Terra

Oh fuck, it's sum politics.

Don't get me wrong. I'm thrilled today. This is history, this is...down right amazing. I have not missed that at all. But there's also probably approximately 89753 post on your flist about all that, so here's something diffrent.

I'm also SCARED.

Because Obama isn't in fact Jesus. And I see things like...the posters at Walmart, and even some of my friends post and I'm happy to see all these posts of joy BUT...he's human. And not only is he human, he's a human politician. A politician who's made it clear he wants to work together.

And working together means everything won't be ok with in a few months. It means some things won't be fixed the way us hippies want ever. And even if he can (And let's not even think if he can't) it's going to be a slow and steady process.

And I know everyone's going to say "I know this." because logically everyone does...but I think a lot of people in their heart think that Obama's going to become president and magically wave a wand and everything wrong will be better.

And I'm afraid of the backlash, and the fact that it will be Obama's fault, and seen as Obama's fault, that people held clearly unrealistic hopes for him.

ALSO!
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