The Bright Side of an Obama Win

I've been opposed to Obama, mainly on fiscal policy. I personally think that his ideas smack a little too much of socialism. The general idea of taking more from the folks that create jobs to give to folks who have less doesn't really work well.

But here are some reasons not to drive off a cliff with an Obama win:

1. If he does as much as President as he did as Senator, we should be OK.
2. Maybe people will FINALLY start believing that race matters about as much as skin color. I'm sure that people who profit from race-baiting will still find a way to complain, though, but I think that those voices will be quieter in 4 years than they are now.
3. Biden is taken out of play. The VP is pretty much a powerless position, so we take out a liberal (and loose-lipped) Senator.
4. LOTS AND LOTS of people, and young people especially, voted for Obama, and they have high expectations. If all of those people are let down (ie: they don't get what they want from Obama), I think there will be backlash, and all those people will be equally active in the next election...to throw him out.
5. Democrats are now fully in charge. At first blush this seems like a bad thing, but the American people, four years from now, won't be able to continue to blame Bush for everything bad. And bad it will be. (especially if he tries to fix the economy by taxing small businesses) That will also cause backlash.

So, before you contemplate downing that bottle of pills, or moving to Australia, remember that the same crowd that welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were crying 'Crucify Him!' within a week. Not that I think we should try to crucify Obama, either physically or verbally. (Good grief, the anti-hate-speech police will be knocking at my door!) My point, though, is that since that kind of popularity-shift can happen to Jesus, in 4 years, the people of the U.S. might also turn against Obama.

Oh...as for all the haters out there who want to immediately label me a racist or whatever for being against Obama: honestly, I don't care about his skin color. I totally would have voted Condi Rice as Pres in a heartbeat. It's about his policies, not his genetics.