In defense of Obama and a request for DU naysayers

[Cyrano]

It really shouldn’t be necessary to defend our president – the first one that was actually elected to office since 2000. Nonetheless, he’s being attacked by friends and foes alike.

You can’t turn a country around in four months anymore than you can turn a battleship around in a pond. But this man is sure as hell trying to do it anyway.

Much of what I’ve been reading about are the things he hasn’t done. But what about all the things he has done?

He’s stopped torture.

He’s restored respect for America throughout most of the civilized world.

He’s put an end to the embarrassment we felt every time our previous “president” spoke.

He’s restored dignity to the White House.

He’s short-circuited most of the Middle East propaganda thrown at us.

He’s pissed off Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh, as well as everyone who still owns a white sheet and a rope.

And most importantly, he’s given so many of us a sense of hope.

The list of things he’s already accomplished is much longer than what I've mentioned here. And he still has a long list of things that need to be accomplished. But given the short time he’s been in office, it can be argued that he’s turned that battleship in the pond a hell of a lot.

For all DU naysayers, I would ask you to give the man more time. And for all the rest of us, as much as we expect of him, let’s not ask for the impossible. I suppose the only one really trying to accomplish the impossible is Obama himself.