I Have A Dream......That Barack Obama isn't full of it

Obama certainly dazzled the 80,000 plus crowd at the DNC with yet another passionate speech. I watched it on YouTube myself, and I must admit that during his most vibrant passages, I felt the same chills of excitement and inspiration that I get watching old clips of JFK and MLK. But I still can't shake the nagging feeling that the Democratic nominee is hiding something behind his sleek exterior, the well-polished face of change. As far as I can see, real change in the power structure of American Government can only ever occur on a surface level. Perhaps 8 years of the Team Bush has tainted my outlook with pessimism, as it has for so many of us. Certainly, this is why so many Americans regarded Obama's speech as refreshing and inspiring. After all, the only reaction Dubya's speeches ever elicited was laughter mixed with a crushing depression that anyone would elect this sub-human scumbag to one day in office, let alone two terms. But My Fellow Americans, I believe that we should approach Obama in the same manner as a jilted young woman might approach a seemingly Mr. Right while dating on the rebound. That is to say, we should proceed with caution. Yes, Bush and his cronies have been shitting on us for damn near a decade now, but we can't just fall head over heels in love with the first candidate we see with impressive rhetoric and without the facial makeup of a monkey. Am I an McCain supporter? Not until the GOP perfects the brainwashing technology I'm sure they've been working hard on ever since the ink on the Patriot Act dried. All I'm saying is that if we hold Obama up to this golden standard he's been painting for himself on the campaign trial once he gets in office, we may be setting ourselves up for disappointment. We need change, and I think Obama can take us in the right direction, bu that change cannot and will not happen overnight. We need to be realistic about change and we need to be patient with Obama as he gets his feet wet in the Oval Office. Hell, even if Obama is half the catalyst he proposes to be, we can all take comfort in the fact that somewhere in Texas, a village has regained its idiot.