Denver
It’s an unattractive, sprawling city in the Rockies, many a drab hour on the road from anywhere else. I’ve seen the Pope in Denver, been in car accidents in Denver, and got on the worst flight leg ever in Denver. I’ve never spent real time there. There’s no point. But right now, everyone’s watching Denver thanks to the Democratic National Convention. The clips of the news I saw today at the gym showed thousands of people, many happy that Obama’s taking the nomination in Denver and they’re as happy as all get out about it. I wish I was as happy.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t dislike him in any way, I just don’t LIKE him. I’m not excited about him. I don’t believe he’s the ANSWER incarnate or the second coming or even a particularly good politician. I don’t think anyone is and it’s naive to think so. But I’m not entirely convinced he was the best choice. I think he road the wave of being in and hip and well-spoken but I have yet to hear him make a great political point that makes sense. I have yet to hear a plan or clear philosophy on how to begin to tackle the problems Still President Bush leaves behind. I have yet to hear substance. He’s a very good speaker, but it’s all been pantomime to me. He’s riding the wave of being new and idealistic and fresh.
New gets old. Freshness withers away and idealism must give way to reality.
I’m not saying I KNOW anyone else who can do better, but with some others, at least we’d know what we were getting. Heard the term “pig in a poke”? That’s what I’m afraid of. Skin deep may be as far as Obama goes and when the parades and speeches are over and it’s time to make decisions in the dead of night which have no moral or idealistic possibilities of resolution, I fear that won’t be deep enough. Politics is ugly because there are no easy answers and ugly decisions have to be made. I have a feeling that even if he can make them, his minions who chant his name now will turn on him just as quickly. Some people just don’t live in reality. And the sound of their disappointment will be even that much more deafening.
Posted on August 25th, 2008 under News • 
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