Things that will make me smile
To balance out the disappointments, I’ll also post on things that make me happy.
1) Obama won. Yay. I’m happy that there weren’t any of the irregularities that plagued the previous two presidential elections.
2) Chief of staff pick. It’s good to have someone who will help govern, and also from a perspective of getting things done. I think Emanuel has made some poor choices in the past, namely interfering in democratic primaries when it’s not needful. That is, let the people in a district choose, then the national party should get behind that candidate. But I can hardly fault someone for doing the best he can, and he got a lot of people elected. And his priorities seem in alignment with Obama’s, and he’s sacrificing family life to serve the president and country.
3) The funny bits from the first press conference of the president-elect. Loved the way he talked about the choice of dog, that it would be just as deliberate as the choice of Treasury Secretary, and he made fun of his own speaking style. Goodness, someone who is aligned with my priorities, smart, strong, and also funny??? Course, I think cleverness encompasses both brilliance and humor. And I think we also need some cheering up so we don’t sink into a huge depression. Some things are no laughing matter, but it will do the country good to smile.
4) There are also rumors of things that would make me happy, such as review of executive orders, but I won’t really go into them to much until they are reality.
