Can It Get Any Worse?

I voted for Obama twice, would do it again considering who ran against him . . . but I've not been pleased with his performance as President.  I'm an old college professor, retired now for some time, but I still can't stop myself from grading performance.  Obama gets a C but with a bit of an asterisk.  Here it is: *Anyone who would've had the job of cleaning up the mess left by Bush and his hoard of Republican marauders would have done no better.  So if you're naive enough to think things can't get much worse than they are now you should pull your head out of your ass and look around.  You won't have to look far . . . just at who is running for President.  The Republican pretenders to be presidential material, and lust for that job, are miserable excuses at being politicians or office holders . . . and some of them are miserable excuses as human beings.  I like a couple of them, like Rand Paul, but I don't think he's presidential material.  And then there are the Democrats . . . or should I say the Democrat - Hillary.  I shall at this point refrain from vulgarities, but I will at least say that I'd rather eat rancid buzzard eggs than vote for her.  And, I won't.

This comes from someone who's consistently voted for Democrats for a long time.  I weakened a time or two and voted for Republicans, but voting for them is like peeing your pants in a wool suit. At first you might get a warm and fuzzy feeling, but it won't be long before it chaps your ass.  I have not missed voting in a presidential election since reaching voting age, but if my choices come down to Hillary and Trump, I'm gonna miss one.  And then I'm going to call my friend down in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, an American expat who got enough of American government some time ago, and plead for help.  "Find me a house, amigo . . . and hurry.  This place is about to explode."  I think that's possible, you know.  If we have enough people here stupid enough to vote for candidates like that, meaning it will take some sixty million or so votes, the methane produced by that many brain farts will create an environmental hazard never before seen in this country.  One little spark could set it off, and I don't want to be here when that happens. And even if the explosion doesn't happen, the stench will be unbearable.

My point is that maybe we should cut Obama some slack, at least give him credit for holding things together this long.  Considering what is likely to replace him, he's starting to look and sound pretty damn good.  And that ought to make all us run to the bathroom and throw up.