Hope

So I voted on Tuesday and I have to say that it was a bit of a let down. The night before, the wife and I looked up the canidates.
We vetted them.
We played the devil's advocate.
We weighed the issues.
We even asked ourselves "tough questions."

And even though we both voted for Obama, we're still feeling a sense of misapprehension about it. For me, I'm a cynical soul and since the Bush years have taught me that a man will sell his soul for power right before the eyes of a nation, that still doesn't mean he's a bad man. It just means he's incredibly stupid.

Obama doesn't strike me as a bad man, and he doesn't strike me as a stupid one either. On the contrary, the reason he got my vote, however hesitantly given, was that I respect the man's conduct. In my head is the 'ideal public servant' and the behavior associated with that is one dictated by principles. I saw McCain's behavior towards the end as being directed by the GOP and not by the integrity of his personal conscience.

What I am now worried about is what the president-elect hasn't said during the elections: is he going to sharpen his views on gay marriage? Will abortion become an easier process, especially for minors? How is the morality of the nation likely to change in the next 4 years?

The comparisons to Kennedy are exaggerated, I think. Kennedy was a immoral human, but a good president. I believe that Obama is a truly moral human, and I hope that translates into a good president...