Yes. Even after a year and a half of hearing my mostly conservative university, church, neighbors, and friends rant and rave about Obama bringing the world to an end, I’m still not ashamed that I half begged people to vote for him. Yeah he’s not perfect. But get this. He’s not have bad either.

Ended the spectre of permanent military bases in Iraq, got diplomatic access to Suu Kyi, put enough cash out there to help save many large employers, put in a timetable for Afghanistan, put in the credit card bill of rights, expanded loan programs for small businesses, put conditions on Pakistani aid that requires their help in the GWoT, gave nearly unfettered access to Cuba for Cuban-Americans, released further documentation that he promised he’d release as far as the office of the President is concerned, created more transparency in government, started putting up large amounts of government info on the web so as to extend transparency, increased funding for national parks, authorized the compiling of a report on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing with the aim of reform, added another space shuttle, worked on helping to encourage the private sector to help with space travel, tons of positive steps regarding the ISS, funded an expansion of Americorps, overturned Ledbetter vs. Goodyear, put an actual native in place as an adviser on Native American relations, banned all lobbyist gifts to anyone in the Executive branch, set up a program to weatherize 1M homes, increased funding for the EPA, extended Unemployment Insurance and suspended taxes on benefits, and, perhaps most importantly, got his daughters a puppy.

Hey, that’s not so bad after all is it.