Presidential Turkey

After stuffing my face with turkey, shoveling stuffing down my throat, and washing the meal down with cheap wine, I thought about the reasons for which I was thankful. It was not until family members started to talk drunken politics that I realized that Barack Obama is probably the most thankful of all Americans.

For one, he was able to overcome bigotry and ignorance. Many pundits, myself included, believed that the Bradley effect was going to lead to his demise in states such as North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio. This was not the case as Obama was able to connect with voters of those states with a strong economic message that was more important to voters then the color of his skin.

Obama was also able to disassociate himself from his radical friends in the same manner as one handles a bad dinner guest at Thanksgiving dinner. First, when the agitator arrives, nobody really notices their presence. Reverend Wright, for example, had been a radical pastor for years before being brought into the public eye. Then, when the dinner guest starts to cause trouble, the one who brought the dinner guest is backed into a cage of verbal assault and questioning. Fox News’ Sean Hannity was one of the first of these accusers to question Obama’s associations and ran a series of segments on his show titled “The Real Barack Obama.” After immerse scrutiny, Obama finally took responsibility for his association, just as one does with their misbehaved guest, and then distances themselves from them for the rest of the party. This seemed to work with the American people as they feasted on Obama’s eloquence and articulation.

When thinking about his campaign, Barack Obama should be most thankful. He was able to overcome years of bigotry and arrogance in states never thought possible. He combated major news networks, and outwitted voters by convincing them to accept his radical associations. He ran an eloquent campaign on the economy, and overwhelmingly won the presidency of the United States.