Interesting Thought Regarding Bush and Obama

In the second Batman movie, Harvey Dent was considered Gotham's "White Knight", because he represented a change from the dangerous and corrupt society Gotham city had become.  At the end of the movie, Dent was killed after commiting several crimes caused by manipulation from the Joker who sought to tarnish Dent's image.  Looking to save the hope that Dent had built up for the people of Gotham City, Batman took responsibility for Dent's crimes.  In the end, the people of Gotham wound up hating and fearing Batman, but thanks to him, Gotham's "White Knight" image stayed untarnished, and hope continued to live on.  Thus, Batman became Gotham's "Dark Knight".

To quote another movie, "It's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment."

Why do I bring these two movies up?  Well, I had an interesting thought this past weekend.  Up until now, this country deteriorated slowly and the general public tolerated it, particularly the nation's youth.  People complained, yet did nothing about it.  They were content to simply let it continue  the way it has and maintain the status quo because although it wasn't optimal, at least it was comfortable.  Change is not comfortable.

So what if events had turned out differently?  What if Senator Kerry had won 4 years ago? Was the country ready for change 4 years ago?  Would we still be swearing in President Obama today?  So as much as America and the World have criticized former-President Bush, we would not be where we are today without him.  He has been assigned responsibility for more things than a single person could, in reality, be actually responsible for.  America needed to believe that if a single person could cause such a deterioration in such a short time, than a single person, like President Obama, can bring about change.  So, in a sense, former-President Bush is America's Dark Knight and President Obama is America's Hope.  Had America not had its focal point for deterioration, it would not have realized that it was on the brink.  America has found the will to change.  Yes, this is our moment.