I’m okay with Obama
It’s true, I am. I go to a conservative Wesleyan school surrounded by fundamentalist and I have the balls to say that I think the new(ish) president is doing a good job.
Now, I don’t pretend to know politics. To be honest, politics annoy me and are generally to complicated for me understand. But this is a blog about me and I have a right to an opinion, so that’s that.
I think the healthcare system is FINALLY a step in teh right direction. I do understand the problems about payment, but I guess you could say I’m just tired of people complaining about the problem instead of asking ‘how can I help’. Correct me if I’m wrong, but doctors don’t need to be paid millions of dollars. In fact, I don’t feel that anyone needs to be paid millions of dollars, but that’s my opinion. I think we could cut costs a lot if the entire healthcare society decided it would be okay to take a pay cut so that now they can HELP MORE PEOPLE. Isn’t that what the Hippocratic oath is about? I don’t seek to judge. It’s a question. Yes, doctors work hard, but so do janitors and garbagemen, but since bill security guard didn’t save grandma with that amazing triple bypass surgery, he obviously doesn’t deserve a lot of money. If people were willing to sacrifice some minor comforts so we don’t screw over our children, this could work.
And don’t even get me started on ‘socialism’ and the healthcare system. I’m looking at you, military.
I also think that Obama’s foreign policies are a step in the right direction (finally). It’s ridiculous that we think it’s our responsibility to police the world, and actually reaching OUT to the muslim world is something we should all breathe easy about. Fear only works for so long, and Bush had the world terrified. Europe, Korea, Russia – they all viewed Bush as a war lord. I know this because I’ve spoken with people from all of those places. Now Obama wants try and help the world. And we put him down for this? Getting the army out of Iraq is good. Getting the missiles out of Europe so we can talk with Russia is good. Talking Iran into letting UN inspectors into their plants is good.
So many of the things he’s done is good that I have a hard time with the people who say all he’s done is ‘raise government spending’ and ‘he’s not my kind of christian’. Does that mean we can’t try and help him succeed? We could make this work for all of us, but if all you’re going to do is complain and help him fail, where does that get us. Okay, you were right, he failed, and now the country is in even worse shape. But you were right, so you’re happy, right?
Right?
My point is, his ideas are workable and somewhat noble. If we work with it we can all win at the end here.
So how do you feel about him?
