It has been almost a month since election day. Many people (knowing that I’m not a Democrat) have asked me what I think about the results of the election since I’m in the Army and Mr. Obama is the incoming Commander-in-Chief. I thought I’d lay it out here. These are just my thoughts and have no reflection on the feelings of the Army as a whole.
I think the Pres-elect is doing a pretty good job now and is setting himself up to do very well in the future. Many people are complaining that he is building his cabinet with people that have been inside the Beltway for a long time. I think that he’s making sure that people in the jobs know how to make the system work. Hopefully he is letting them all know that he’s giving the general guidelines and that if they get too far away from said guidelines they can expect to be fired.
I am really hoping that he is more moderate than we were all lead to believe. It seems like he has already shown he does not care if he pisses off MoveOn.org, and that’s a good thing in my mind.
I believe that it is a good thing to have someone this young and energetic in the oval office. It is a full time job.
I am afraid that too many people think that just because we elected a man that is half black, that we’ve shown that racism is dead in the United States. It isn’t. During the primary season, it was apparent to me that it is more acceptable to be sexist than it is to be racist. Now I’m afraid that some people think that it is more acceptable (than it was previously) to be racist.
You will notice that I keep saying “I” at the beginning of these statements. These are my thoughts/feelings and not those of the Army. Since I am in grad school, I am not really sure what the rest of my cohorts in the Army think, so I cannot talk to the general perception of the Army. I’m sure that many Soldiers are making jokes about the coming presidency; some in good humor, some not.
