What I'd love to know is...

How can I keep Barack Obama from breaking my heart?

I was reading an article in the Stranger last week that reviewed his book "The Audacity of Hope," and when the reviewer started talking about the return of American Reason I got seriously choked up. I realized that I can simply not conceive of a life where I'm actually proud of a national leader. What if I even loved our president? What would happen then? Would I actually want to work harder to restore some sense of our national dignity?

What if I felt that way about a president and then something happened?

In many ways it seems like it would be easier to stay in a shell of cynicism: "we can't do anything about anything anyway." Of course. Cynicism is just too easy that way.

But I'm with you, Tater.

Let me know your thoughts...

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