest hiatus since 2004, and this is just the sort of incendiary topic which attracts eyeballs quicker than Meghan McCain’s sweater gremlins. I have friends on both sides of the aisle, and so far the line-towing opinions I’ve heard over and over run as follows:

The Bible-Toting, Wife-Beating and Racist Rightys

• “Obama hasn’t done anything he said he would. ‘Change’ my ass.”
• “The healthcare bill has been a useless, divisive distraction.”
• “The stimulus package isn’t working. Neither am I, by the way.”
• “The events of Christmas prove there’s a lack of focus on national security.”
• “Shhh! They have more than enough rope and are hanging themselves.”
• “Yes I want to see Avatar but apparently it’s Communist propaganda.”

The Delusional Moonbats of the Looney Left

• “It will take longer than one year to clean up the mistakes of the last 8.”
• “The stimulus package is too working.”
• “They don’t give the Nobel Peace Prize to just anyone.”
• “I know in my heart he still wants to bring the troops home.”
• “I always wear tight jeans while I drink my latte. You know this.”

As I said in today’s choice of Thursday Throwback, I want Obama to succeed because his failures are America’s failures and, despite my reservations from 2008, there’d be no “I told you so” joy in that for me. I’d like to add to these two lists of sound bites from comments which people may or may not leave in the comments. So please craft them as such – short and powerful bullet-points.

Again, it’s very good to be back. In the words of the immortal Harry Hardon: “Are you out there? You listening?” Sound off. Defend or criticize our 44th president the way in which you’re lucky enough to be able to do in this country. I promise I’ll get back to the dead hooker jokes tomorrow.