It's a common misconception

[captain_slinky]

I keep seeing/hearing stuff about how Obama will "Have to deliver" and he "Has a lot to prove" and "There's no way he can live up to the expectations that his followers have of him".

But that's not what it's all about. It's not about what HE has to do, it's about what WE, as a nation have to do now. And maybe that's The Big Difference?

Maybe the folks who were torn about who to vote for are of a mind that once they voted, their job was done? That they could just sit back and let Rainbows fly out of Obama's butt that would heal the sick and feed the children?

I voted for Obama becuase i want a participatory Government. I *personally* want to help each and every citizen. I want America to be what it once was; the "Superman" of countries! We can stand for Truth, Justice and The American Way!

Voting wasn't just a vote... it was a promise that you'll help make America great again!

Comments

[strryeyedgrrl.livejournal.com]

One of the MySpace folks that was Obama-bashing stated that he better fix the economy in six months or we should impeach him. I think that's one of the rainbows that's supposed to fly out of his butt.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Damnit...

When did everything need to be done at a huge scale? Why can't shit get accomplished at a personal level, like me & my worm composting saving the earth?

WHY DOES EVERY COOKING DINNER SHOW ASSUME YOU'RE MAKING DESSERT?!?!?!!??

Obamabashers should get over themselves & go scrub their toilets with baking soda & vinegar.

[the-4th-doctor.livejournal.com]

Hear hear!

[waygroovy.livejournal.com]

awww... do I have tooooo?

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

There's going to be problems for a while.

People are either going to expect him to fail cause he doesn't have the experience -OR- people will expect him to do it all by himself.

I say, let's lend him a hand...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Only if you voted for Obama. If you voted for anybody else (or didn't vote at all) you're allowed to just lounge around and complain alot.

[waygroovy.livejournal.com]

Then it's time to get to work

[thecookielady.livejournal.com]

The problem, as I see it, is we've all become so lazy in our lifestyles that we EXPECT it to be done for us. We EXPECT someone to make things right and... as long as we don't have to lift a finger. Somewhere along the way, someone got the idea that life was suppose to be fair and easy. Boy, were they lied to!

I open my GS meetings every week by reciting a promise. At the end of that promise it says "and make the world a better place." This is a promise I take to heart. Every week, I'm reminded that it's up to me, not anyone else, to do my part to make the world, not just my corner of it but the whole thing, better.

That being said, I helped a little by voting. We all did. And if we support our president, even if we didn't vote for him, then we continue to do our part. And if we follow the rules that we voted into play, we continue to do our part a little more.

If we can all step outside ourselves and quit asking what's in it for us, we can all "make the world a better place." But it takes effort. On everyones part, not just the guy in charge.

As with any leader, it's his job to come up with a plan and everyone elses job to do the work and follow through. It really does take all of us.

I'm rambling. I'm finished now :)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I should have expected rhetoric like this from an old-skool hippie like you :)

[thecookielady.livejournal.com]

You know me so well :)