Ten Reasons To Look Forward to the Obama Presidency
Jan 15th, 2009 by nick
Since the election I’ve been so excited by the general prospect of an intelligent, rational, reasonable, and progressive president that I haven’t spent much time thinking about the details of exactly what a Barack Obama presidency will mean. As his inauguration is now only five days away, here, in no particular order, are ten great reasons to look forward to his presidency:
1. Guantanamo Bay will be closed.
2. Hillary Clinton will be Secretary of State. She’ll have her hands full repairing the damage of the Bush administration and dealing with the situation in Gaza, among others, but I can’t think of anyone I trust more to manage our foreign affairs.
3. No more US sanctioned torture.
4. A renewed respect for civil liberties.
5. Gay rights in the military.
6. No more “global gag rule” restricting US funding to family planning groups that even mention abortion.
7. Renewed respect for science.
8.Real action on energy independence and climate change.