Barrack Obama has been elected to be the first Black-American President of the United States of America. He was practically unknown to the country before his candidacy, and now he's elected to this highest office in our nation. This is one of those events where we should record our feelings in a journal and express our emotions of such a historic event. Knowing that this will be an important milestone in the future of America, we should contemplate the possibilities for the future and what it means to us and our posterity...so here I go...but note that it is totally acceptable for you to not agree with what I'm about to say. In fact, you may think that I'm totally ignorant, which is OK too. You're entitled to your opinion, but remember, so am I! :)
Honestly, I'm not sure what my feelings are about it, maybe I'm just indifferent about the whole affair. I mean, yes, it's a big deal that the Blacks in this nation can now feel like there is a leader in the White House that will represent all of America, including them...but I never felt that the previous leaders were NOT representing them. (Maybe it was they who decided to not be represented.) It's great that there were so many people who are being more patriotic by voting in this election that never participated in the past because they felt that there was someone now that they could support. The only problem is that they never participated before because they didn't feel like there was someone that they could support. I don't want to come off sounding racist, but I think it's a shame that it took a Black-American candidate to get the Black-American public to participate in an election. I'm not totally convinced that Barrack Obama is so original in his ideas, but his rhetoric about "Change" is what captivated America.
Does he really stand for something that's a new concept in this country? Well, I don't really think so, but it's the fact that he has spoken so eloquently against how things have been run lately in Washington. (Which is fine, don't get me wrong!) I'm glad to see that the candidate that was elected is the one that so many in this country want to have in office. I think (and hope) that his heart is in the right place and that he will use his office to truly help this country and not for his own objectives. I can't really say that I know exactly what it takes to be a great president, but I do know that uniting the people in a cause is a big start. If the country will really rally behind Obama, then we will improve our current situation dramatically. I supported George W. Bush, not because he was White, or from Texas, or because he was a Republican. I supported him because he was our President. He may have made a few mistakes, sure, but I think the media made him to be a worse villain than he really was. The troubles of this nation are NOT ALL Bush's fault. However, I supported him because I knew that he was in a better position to make decisions than I was. He had his advisers and several experts (who know much better than the general public or the media) to help him make those critical decisions.
I may not have voted for Barrack Obama, but I support him now... not because he's Black, not because he's from Illinois (my home state), not because he's a Democrat. I support him because he will soon be our President. I support him because I choose to stand for a united country and for a united people. I hope that those of us who did not vote for Barrack Obama will listen to the message of John McCain's speech last night after the election was pronounced. We need to allow our love for this country unite us as one people under the support of one president, President Obama. May God bless the man who will now make such an impact on us and our lives!
On a much less serious note totally unrelated to the above topic: I do love our country, but I certainly get frustrated with people who decide that vandalism is a good way to have fun. The morning after Halloween I found that someone had knocked off both of the side mirrors of our car. They were still attached because of the electrical cords that ran into the car, but Mark and I had to go and get new mirrors this week. Gluing them on was not going to be a feasible option this time. We tried it before, and it just didn't work right. More money being wasted when we didn't plan on spending it on the car! *sighs*
