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Well, if you consume any form of media, you’ll know by now that Barack Obama is the new president of the US of A. To repeat the oft-used adjective – this is HISTORIC. He is the first Afro-American to be the president of the United States (I’m certain Indian-Americans have already started dreaming of their turn.. politics is like hemoglobin for us).

Obama has been the darling of the media and the darling of most people I have had the pleasure of interacting with. He promises to be the change that America, they say, desperately needs. Most “experts” (read morons who think they know too much) believe he’s better for the world and the United States.

Now honestly, I don’t trust pre-election promises and emphatic speeches too much. Bill Clinton was as charming and as good a speaker as America has ever had. He was supposed to be a Listerine powered breath of fresh air, like Obama is supposed to be today. But then who knew that Clinton had trouble keeping his pants on and smoked marijuana (oh, correction – he never ‘inhaled’). JFK, a person who Obama is often compared with, was again a pop celebrity like Obama is today. But then, probably under the influence of a gazillion kilos of medication he took everyday, he increased the US involvement in the Vietnam war by 20 folds.

So yes, I refuse to go by the hype, the promises. I hope Obama can walk the talk. My personal favorite was Sarah Palin. That woman is hot! And everytime I look at her I imagine Tina Fey, the woman most eligible to be my significant other. So that gives Sarah Palin extra brownie points. Before she came into picture, I was an Obama supporter just because Michelle Obama is much more attractive than Cindy McCain. But Sarah Palin made me switch.

Apart from her looks, Sarah Palin and John McCain would have been good for my health, if the old adage – “laughter is the best medicine” is anything to go by. I’ll surely miss George Bush and Dick Cheney once they leave. Not a week passed without getting a video/email forward/news report of their douch-baggery – like shooting a friend while on a hunting trip, or spitting in public when no one’s looking, or being unable to define sovereign. Bummer.. with Obama as the president, what’ll happen to the jokes?

The only saving grace is the “gaffe-machine” Joe Biden who has the knack of blurting out something stupid at regular intervals. Biden reminds me of Nibbles, the diaper wearing grey mouse in Tom and Jerry, who gets into trouble frequently and has to be monitored by Jerry (Obama in this case) all the time. I’m hopeful Biden will keep us all entertained.

So yes, McCain – Palin would have been a better choice from the entertainment point-of-view. Sad it wasn’t to be. Though I have to admit I am happy that Martin Luther King’s dream has come true and a black man as indeed reached the pinnacle of, if I may say, world leadership.