#8: He deserves to finish what he started.

A serious one today – because we’re getting close to the end.

If you voted for Barack Obama in 2008, then I hope that you, like me, knew that all of his goals would not be able to be achieved in just four years. That’s like asking Harry Potter to defeat Voldemort and fix all the problems of the wizarding world in seven years…while also getting a full seven-year education.

I hear you, young adult literature fans, yelling that Harry Potter DID do that…

Uh, no, he didn’t.

Let’s remember that Harry Potter

a) couldn’t fix everything – some things he had to kill and some people died tragically;
b) got all moody and whined like a little bitch halfway through the series and
c) didn’t actually attend all seven years of school.

Whoops.

But because he’s a teenager and fictional, we cut him a little slack.

Folks, Harry effing Potter couldn’t set out to achieve all that he promised, and he could freshen up with a swish of his wand. And talk to snakes. President Obama isn’t actually magical, and therefore has to take time out of his day to do things like take a shower. And he can’t talk to snakes.

That I know of.

So why are we expecting him to miraculously fix everything in 4 years?

He can’t do that – but he made a damn good start.

And unless we want things to go back to the way they were (or potentially worse), then we need to give him more time to finish what he started. He needs to solidify Obamacare. He needs to make larger strides for the LGBT community. He needs to get deep into immigration reform and make sure that it works the way that’s necessary. He needs to tweak that new education legislation and find a way to get our students back on track.

He needs to keep being the positive face of our nation.

So if you’re still on the fence, I say to you: let’s finish what we started 4 years ago.

Turns out this one wasn’t as serious as I thought. My words are tricksy like that sometimes.