Our lives are not a football game
I didn’t vote for Obama. I felt he didn’t have enough leadership, management, or business experience to run the country.
Having said that, two terms in:
- Unemployment is at 5.9%, versus 7.8% when he first took office.
- Both wars have significantly drawn down.
- The markets are significantly up – the S&P is up 126%.
- Gas prices are just over $2 a gallon here.
- We have nationwide healthcare, based on a Republican plan, for the first time.
I was wrong. Obama has been a pretty good president – his foreign policy, or lack thereof, notwithstanding.
I think that most people don’t actually understand politics, economics, or history. But they want to look like they have some deep-seated knowledge.
So they imitate one side or another – like when you’re a kid and become a genre of a person – and have a team. The same way they root for a football team. And they are incensed when their side loses.
But we are the side. If the country is doing well, that means we’re doing well, irrespective of the team.
I’m glad I’m wrong because it wasn’t, he would have been a terrible president and our situation as a whole would be much, much worse. Instead, my investments are going up, my family has health insurance, and we can take the whip for a spin without breaking the bank.
The world would be vastly different if people could say, I was wrong, that’s a good thing.
Those that don’t look at it as a negative mark against their intellect rather than a positive mark for their character.
Above is a chart from the non-partisan Factcheck.org.
Location: home, waiting for an appraiser
Mood: better
Music: seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
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