Mr. Superstar

Presidency in America
The cliché but common dream of a child in America is to be president one day. I was one of those kids :) What about the people who really are? This year we saw the changing of president’s and it was a powerful thing in many ways, yet it was also frustrating too. The relationship between president and citizens is incredibly interesting.
The relationship is controlled by two things. The first controller is the media that takes place in many ways. I recognized this during the campaigning during this past election. It is obnoxious and exhausting. We hear little bits over and over. So by the amount of ways they tell you something you feel like you have something really. Where actually all you have is the same sound bite in like 20 different ways. So then you still have to wonder which way is legit?

The other controller in this relationship is the rest of politicians. Which… I saw firsthand, is typically upper class, white guys. :/ So then you have a major imbalance. And these people will be wanting your votes again in a few years so they will work either for or against the president’s image depending on their party affiliation. Le sigh. This is so complicated and yet appears basic in its foundations.
With Obama you have a very strange thing occurring. The press have super-starred him. This has had two things happen. The positive is that you have had what I consider to be a greater interest in the President. This is great. Not enough people are active within this sphere so the change of tone has aided the increase in this. Then though you have the negative. This being the fact that the role of president has been reduced from it’s incredibly and serious role to something much different. Instead of seeing this man as the leader of your country you see him as the guy next door and who, according to the press, has a dog… This could be problem forming I believe. Who knows though, I guess time shall tell.