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I’m sorry.

I’m sorry you’ve successfully completed your campaign.

I’m sorry for what the Obama family will now be subjected to…

Enemy #1 of any president is the sensory-overloading, ratings-focused news media system.  Irregardless (if you watch the news, you know why that’s a joke) of whether this pro-Obama stance keeps going not, something is going to take Obama down over the next 4 or 8 years.  Maybe he played t-ball with someone who’s now a transvestite.  Maybe he once shook hands with Castro and someone snapped a photo.  Maybe he brushed up against a 17 year old girl while shaking hands during his campaign.  Someone, somewhere will find something to blow completely out of proportion to either take him down, or bring themself up for their 15 minutes of fame, and end up crucifying his family for it.

It’s a shame because, if he can hold his campaign promises, we might be able to bring this ship back on course.  But I’m still skeptical.  He’s been president-elect now for maybe 12 hours, I’m surprised something hasn’t come up yet.

Watching his campaign… Watching the love he’s garnered from the public… Maybe he owes a little credit to the media.  I’m not saying Bush didn’t make it easy for the media, but stuff like choking on a pretzel has nothing to do with leadership qualities (yes, I know, being a bad public speaker does, but like I said, it’s not like Bush didn’t make it easy).

So, I hope for America, and I hope for Obama’s and his family’s sake, he’s got the spotless record everyone thinks a president should have, because if there is any achilles heal to a politican, it’s the ratings-grubbing media.  Otherwise he’s going to waste a lot of his time focusing on deflecting false claims than actually doing what a president is supposed to do.