Post Election Thoughts

Well, folks, here it goes. I knew that someday I would get to give my opinions on the election turnout of 2008. What an election it was. I, for one, knew what the outcome would be. I have been preparing myself for it for a long time. People have been asking me what I thought about the election and I have an answer for you now.

I am VERY EXCITED about the future!!! Are you surprised? Well, for starters, I voted for McCain. I really feel that he was the best candidate for our country.

Now, with that behind us, the reality is here. MCCAIN DIDN'T WIN!!!!!!!!!

So, we take what we got and make lemonade. I am looking on the bright side. We have a very positive politician in the White House now. We have a man that the public is excited about. (Something that we haven't had in awhile.) This man alone cannot make changes without a lot of political help. The voice of America has spoken and OBAMA is the President now.

I have, for a long time, been an advocate for Republican views. I've been quoted as saying that we made it through eight years of Clinton, we can make it through four of Obama. The fact is that if we had to have a Democrat in Washington, Obama is a good one. Well, from what I can tell, that is. CHANGE is what we need as a country and while I think we could have gotten that from a Republican Candidate, the fact is we didn't get that, we got Obama and we will deal with it. I for one will pray hard for him and his leadership. (I am guilty of not praying for Clinton. Don't really like that man, never have, never will.)

But this is not about the Democratic Party. This is about America and how we stand united always. I do not like what I hear our new President is planning on instigating in our laws, such as taxing and anti-terrorist views. But, I'm a firm believer that once he gets behind the desk and is reviewed on all of what is going on and why, some of his views will change. I heard a radio announcer say that he believes Obama will get better attention from Republicans than Democrats in his day to day runnings of the Country. This may very well be true. Only time will tell. I'm glad that the Democrats are going to get their shot at Washington. It's their turn.

Now, I want to discuss everyone's haste to the "race" issues. The fact that this man is Half Black is not a big deal to me. For ever and ever I have been taught that color is not an issue. The man is responsible for his actions, now matter the color of his skin. We teach our children this, we teach it in school and church. It's the nation's motto that color isn't a factor. EVER. So why are we so excited to have this Black man as President?

Well, I guess that since I am not, or can't prove, that I have any Black Heritage, then I can't fully understand the extent of this event, or fully feel the blessedness of this to the black culture. But, am I understanding this correctly? If, just say IF, a person has any "blackness" in his ancestry, is he African American? Here the media is so bent on this African American man becoming president and then showing him with is white grandmother that just passed away. ???? I'm confused. I thought he was Black. The laws of, well, the laws of anything say that if something can be thought of as "one way" then they can also go the "other way" as well. Am I correct? Could not Obama be white as well as black? His mother is white, as I understand. Does she see her son as a black man?

I know that I sound racist here. But let's look at it a little differently. Couldn't he have come at this as, maybe, something like this?

.....I know I look black, and while I am proud of my African American heritage, and my white mother, as well, I see myself as an American. I am a true, full-blooded, American. This is what America is about people. Blacks and Whites, living with each other, amongst each other, getting along, loving each other as one, equality at its highest. I am the perfect example of the true American.......

Now, would that have gotten him the votes?

The fact is he is our President now, and we, as Christians, have prayed to our Father God above to deliver us a President to lead our nation. We now have Obama and we need to give him a chance to lead our nation. No, he's not the one I voted for, he's not the one I prayed for, however, I did pray the Lord's will be done. I am excited for a change in our nation, a change that will unify these American Peoples of all color and nationalities into One Nation Under God.

I said earlier that I knew what the outcome would be, and that I had been preparing myself for it for awhile. I knew that if I prayed hard enough, and if Christians around the world prayed hard enough, the Lord would deliver us who we needed in the times that we are in right now. We can't see the big picture. We do not know what lies in store for our future. But, it seems that God has a plan and we need to Praise Him for knowing more than we do, for knowing what is best for our Nation, for knowing what we need right now, even if it's not what we think we need. I prayed for our Nation to have rest and peace, that we haven't had in awhile. I prayed that God would see that our Nation has been in pain, and that we need His help and His intervention in a time of war, financial crisis and racial problems.

Okay, this is my longest blog yet. I'm likely not done. But, then, I have other things to do than just writing down my thoughts. Thanks to those who made it to the end of this piece. I congratulate you!!!