Posted by
ConservativeChange on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:12:45 PM
For the first time ever America and even the World has staked its future on a single man.
Have we made a hasty decision? Yes.
Have we made a choice based in reality? Hardly.
Is it rational? Not in the least.
Was it based on emotion? Totally.
Will we regret it? Will there be buyer’s remorse? Absolutely.
At least in the state of Delaware people came to the polls to vote for Obama and then voted down the line for Democrats regardless of how the candidates had performed in office or on the campaign trail. Politics were not local, they were national.
Is there a solution? Yes.
We need to figure out what principles and ideals we stand for. Then we have to stand up for ourselves. This was a vote to abdicate the responsibility for upholding our principles, goals, and dreams from our shoulders to Barak’s.
People voted for Barak because he supposedly represents their Hope for America and the future. He will not deliver. He can not deliver on those hopes. Our nation gave up its hopes and future into the hands of a single man that has no power to deliver unless we give it to him. However, the people who handed him their future now want to turn their backs on it and go about their business, thinking that Barak will take care of everything. After all they already did their part by voting for him. The rest of this game belongs to him not us is the attitude.
That attitude will result in a harsh awakening when Barak has to face that test in his first six months. However, for us the living, that attitude doesn’t hold water. This is our America, and We the People will continue to own it, and we will behave like it. We will have eyes on these newly elected officials 24/7 to the best of our ability to hold them accountable to our will. We will also continue to be productive in our jobs and involved in our communities.
I know I will also be present at as many sessions of my state and local legislature as I can. The State of Delaware swung overwhelmingly to the Democrat Party. I know I will not be represented by them so I will be there when I can to do it myself. It will be tough as I am still a student as well as trying to keep my own business going, however if the paid representatives won’t do the job someone has to. Some of us may even have to run for office in the future if we wish to keep or regain our country.
Barak Obama may be the President for the next four years, however this is my America. It would be the same if John McCain were elected. This is my America. It does not belong to the President. It belongs to us as citizens. We have to own it.
The problem with this vote is not who will be President for the next four years. It is what this vote says about who we will be as citizens.