Hopes & Dreams & Enlightenment

Vatican City - Roman Catholics "pray that God may enlighten" US president-elect Barack Obama so that he can successfully respond to the hope his election has generated, Pope Benedict XVI's spokesman said Wednesday. Obama has raised expectations on "justice and finding appropriate ways to promote peace in the world," Father Federico Lombardi was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency. Read the entire article at Earth Times.

Amen! That's a message Baptists, Jews, Mormons, Log Cabin Republicans and even right-wing agnostics can get behind. President-elect Obama is young and inexperienced. I pray for his enlightenment.

Those of you hoping for a Big O Crash and Burn need to ask yourselves, what would that mean for America? I guess my hope is that he engenders some international goodwill without selling us all down the river. I can also dream that his most liberal tendencies will be tempered by reality.

I can also hope that if he and congress are hell-bent on pushing a far-left agenda they do it quickly and imperiously. Greedy overreach will trigger a conservative reconquista in the 2010 congressional elections. Knowing congressional Democrats, this is a smart money bet.

You also need to look at the wackadoo left and how they became unhinged at the mention of Bush or Cheney. Leave the personal attacks to the poop throwing monkeys on the left and stick to reasoned opposition of the policies.

Relax, keep your powder dry. There'll be plenty of things to criticize once he gets in office. Starting now just makes you look peevish.

Meanwhile, indulge yourself in the dream of Thomas Cooley of Forbes magazine. If his dream comes true I will vote to reelect President Barack Obama.