Today we are all Americans
Congratulations to Barak Obama and the
incoming Obama administration.
Though many Americans did not vote for
Obama and indeed some of us have
expressed serious reservations about this
competence and the direction he will take
this country, now is not the time for
such division. Now is the time to stand
behind our newly elected president and
show the rest of the world that we are a
country united against all threats
foreign and domestic.
In the coming months and years, the Obama
administration will face monumental
challenges. We should, indeed we must,
give Barak Obama a fresh chance to show
us what he can do for our country and
what direction he wants to take us.
Since we know almost nothing about how he
will govern, his real philosophy on
education, criminal justice, foreign
policy or domestic affairs we have a duty
as Americans to wait and see how he will
react to the issues facing our nation and
the results of such reactions.
As the duly elected next president of the
United States, Barak Obama deserves the
benefit of doubt as history has shown us
that most presidents govern quite
differently than the way they promise to
govern while on the campaign trail.
A new day has dawned in America and a new
direction has been plotted by the voters
of this country. Only time will tell how
successful a president Obama will be and
whether or not his ideas will strengthen
our country or weaken it.
We hope and pray that a president Obama
will keep our nation safe and that the
result of his presidency will make all of
our lives better, whether or not we agree
with the way he goes about it. And it
would be neglectful on our part not to
mention the historic nature of electing
the first black man ever to serve as our
nations commander in chief.
Our country has come so far in such a
short amount of time since the days of
slavery or even the racially divisive
period of the sixties and civil rights
movement. How many times during this
election season did we hear from
political pundents, conservative radio
hosts and the media that this country was
not ready for a black president.
Well, the voters proved them all wrong.
Americans went to the polls in record
numbers, not to vote for a black
president, but to vote for a president
that inspired and motivated them. That
man, Barak Obama, just happened to be
black and most voters were able to look
beyond race by choosing a man based on
his ideas and what they perceived to be
the content of his character.
During this countrys economic
crisis, Obama provided Americans
with hope, promise and faith that Senator
McCain just could not deliver.
Republicans who voted for McCain should
also be proud of their candidate. With
George Bushs approval rating so
low, and the republican party being
blamed in the media for every problem in
the country, McCain had an incredible
uphill battle just trying to distance
himself from the present administration.
He gave a gracious concession speech
where he expressed pride in the
historical significance of electing a
black man as president.
We are still fighting the war on terror
as we have American troops fighting for
our freedoms in Iraq and Afganistan.
Americans now need to come together and
rally behind the new president-elect and
be one United States of
America.
For today we are ALL Americans!
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