It’s hard to say how I really feel right now. There’s a lot of different things I’ve thought since last night’s victory by Obama.

I guess my gut reaction is disappointment. I’m disappointed that people bought into this “hope and change” nonsense. I’m disappointed that people voted for a candidate not because of the content of his character, but because of the color of his skin. I’m disappointed that we’ve elected the least qualified person in memory to be president.

Another reaction is concern. I figured that the DOW would lose around 500 points today, and I was pretty close. I’m even more concerned about my retirement money now, especially since the Democrats have promised to go after 401k’s. I’m concerned that the last 7 years of not having any terrorist attacks on American soil will be over. I’m concerned that state capitals will be terrorist targets. I’m concerned that our economy will go into recession, and that Obama’s lack of knowledge about capitalism will send us into a depression. I’m concerned that my company, a large private university, will start downsizing when the economy goes further south, and that I’ll be one of the victims of that.

And a final reaction is disbelief. It’s hard to figure out why people would vote against their own best interest in the long term, just to get a short term gain. I don’t understand why Jews would vote for Obama when his party has pretty much said they’d throw Israel to the dogs.

As far as “hope” goes, I hope that Obama will be a one-term president. I hope the Republicans can come up with someone in four years that can energize the party (much like Palin did, but more so). I hope that anything Congress and their rubber stamp in the White House does won’t damage this country too badly.

Ah well.