Well, by the time this is posted, we’ll have a new President. I didn’t watch the Inauguration, but then again, I don’t make a habit of watching them. I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my President just the same. One thing that annoyed me to no end were the Bush haters who walked around, “I didn’t vote for him, I didn’t choose him…he’s not MY President.” How stupid is that? You’re an American citizen, he is your President. You may not like him, you may not agree with all or any of his policies, but as long as you are an American citizen, yes, jackass, he IS your President.
I don’t believe that Pres. George W. Bush, thought not blame free, is completely to blame for the current situation our country is in. There were others involved – both Democrat and Republican – who either blocked or passed regulations and policies that got us to the point we’re in today. And just as one man isn’t responsible for getting us into our current hole, one man cannot get us out. The idea that President Obama will save us from the crisis we’re in and solve all of our problems and have us living in Utopia quicker than you can sing “We Are the World” is ludicrous, but there are folks who think, believe and KNOW he can. As my Granny used to say, “Mark my words…”, they, not the McCain supporters, not even the far right, will be the first ones to complain about what President Obama has not done, what campaign promises he failed to keep or how he’s changed his position on a “critical issue” and crossed over to the dark side. He will be disparaged by those who prior to his swearing in, we’re singing his praises the loudest.
I have all the respect in the world for President Barack Obama. He’s an intelligent, educated man who has chosen to put his not only life, but the lives of his family, on the line to hold this office. To be our hero when things are wonderful and be the whipping boy for the country when things are in the crapper. Like every other man elected to the Office of the President, Barack Obama will have to, as Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet,”… suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…”
Like I said, I didn’t vote for Obama, I don’t agree with his platform or plans he has said that he has for this country, and I’m hoping that the combination of the advice of the group of people he’s chosen for his cabinet and common sense will override his Socialist/Communist leanings and he will do what is truly best for this country. Change is his buzz word, but what kind of change? Is change just for the sake of change a positive thing? Losing your job, your home, your family is a change, but is it a good one.
I can appreciate the history of this past presidential race and especially this moment. I know what it means for this country. For the first time, we had a woman (though I didn’t agree with her either) running for the Office of the President. I think about the fact that my Granny and all of her sisters, were born without the right to vote. Can you imagine being told that you can’t have a voice in who your leaders are? That you have to live and obey the laws of the land, but you have no say in what those laws and policies are that you're required to live by? I can’t. Very few, if any at all, can. Like it or not, agree with it or not, but now because of this election and because of the events of this day, there is no excuse for anyone to say,” I can’t because…”
Our job as Americans is to support and pray for our country and her leaders. Disagree with them, challenge them, question them, hold their feet to the fire, but the bottom line is that for this country to succeed and survive, we must, not should, but MUST support our leaders. That having been said…good luck and God bless MY President, Barack Obama, and God bless the USA!
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