Well, if it wasn't Michael Jackson that turned you around, I'm sure it would have been one of the following:
1) $10 trillion debt with the swipe of a pen.
2) The end result of cap-and-trade.
3) The end result of his healthcare "reforms."
4) The approach of double-digit unemployment.
5) The approach is out-of-control inflation.
6) The decimation of GM and Chrysler (how do you say "Chrysler" in Italian?).
7) The increased cost of cars due to the increases in CAFE demands.
Hell, and this is only 6 months of Idi Amin Jr...