Obama Nation

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So, the big speech was not quite the seminal experience many were hoping for, harping on a lot of things in the past as it did.

However, the Obama = Lincoln symbolism is alive and well, thanks largely to Obama and his team.

Also, who the hell cares what Michelle Obama wears? Does that matter, at all? No, it does not. The press is working to turn them into the next JFK and JK, and they ignore the fact that other than everyone thinking he was a golden god, JFK was not actually a very good president. Neither, realistically, was Lincoln (in a sense of freedoms.)

So, color me unimpressed, but I hope I am proven wrong.

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