My feeling about Obama's re-election boils down to this: Mitt Romney is a Mormon, if the US won't elect a Catholic without assassinating him, what chance does a Mormon have? And if that doesn't hurt enough, Romney insulted 49% of the population and the Republicans up with the incredibly dumb idea of putting up Scrooge McDuck up for election in the middle of a recession.
Or, maybe, my main emotion is bemusement that the US reelected a man who has no idea how to get the economy moving. The President Re-Elect is the Sally Field of Politics, people like him, they really like him. But what he does best is what he did best last night.
Having said that, based upon singing ability it was Obama's to lose. And I have been listening to steady diet of Al Green and Curtis Mayfield in honor of his win. Look at it this way, if Romney had won I'd have been stuck with Marching Bands playing "The Star Spangled Banner".
And just about all my friends support Obama, so I don't have to listen to them whining for the next four years so there is that. I have one friend who thinks the sensible thing to do is let the US fall into an economic depression and then rebuild from there. It isn't a terrible idea except do I really want to be sleeping in Central Park singing "Buddy, Can You Spare A Tix To Jingle Ball"? Given the option, I'd rather not.
So here is my is my take on her let them eat cake as a viable form of political distaff:
You? OK
Me: Not so much.
In the world of politics I am a James Brownian theorist, give people a chance and then it is every man for himself and god against all. Not that I mind Obama winning, not at all, given the choices he was absolutely the right one.
So let's look at 2016: Christie better get to Weight Watchers fast if he wants it all and Cuomo better take that smug smile off his face. Plus, if Christie wins? All Springsteen all the time.
Now back to Curtis Mayfield's New World Order.