This has truly been a historical week. We all know the headlines, but do we know what has actually happened. Have we let it sink in yet? We have a new President of the United States of America. The leader of the free world, and the most powerful man in the world (I bet his wife is in for a shock on that one). But what does this mean for us? Does this mean that I will get paid more? No. Does this mean that my job is more secure than on Monday. No. What this means to me and you is that fresh leadership is now in the White House (I avoided the words 'better', etc... because I think those are very subjective words).
And another thing that is historic is that we had a transition of power that is unequal in this world. No riots (except from the people who wanted to see Obama speak), no troops on the streets (except those protecting Bush and Obama) and no deaths occurred moving from one form of leadership to the next. And as I look back, this transition was far more graceful than the transition from Clinton to Bush. Do you remember when all of the "W" keys were removed from keyboards in January of 2001? How about the lunch that Bush had with Gore that lasted 10 minutes? Bush showed me something that I knew he had in him: Gracefulness.
He was graceful throughout his presidency. And I think that will be Bush's legacy. Okay, I'll be the first to admit that all his policies weren't the most popular, but I honestly believe that he was a good man and trying to do the right thing. A lot of people called him a buffoon, but he had to make a lot of tough decisions in order to get us past some VERY traumatic times in our nations history. I, for one, will miss him.
Another historic thing that I think is being overlooked is that this is the first time in our nations history when I was able to watch a live stream of the inauguration directly from my laptop at work. This is also the first time formats such as podcasts, video podcasts and live streaming has been used by politicians. Will Obama podcast every State of the Union address? Will he set up a podcast feed for every speech that he gives? How about press briefings from secretary and himself?
This is a new era. This is the new media era, where politicians will have to start embracing new media formats and new ways to communicate with America. Wake up Republicans, the new era has begun.
Episode 153: Hot As Balls
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Episode 153: Hot As Balls – In the post-E3 show, we recap one of the most
boring E3’s in the history of MAHG. We then talk about the wonderful
Wonder Woma...
8 years ago
His staff is bemoaning the fact that, after being so "connected" on the campaign trail, they're being very restricted technology-wise in the White House. Obama had to fight to keep his Blackberry, and his staff is being denied access to instant messaging.
ReplyDeleteOne of my hopes is that the new administration will bring a greater technological awareness to government.
Sometimes, I think the Republicans are a little too graceful, considering how the "other side" acts — but there's a lot of my own bias in that. ;)
As I bite my lips to keep from saying too much, I will just say I agree with you. Very well put.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree with Yakko's last paragraph lots more (and I will now log off).