This is a historic day. I BLOGGED!! Ok... not for that reason. The OTHER reason. Which is kind of annoying to me actually. Every time I catch the news, in some form, I'm hearing about how this is a historic occasion. Got it! New President = Historic. But is that the real reason they keep saying that? I get that Obama is the first black President. (Multi-racial, but no point in dwelling on that anymore than it already has been throughout this election.) I do question whether or not that is the reason a lot of the news outlets keep putting it that way.
I didn't vote for this guy just because of his race. I think it's pretty cool how that worked out. I think that it does reflect a changing personal climate of this country. But really... is that it? Because I can't recall this big of a deal being made in the past few elections. Maybe it's because I'm older. Maybe it's because I have more of a political feeling this time around. Not that it's big, mind you. But I didn't have much of anything at all before.
This is the first election that the person I voted for actually won. Maybe that's why I'm noticing the inaugural scene more. I don't want the history books to remember Obama simply because he was the first 'un-white' old guy to get elected. I want them to remember him because he had an amazing presidency.
Don't fuck this up, history books! I'm keeping an eye on your shenanigans.Labels: history, politics |
