Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job
WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."
I didn't quite agree with the article when it came out just after election day, but with the end of the escalating conflict in Gaza nowhere in sight, it seems like President-elect Obama may very well step up to become POTUS when part of the world (the messiest part in fact) is still in a state of war. Coupled with the deteriorating global economic crisis (and other problems the Bush administration has generously dumped on him), Obama's going to have a rowdy four years in office. I don't mean to be stereotypical but without a doubt, the black man has, once again, been given the nation's worst job.
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