messiahs

so i'm worried about this barack obama fever. i like the guy. i don't like his rhetoric. he promises all this change, well, obliquely, promises us that we have within us the power to change, but he really only has about 100 real days in the oval office before the crushing wave of the legislative schedule catches up with him & his administration. how will he end a war in 100 days? how will he reduce carbon emissions and work toward a greener america while ending a war concurrently? how will he rejuvenate the economy while doing this?

i feel kind of like america just wants someone so badly that they're willing to settle, convince themselves. it's stockholm syndrome. the guy's still a politician. he's going to be making empty promises. but the stronger a promise is, the angrier the other will be when it's broken. if barack obama is elected the next president of the united states, he had better live up to those promises, or there could be some real backlash from the country he governs.

another thing: this celebrification of the election? it's gotten to the point where i don't want to use or even remotely like the word "obama." it's kind of like when you say a word over & over until it loses meaning. it's a gap-word to me now, having appeared in so many functions - as phonetic pun, as racial slur, as the one-word 'buddha-esque' messiah nominative ... i admit to enjoying the logo for his campaign - the O rising majestically over the flag (made to look like rows of corn) - but the font, i think, maybe that's what bothers me. anyhow. superficialities. let's hear about the democrats jabbing each other with tiny pricks of subtle meanness once more, can we please? let's follow that right up with a breaking news - what's going on with Britney? can we really compare the two? just for drama's sake. just for that hook. that catch.

last thing: i'm tired of puns in headlines. everything's gotta be a pun. the hook. that catch.