Today was an interesting day in world history, to say the least. And while I’m not a U.S. citizen, I do have a few things to say on the subject. First and foremost, thank the heavens all the people that are U.S. citizens did vote the way they did.
What the U.S. needs right now, just like Australia needed last year, was a breath of very fresh air. I don’t think another republican in the white house would have done the country any good. They needed to get rid of George W. Bush. When I got home from work today and checked all my RSS feeds, I was surprised to see the drawer of the Ctrl+Alt+Del web comic (of which I am a fan) make this statement: “It is so wonderful to finally feel optimistic about the future of our country again.” What struck me about this comment was that while I was in the car on the way home, listening to the radio, they were interviewing several people from the U.S.A. And a few of them said exactly the same thing. So it might be that being optimistic is more important that actually doing well (because the US is certainly not doing so right now).
It’s also nice to see that the guy who made president, Barack Obama, is pretty much unlike every other American president for a while: reasonably young, enthusiastic, an extremely good speaker, and most importantly, Black. This will shake up a few people’s worlds, and that can only be a good thing.
John McCain is a decent enough bloke, don’t get me wrong. He just made a few errors of judgement, namely, Sarah Palin. I don’t think she would have made a very good vice-president… at all. Even more worrying is that I have heard reports she might be left the reigns of the republican party in the future. God help America.
