E-mail from a recent convert, or, what the average American may be thinking

[wyldwolf]

I've not seen her or spoken to her in 15 years but an old friend of mine found me on Facebook. "Alyson" grew up in a very religious and Republican household. Although she knew I was a Democrat so many years ago, we never spoke much of politics and religion because she would get a wee bit upset. In the 15 years since we've talked, I've gotten more and more involved with the Party on a local and state level. When we sent each other our "catch up" e-mails, I included that involvement, quite sure it would at least raise an eyebrow. In fact, a week passed without a reply and I was certain she was off somewhere praying for me.

Did I have a surprise waiting in my inbox this morning!

I am really worried about the economy. Things are getting so bad. I hope Obama can straighten it out like Bill Clinton did (yes, I believe that now!)

Bush screwed up everything. Obama has to repair so many things that Bush destroyed. He just about alienated the US from all other countries. Obama has to repair the damage.

I am glad he went to the summit in London this week. I hope progress was made to be friendly with other countries again. It is too funny to me that people in France were excited to see him.

I know the British have not been fond of americans for quite a while because of Bush. Tony Blair was allies with Bush and joined the US in the Iraq war and got England involved. The british resented it, so they hated americans.

I can go on and on about how much I hate Bush. Such an asshole. He had a bad case of little man syndrome.

There you have it. Obama represents the hope and dreams of so many Americans and people the world over. Too bad there are right wing and left wing armchair economists taking pot shots at him.