Better Not to Look

Citibank in the tank? Oy.

In the immortal words of Bette Davis, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a BUMPY ride."

But a little check in the silver lining column: Hillary Clinton as the nation's top diplomat? Can anyone now deny that President-elect Obama is capable of maintaining a comfortable egostical remove in governance? It'll be very interesting to see how the 44th adminstration unfurls.
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St. Louis in November

A Place where you can still get a three-course dinner for less than $20.00, including appetizer. This red state has an up-side.
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Mr. President

This last week has passed in a lovely haze of blue. Hail to the chief.

Yes, our nation's troubles are vast. Seemingly insurmountable, in fact. Will a President Obama solve them all? Or even most of them? Probably not. But it doesn't really matter at this particular moment. We have hope, and that's something we haven't had in a very long time. We are about to go through something devastating, but If we are lucky we will come through it a different nation, with different priorities. What better president to lead in a time of radical change than Barack Obama?
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State of Mind

In the parking lot of Gelson's market is a great ostentatious cow of a Lexus SUV with a bumber sticker that says "Vote NObama! McCain-Palin '08," and I truly wonder what a seemingly educated West Coast voter sees in that ticket. Anyone who reads a paper must realize by now that, in his 26 years in government, McCain has been anything but an effective custodian of even rich people's money. He could hardly be considered a visionary: witness his VP choice. He's clearly no Rennaissance man.

So what does the Lexus driver see in him? I conclude this: the Lexus driver is afraid... And probably not of a black president. I think that, for some people, a narrow range of expectations is something like a comfort. It is somehow safer for Lexus driver to stick with, if not failure, then a limited spectrum of possible success. This is McCain. Great change- represented by Obama-, even if it's positive, is nevertheless a negation of that which you've always known, and it's painful to accept for some people. A house built on a bad foundation is still a roof and four walls.


I think Lexus driver needs Obama more than most.
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