Review of the 2008 USA Presidential Election

While the result itself was fantastic, I’m forced to give the election 2 stars out of 5. After months of hype, I was expecting the biggest blockbuster of the year - something that would get a clean sweep at the Oscars and set new box office records. I’d seen posters promoting the election everywhere. People were wearing tshirts of their favourite characters. The soundtrack was a huge hit. There was the promise of moose hunting. However, from the opening scene I was able to predict the entire plot of the show. And what about the running time? Over by 8pm!!! I paid good money for tickets!

Enough joking, this will definitely be a day I remember fondly for the rest of my life. I’m sure I’ll never forget the moment that the first politician I really cared about won the most important election in my lifetime… and I’m not even American. I was really lucky to be in the country at the time. I hope that one day soon Australia will be strong enough to elect a female, or an Asian, or a homosexual, or a Muslim, or anything other than an old white Christian man as Prime Minister.

The only disappointment of the day is California looks like it is going to ban gay marriage. It seems California stepped backward while the rest of America took a huge step forward.

5 November 2008 - 16:46 | Tags: politics, obama, election, america, usa