I may disagree, but respect office

I am disappointed in Obama. He was supposed to declare martial law and serve a third term.

Until Friday’s inauguration, I expected the military (ours, not Russia’s) to swarm the podium and assume control.

Spoiled by Obama’s wit, intelligence, demeanor, lack of scandals, nuanced responses and measured approaches, I now feel like a guppy in an aquarium of blowfish.

On the Portales Politics and Current Events Facebook page, one High Plains luminary said Obama was the “worst piece of #$%&” to ever take up space in the Oval Office.” I don’t know the luminary’s age, but — to make such a definitive statement — he must be a Guinness world-record-holder born before George Washington.

Another luminary posted a flattering picture of Obama and the First Lady as orangutans (flattering to the orangutans). A woman captioned an Obama family photo: “Here Come the Negroes.”

I agree Obama is the worst black president in history.

Still, he wasn’t given enough credit for getting away with: Redecorating the Oval Office in Middle Eastern style; taking away everyone’s guns; removing the flag from Air Force One; hiding the Koranic verse on his ring; keeping his marriage to a Pakistani man secret; keeping his real birth certificate hidden; being the love child of Malcolm X; becoming the first Kenyan to become president ...

Admittedly, he was an abject failure at getting United Nations troops to invade America as part of the New World Order. (I never was clear on what this meant, but suspect it involved getting the Dixie Chicks on radio again.)

Unlike Obama’s detractors, I will not show Trump the vitriol showered on his predecessor. I want Trump to succeed in bettering the country. Unobstructed by an opposing majority party, he has every opportunity.

Of course, implementing workable policies about impossibly complex issues in a wildly diverse nation will be more difficult than sound-bite campaigning.

Respecting the office while disagreeing, I will focus on his actions or positions — not slander the man.

Trump would be well-served to emulate Obama’s dignity in handling unremitting slime (slung by decent people temporarily reverting to slimeballs).

Obama made me proud of the man and the office.

Now, Trump has his chance.

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