Obama post election thoughts

I was  part of the legal system today.

I drove to Santa Monica, CA from the desert to testify at trial. It settled before I testified. I was impressed with the legal system again. It seems to meander along at a snails pace, too slow for the plaintiff, and at times too fast for the defendant. But like a powerful river, the legal meandering makes its way to a conclusion. It can form the grand canyon with time, or numerous smaller valleys as it carves its way, through granite, witnesses, or plain old earth, to the ocean. It works, much to the occasional dismay of observers.

The political system, like the legal system, grinds to a conclusion too. And in this case, we have a second term president. Approximately 59 million people said yes to Obama and 57 million said no to Obama. However, as I watched the Obama acceptance speech, it appeared to me that Obama did not recognize the 57 million nays. Despite the electoral college faux-landslide mandate, 49% of the voters said Obama was on the wrong track.

And now it appears that we, you and I, will have to succumb to the wishes of the other 51%. They will want something from us and Obama is out to get it. My thought is the 51% who wanted him should be obligated to provide 100% of what ever he wants. Think about it.

With more than $6 billion spent on the election, it was an economic stimulus by itself. Biden and Obama have their jobs in tact for the next 4 years with excellent health coverage and a retirement plan that would make Donald Trump jealous, except for the fact that Trump and the rest of us must pay for the plan.

Hillary Clinton will resign and ponder her 2016 alternatives. No doubt that Obama has a debt to Bill Clinton that will have to be paid. We can only imagine the price. Ironically, the economy which all the polls indicated was the primary concern of the voters is no concern anymore.  By capturing a second term, Obama can now fixate on wealth redistribution with no worry about unemployment stats, or any economic stats for that matter. When he leaves the white house in 4 years, his CEO retirement package will cost Americans, by my estimate, $75 to $100 million.

Harry Truman refused a retirement package because he believed a person should not be entitled to make money on the presidency.

Now there is an idea.