My Obama is Dead

"We grasp for brand personalities that reflect our ideals. And while they are alive the risk of being let down by our idols holds us back, but after their death, we are free to define them as we would like to remember them according to our own preferences and values." Carl Peyron

So Obama got a Nobel... the effect was toxic. The dude is good, really good, despite the conspiracy theorists, you don't just become the president of the USA you work hard for that shit. We all saw just how tough the going got and our guy came through, with several million American votes and several billion global hopes and dreams backing him plus no one shot him. Great, brilliant, bring on the new world order... Yeah actually there was a moment... Obama seemed to make an error at his inauguration therefore making us all see him as human not the Second Coming. But anyway as it turned out Obama was on point, the other guy fucked it up for him.

So we all got over the euphoria and sat back to see what he was actually going to do, as opposed to what he had promised to do. The infamous 100 days in office came and left, the ratings were more positive than bad. Our dude talked to everybody, they appeared to listen to him. That health care thing is taking a while to get working, but so are a thousand and one other things, he is still tall and manly and all things super hero. His wife gets assimilated into fashion, social stuff, and just any old news headlines without even trying. The kids are probably being scrutinised to heck and back. The Portuguese Water Dog First Pet put that breed back on the map. I mean who knew that there was a pet that caused fewer allergies, not even that freaky hairless cat has ever been touted as nonallergic in some way.

Many dudes know how a premature ejaculation is still pleasant somehow but not as nice as a nice orgasm later down the line. This Nobel is the premature to end all prematures, yeah its still cool that Obama got the recognition, but it would have meant more not just to him, but to all the hopes and dreams had the award come at a later stage. I wanted a dude that was opening doors for many like him and many, many more completely unlike him but equally inspired and inspiring. By that I mean I would appreciate that sort of Award going to someone who came after Obama, and not necessarily a generation even 3 years or 5 years that's all. That young buck is still going to exceed what Obama has achieved, we will still applaud it, but man... from the first Kenyan to be US President, to first person to win a Peace Nobel for being... I don't even know what. It is as if this is the highest peak a Kenyan can reach, President of the United States... Spare me. That's too far of a stretch for me. As if Obama will achieve so much that his achievements can never be matched by another person... another African person.

No one really knows yet how the Obama piece fits into history and the grander scheme of things. Now that he was handed that award already, I can't watch the Obama show anymore, my Obama is dead, over powered by a Peace Nobel. Talk about stealing a man's thunder... hopefully Obama's lightning will still strike, twice even... just because.

And now for the silver lining... according to Peyron's words, I am free to be a better Obama than my Obama. Like I can finally view him as a man who just happened to want to be US President and also racked up a Nobel. Refreshing. It was a good death for my Obama. Now lets focus on Monsieur Polk's future death, may it be equally stellar.