Is it just me or does Obama seem supremely alone? I suppose it is a commentary on the human condition that the more publicly that one is popular (ie - celebrity) and appears to be surrounded by people, the more existentially alone a person really is.
I can't decide what this says about our President. Is this a sign of weakness? Of being ill-suited to the role? Or is it a sign of honesty and truthfulness? At least he doesn't hide his discomfort (though obviously he has to make the motions like we all do - you can't not give your secretary a gift on Secretary's Day, or whatever, especially when you are a President whose every nuance is scrutinized - remember the flag pin incident?
I still think he is a great man who is immersed in a political culture that is exceedingly trying. Our failure as citizens hardly makes his job any easier. He may not be the messiah some of us hoped for, but he certainly could be a lot worse (cough - John McCain (not to mention Sarah Palin) - cough). At least he hasn't given into/pandered to our basest instincts and the lowest common denominator.
(I suppose, you know you are failing as a political movement when you have to argue from a position of: "at least." The lesser of two evils has never been a potent rallying cry . . . oh well. Again, I blame it less on the politicians and more on the jaded, sarcastic, ironic, unpolitical "citizenry" who don't understand the meaning of the term.)
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