Four / Eight Years


In as much as I am looking forward to a new president there is a little bit of sadness sprinkled in. I don’t think President Obama was the worst, considering the strong opposition he constantly faced much like our new leader will face, I think he handled upsetting situations calmly and always spoke with balance in his voice. Yes, there were many things I didn’t care too much for but then again regardless who holds that seat there will be things said and things done that someone somewhere will take issue with.

  Two positions I would never want to volunteer or consider is God and president/prime minister of a country. People are fickle and way too demanding. If you try to do something to help them out and it’s uncomfortable at first, they bitch and moan how you are making their life hell then if you try to accommodate the people who you try to win over you’re called a puppet or an ass kisser. Pretty much you are screwed no matter which way you go. People all want what they want when they want it. Everyone is demanding to be equal and treated the same yet want special treatment for being individual and unique. You only get praise or a thank you if things go their way and you are pretty much the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong and the pay is less than any pro athlete or entertainer.

 As I see it, there isn’t any man or woman of any color, political party, religion that will satisfy everyone. God has been at it longer and there is even more hostility, division and propaganda, false reports, unwillingness to commit, surrender or acknowledge some of the good under the name of. Every four to eight years we all go through the same thing. We are forced to choose the lesser of two evils and the opposing party spends four to eight years picking apart every word spoken or not spoken and everything from apparel to procedure trying desperately to strip commander of the country of any effort or dignity.

   I am looking forward to see what a non- politician/high mucky muck businessman can do. I don’t believe for one minute that he can part the sea or change water into wine. I can guarantee a lot of people’s feathers will be ruffled when he starts or attempts to make changes, I may or may not be one of those people. I laugh and roll my eyes at anyone regardless of position or stature that can’t have a laugh at him or herself. I am bothered by anyone who can’t answer a simple question and does a lot of fan dancing. All I do know is that it’s both exciting and nerve racking every time someone new takes on the president role and kind of sad when they pack up and move on. I have high hopes planted in the " I can fix this , no sweat" brassy promises of the new president. Like many that voted for him I am hoping that I don't have to humble myself and say to the handful of non-deplorables, "You were right I was wrong"

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