In a blink of an eye, Barack Obama will be the United States next President. He battled the "Clinton Machine," John McCain (one of the most heralded Vietnam Veterans and P.O. W.), and finally he battled the court of public opinion, and he passed all of these tests with flying colors. Whether Republican, Democrat, Independent, or your personal persuasion of government, now is the time to get behind the next President of the United States. The risks around the world is to high, for a failed four years, from Obama.
Starting from day one, of his taking of the Oval Office, Obama will be challenged with monumental problems, both here and abroad. Pakistan and India (both nuclear powers) are at each others borders, Israel and the Palestinians are almost in an all out war, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are roaring, China and Russia are building and saber rattling (thru cyber attacks, buying U. S. debt, and even encroaching on other sovereign countries), these are just some of the major problems abroad. At home, the economy is in shambles, staples in the American work force is either being bailed out (AIG, the banking institutions, the "Big 3 Motor Companies," the airlines and countless other private industries/companies are all filing for bankruptcy, or are looking for handouts). This is not a time for mistakes, partisanship, and Capitol Hill to continue on, with a 20% approval rating.
At the beginning of this new year, it is time to root for Barack Obama, not begrudge him. No matter who is the President of the United States, we are Americans first and foremost. Anyone not hoping, looking for good things, and/or praying for Obama is not fulfilling their American duties. Especially, when the man has not made one decision as President, yet.
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