Congratulations Obama
Posted November 5, 2008
President-Elect Obama,
Please accept my congratulations for your victory in the Presidential elections. You excelled at the challenge and won the confidence of the people. Kudos to you sir.
While I was not a supporter and do disagree on a number of issues, I am at heart an American and a patriot. Therefore, I will support you with my respect and my prayers and trust that your heart and soul is dedicated to the service of this great country. My hope is that your focus will be completely on helping America in all the ways you can and not just on items such as a new Presidential seal.
I will admit that I admire the way in which you won. Sure, with such low approval ratings for the outgoing President, the mantra of Hope and Change was an easy sell to just about anyone. So easy that even McCain adopted it! And the idea that you wanted to do a “different kind of campaign” was admirable, even if the wheels fell off and we ended up with politics as usual at the end. While there is nothing new in your campaign slogan (we’ve heard about the promise of “change” for many elections) I must acknowledge your campaign’s strength in utilizing pop-culture and technology for not only mobilizing your base, but also for expanding and exciting the people in general.
Mr. Obama, you have promised Americans a great deal and expectations are to some extent unrealistically high. I certainly hope you are up for the challenge of fullfillment. I do ask that as you go about the next 4 years, please make sure that your goals and agenda for change is tempered by wisdom as to how it will affect all of us, not only today but for generations to come.
Best of luck and success in your new role. May God bless your hand as you make the hard decisions that will face you even if we never know of them. And may God return his blessing to America.
Ed Nailor
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