President Elect

Barack Obama, Im glad your campaign and the election is over. You have been successful in spending more money than any elected official in history. Money that I believe could have been put to better use. I was tired of seeing you and Mr. McCains mug flopping all over TV. I love politics and a sprited debate over thoughts and beliefs but this campain felt like a bad case of Jock Itch. And even though I hated the symptoms I scratched anyway which made it last even longer.

Most of my friends know that Im a gun toting, card carrying Republican. I would have been shunned out of the family if I had any other ideals as a young kid growing up on small town Kansas. In a 6th or 7th Grade Social Studies classs we were studying the upcoming Presidential election. After school I made the mistake to telling my Aunt, who was the Republican Country Clerk of Harper County that I thought Jimmy Carter should be President. Seemed like a nice guy, and hey, he liked peanuts. In 6th or 7th grade that was good enough. You would have thought that I had turned into Joseph Stalin himself. She picked up the phone and called the rest of the family to inform them that there was a trator in the ranks. Then for the next 3 months she went about transforming me into the Republican that I should be. Dragging me to the state capital to see how the real government worked, lessons in the car on why Democrates will cause the world to spontanously combust and that Democrates didnt like baseball or apple pie. They were, well Un-American. It was enough to get back on the RIGHT side of politics where I belonged.

So it goes without saying that I voted for the Mr. McCain. I did so not because I ONLY vote on the side of R but because i believed that he was the best guy for the job at the time. Still do. However the President Elect will soon be our President. Most of my friends are mature and patriotic enough to be of the mind set of "Hey, I didnt vote for the guy but now he is my President and by the grace of God im going to support him". I also believe in the montra. The Republicans got a well deserved kick in the ham and eggs nationally. Great candidate with a crappy message and the worst execution of a campaign that I have ever seen. Now that Mr. Obama will be taking the reigns I will whole heartedly support my President.

I like the fact that he is getting his house in order quickly. Waiting until the President actually takes office before putting his cabinet together is rediculous. Get these people on board, on the same page while getting legislative pipeline full before he takes his oath is impressive. The nation does not need a 90 day T.V. timeout while the White House fumbles and farts around getting their stuff together. Way too many issues going on right now. I am however, concerned about the fact that he campaigned on change but he is hiring the Clinton retreads. Is Ms. Clinton truly the best Democrate in our country to be Secretary of State? Im not advocating the Mr. Obama made a terrible selection. He had to find a democrate that was up for this enormous task. Im just concerned about what weither or not the experience she has will help her deal with the large scale international horse biscuits that our country seems to step in occationally.

Like Mr. Obama or not. Think he was born in America, Africa, or Uranus. Wonder about his religous beliefs all you want. The American people have spoken and he is our President. Get over it and stop whinning about it. Its in the past and as a country we need to move forward now more than ever. Those that did not vote for the man need to think about the Countries needs over their own and support our new President. As our counties first mixed race President this is a ground breaking event. Our contry is no longer run by a single race or religion and we are better for it. Our families were all guests in this country at one point.
I suggest we pray for our country and our new President. He will have his hands full as he takes office and I firmly believe that God will need to be with him as he takes the job of President of these United States of America.