Why not change?

As a history teacher, what a great night last night was for our country.  Whether you are for or against the winner, presidential elections always stir up what is best about the USA-- your right to vote!  Freedom, after all, is what our country was founded on and can be seen in no better fashion then hundreds of people lining up to have their voice be heard.

No matter who won last night I was sure to have a historical angle to talk about this morning but with Obama winning that angle is even more prevalent.  As you may know, I am a person who doesn't always go with the flow, I don't always agree with the norm.  

Why not change?  What is wrong with a 'black' president?  Don't give me this 'he doesn't have experience' line...  totally not true!  Don't give me this 'he can't make good decision' line... he can and will, he has to!  What is wrong with passing on another 4 years of failed policies?  You can't argue that McCain doesn't have direct ties to what has happened the last 8 years.  I am not saying that McCain couldn't have been a great president but that is what is great about our country... the ability to choose!

What this country needs is for people to lose the idea of 'Republican' vs. 'Democrat' and start thinking about 'Americans'.  I don't know if this will happen in the next 4 years but I hope it does.  I was glad to see that the 'Democrats' didn't get to 60 seats in the Senate because that makes both sides work for what they want.  

Maybe in 20 years we won't have two-party politics maybe we will have 'American' politics. Maybe in 20 years we will figure out that Congress makes the decisions for our country and that the President only oversees what is happening during the process.  How many of YOU studied up on the issues that faced both your state and federal officials, not just followed the presidential race?  

I ask of you this...  stand up and be proud to be an 'American', be grateful to be free, and respect the office of President for this is a very turbulent time in our history and IF we chose not to work together it won't matter who is President