Thoughts on Our New President

It doesn't matter if you voted for him or not, this is amazing and historic. His election is one more step towards the fulfillment of the words of Dr. King, " I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." What Obama has done is a fulfillment of the american dream; the part of it where if you work hard you can be anything you want. While I am opposed to how he will conduct policy on most issues and am angered at his choices on life and abortion, today is historic and important and I will not try and take that away from him. I am hopeful that he will do much good and I fear that the pressures of the position will be too much, but in the end I am simply happy to move forward, away from the divisive politics of the election, away for the misguided Wilsionianism of the Bush years, towards a lively and civil conversation about the direction we should go in as nation. Over the next four years you will see me call him and others on the carpet, and in doing that I am fulfilling another part of the American dream; the part where we are free to think and feel and express our thoughts on the government with out fear. So today as we and many others walk in tandem with Obama with the goal of improving America, some of use through policy, some of use through analysis of that policy, all of use working for the common good,we will together archive the dream Dr. King spoke of so many years ago.