"... nothing you do in the White House matters. You know why not? Because as far as the mass of voting morons is concerned, while you're in office, you'll be the worst single president they've ever had. Until you stop. Then it's some other poor bastard's turn. And even that doesn't matter, because ten, twenty years later, they'll look back on you, and wonder why they didn't appreciate you when they had you. In hindsight even Warren Gamaliel Harding looks good. You, uh, following me? You don't get to make a difference. You don't get to do jack shit. You know what you get? You get an entry in the history book, and every 15 minutes, every day at Disney world, an animatronic puppet wearing your face will wave or nod when the spotlight hits it." ~ Neil Gaiman The Sandman, World's End, "The Golden Boy"
That seems like a very appropriate description of the presidency. I don't remember George H.W. Bush, but he only got one term. I know plenty of people who didn't like Bill Clinton. The number of people who disliked George W. Bush is sad, considering he lead us through some pretty tough stuff. Perhaps not correctly, but with firm belief that what he was doing was right for the long term. There are also plenty of people who have been vocal about their dislike of Barack Obama (if I remember right he had the lowest approval rating of any re-elected president, beating George W. Bush). And this is just the presidents that have served since I was born.
We need to change the manner of our discourse with each other when our opinions differ. This country is too divided to continue in the manner it is seems to be heading in. Perhaps it is not too late, I stated in my last post that in a way, we all lost this election, let's find a way to change that around so that everybody wins. Not just the white majority, but the minorities of every stripe, America should win the election, not a party, or a person.
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