Okay, I admit it. The Obamas have been in the White House for 11 Months and I am officially on Obama overload. Let me clear however, I do support (for the most part) the positions that President Obama has taken, particularly on the issue of healthcare. I voted for President Obama and I hope to support him again when he runs for a second term.
Yet, I realized the other day that I have seen and heard enough of the "extra" stuff. I don't particularly care about what Mrs. Obama was wearing on the family trip to the Grand Canyon. Did I really have to be presented with the play-by-play of President and Mrs. Obama, along with "first friend" Oprah Winfrey, making a pitch on behalf of America (Chicago) for the 2016 Olympics? The Nobel Peace Prize given for potential future works that this President will do is something that absolutely forces me to examine things more closely. A teacher in New Jersey has been teaching her students Obama songs lauding over the goodness of the President. As much as I respect and admire this President of the United States, I am starting to discover that the atmosphere surrounding Mr. Obama is a bit un-nerving.
There is the Obama effect; the idea that people want to somehow be linked to or associated with the Obama family in some way. However, let's not get it twisted. He is still President of the United States. He will institute policies and judgements that will not be particularly popular for some segments of our population. My position is that we should not make him (them) into something that is more or less than what they were suppose to be.
Sometimes we lose perspective. We lose perspective with God, with our lives, with our priorities, in our work places, among our families, with friends and yes, in our view of the President of the United Stated.
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