Alright, Mr. Obama, let’s see what you can do.
You have an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.
You have the Senate and House of Representatives on your side. You have a majority of the governors in the same party as you.
And, you have a million campaign promises to fulfill.
You promised us change. You promised us hope. You promised us reform and progress.
And now we get to cash in on those promises.
Our country has endured strife, trouble and low points in the past. There is little doubt that these current times are difficult and that a strong leader is necessary to restore American glory.
Your legacy will not be for undoing everything the Bush administration did and blaming them for the problems, but rather for steering this country into a new day.
We can only hope that you work with the Congress—who had a lower approval rating than the President—to reflect the true opinions of the American people.
You promised us you wouldn’t pander to special interests and big corporations.
Follow through on that, but don’t make us regret electing you on that platform.
Mr. Obama, you have given an entire population new hope.
Every African-American boy and man who never thought he could ascend to the peak of American politics now has the hope that he, too, can win an election on the right platform.
And more than that, your victory gives hope to millions of other underrepresented minorities, such as the Asians, the Hispanics, and the Native Americans.
They have the all the potential in the world to earn the right to someday sleep in the White House.
The worst thing you can do is sit in the Oval Office and focus solely on eliminating the Bush legacy.
While public support for his policies lies in the deepest rifts of the Pacific Ocean, much of the discontent revolves around the war in Iraq, not his tax cuts and education reform.
The spirit of No Child Left Behind is right; the execution was lacking.
This election was powerful. It was historic. It was certainly interesting.
The American people have made their choices.
Some of them are baffling, like the decision by any rational person to vote for Buddy Johnson in Hillsborough County, but this is the will of the populace.
Remember always that you are the elected official posing as the face of the country.
Your responsibility is to carry out our will and always act in our best interest, not your own, not your party’s and not your friend’s.
Don’t let us down.
You’ve already made history in the polls.
Now make history in the White House.
Advice for Obama
Published: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Updated: Thursday, November 6, 2008
1 comments
curious
Interesting take on the election, Minaret. How would you respond to those, like Paul Krugman, who have different advice for Mr. Obama? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/opinion/07krugman.htmlThose who call for a "new, New Deal"?
