It’s so interesting to me to hear different people’s perspectives on things. Opinions range far and wide from “He’s the best president ever and has restored America to greatness” to “He hasn’t really done much of anything” to “He’s another Hitler and he’s the downfall of America”.

As for me, I can never downplay the impact of a black President on a society whose history is so fraught with racism. Regardless of anything he does or doesn’t do, that stands as a monument to history and will have far-reaching impact on society just by such a man existing.

Regarding policy, he always touted himself as a bridge builder and a unifier. Which, unfortunately, instead of making both sides happy seems to make both sides angry. But maybe the problem there really boils down to the two-party system.

For anybody wondering what has changed under his presidency I recently found a pretty cool little site that shows a bunch of things he’s done in a nice bite-sized format. It even has references for each which is nice to see in an age when you don’t necessarily know what to believe anymore.

i didn’t mean to start a political discussion here…..as a writer, many different things can be a muse for a song. i usually just follow the muse…

thanks for sharing the website Clarence. i did vote for Obama, and cried tears of joy the day he was elected.

i mean no disrespect, but the bank bailouts, the latest quantitative easing and now Pres Obama’s ‘partnership’ with OSI Systems (parent company of Rapiscan) have been huge disappointments for me.

but, i believe we can take negative feelings and create something with them (like this song) instead of being destructive and negative. thank goodness for music! :)

thank you! for me, the song really isn’t about Obama, or politics….that was the spark and muse that gave birth to what was already inside me. the ‘assignment’ just gave the song wings…

thanks!