Sylverin Says...
In the grand scheme of things, the comings and goings of political leaders aren't really the first things that people think about when discussing them.
Having said that, it's the things that said political leaders do that make them memorable when they depart the political scene. Take the recently departed George Bush Jnr for instance. He will be remembered for saying silly and oft inappropriate things (I won't mention co-existing with fish without smothering the fish in sarcasm sauce), supporting the 'War on Terror' so to speak, and generally bumbling along like a fool.
Some may constitute that as being under constant stress, the responsibility of being the 'most powerful man in the world' and all, but I say no, it's putting the wrong person in the hot seat.
Enter Barack Obama, the first black African American president of the US of A. Two weeks into the top job and he is off to a solid start. He hasn't made any of his own famous Bush-isms yet, and chances are that he won't because of his near perfect oratory skills.
I would also like to mention his priorities, namely withdrawing US troops from Iraq. I've been saying this for years, but no one has listened:
"The US would be better off if they kept their hands to themselves."
From a historical standpoint, I'm one hundred percent correct. If the US had stayed out of countries it shouldn't have been in the first place, there would be no need to pull troops out of them, all the while spending taxpayers dollars on an expensive wild goose chase.
The point I'm trying to make is that Obama will be remembered when he is no longer president, and he will be remembered for all the right reasons (not for thinking that Africa is a country).
Sylverin
P.S.
"We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed by a Creator." - He likes contradicting himself a lot, doesn't he?
