Disappointment

I saw a video the other day that was giving advice on how to best use blogger. One of the tips was to blog everyday so that readers have a reason to come back. Clearly I'm not doing very well with that seeing as though my last update came over 2 weeks ago.

I don't normally watch FoxNews. Mostly because I just don't need that kind of aggravation in my daily life. I really don't understand why people put themselves through that kind of frustration. That's besides the point. Jon Stewart was a guest on the O'Reilly Factor last week. Somewhere in O'Reilly's line of questioning he asked Stewart if he was disappointed that he voted for Barack Obama. I thought it was an interesting question. Especially since we are inundated on a daily basis by new polls that show the public's approval rating, his performance rating and a rating on his choice of shoes.

I wanted to ask the question of myself. Am I disappointed in my decision to vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election? I don't think I am. Things certainly haven't been perfect over the last 20 months and there are absolutely things that could have gone differently. Even with all of that, I don't think I'm disappointed in my vote. I am, however, disappointed in myself. I'm disappointed that I, along with millions of others, put him on such a pedestal and expected him to turn water into wine as soon as he stepped into office. Truth is, he has been working on doing the things he promised. Why would I be disappointed that? I'm getting what I wanted. It's just not coming as fast as people wanted it to so there seems to be this uproar about it. It would be great if the unemployment rate would drop but the president can't force companies to hire people. He can offer incentives but ultimately it is up to them to make the final hiring decisions. That is just one example but it's the one that is currently on everyone's mind.

Things don't happen overnight either. That's simply not how politics work. His administration has not even been in office for 2 years and yet we all expect the world's problems to be solved. These are not things that can be figured out in a midnight cramming session. It takes time. We're at a point where we can no longer blame the previous administration for the problems that the country is currently facing but this country was in one of its darkest periods when Obama took office. That's not an easy hill to climb. They say that it takes at least 2 years for an administrations policies to show their affects. If that figure is correct, we should start seeing some big improvements in the next few months. At least we can keep our fingers crossed for it.