A free-verse poem about President Obama representing hope for a better America.
The Washington Mall was filled
Inauguration Day with the chant
O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma! --
a chant that reverberated across
all America filling it with joy
and hope…hope that our country,
after being Bushwhacked for the
past eight, long years, once again
might be restored to its rightful place
of honor in the eyes of the world,
hope that the unwarranted wars,
the torture, the renditions, the corrupt
and arrogant practices of the past
Republican administration, the greed
of unregulated corporate executives,
the five-trillion-dollar deficit increase,
the ruined economy will all be righted,
and the hope that we as Americans
can be justly proud of our great nation
once again…and of our president.
Harry
I must be a pessimist because I do not share your hope in Obama, not because he is Obama but due to the situation we find our country in. I liken it to a three legged cat with severe diherra trying to cover poop on a frozen pond. We have handed Obama a hot potato. Unfortunately, the ones responsible for heating the spud up are still in power and they have no intention of changing their ways. Let us all pray for divine intervention.
I, too, am glad that Obama is giving our nation hope. But I often wonder, are we putting too much on him? What happens when the economy worsens, and he did honestly say it would. Will we forget where this recession started and blame it on him? I hope not, and I really hope he succeeds.
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Sandie Angel :o)
I must be a pessimist because I do not share your hope in Obama, not because he is Obama but due to the situation we find our country in. I liken it to a three legged cat with severe diherra trying to cover poop on a frozen pond. We have handed Obama a hot potato. Unfortunately, the ones responsible for heating the spud up are still in power and they have no intention of changing their ways. Let us all pray for divine intervention.
Marion Dollar
I, too, am glad that Obama is giving our nation hope. But I often wonder, are we putting too much on him? What happens when the economy worsens, and he did honestly say it would. Will we forget where this recession started and blame it on him? I hope not, and I really hope he succeeds.
Mary