politics

In case you missed it, we just had a presidential election. Apparently that isn't as obvious as I would have thought, because my roommate, who works at the local radio station, got a phone call asking who our new governor was, and upon explaining this was not a gubernatorial race, he asked what he had voted for.
Yesterday, while I was at work, (I had been waiting for this kind of thing all day, and was surprised it took til after noon) I had a customer ask me what I thought of the election. I never really know what to say about these kinds of issues, so I said it was interesting, and either way it was going to be a change, and she said 'oh it'll be a change alright.' Then she said she wondered if Michelle Obama was going to redecorate. I was a little taken aback, and almost laughed. Of all things, to be concerned if the White House was going to be redecorated?? I have been intrigued by reading people's facebook statuses and otherwise hearing random comments from people, some enthralled with this outcome and others ready to pack up and leave the country. Some of my favorite has been the end of the world predictors. We have a presidential election every 4 years, and it has yet to precipitate the end of the world. I will grant that some leaders have taken over countries and bad things have happened, but I don't know that we are in that bad a situation. Maybe if we could all just take a little step back and not rush to the end of the world, it would really not be quite so bad as all that. Although I guess if we really are headed to the end of the world, well, bring it.