In this recent blog post I said that I felt like we have a chance to actually have a President that we can be proud of no matter who won, McCain or Obama. I still feel that way in principle, so now we'll see if I was right.
Despite the fact that I voted for McCain and I still think he was the better man, I join McCain in wishing President-elect Obama the very best. I pray especially that Obama and the country will be spared the kind of unprecedented trauma, through no fault of our own, that plagued President Bush from the outset.
Personally, I don't really care that much about Obama's race but I can understand the sense of pride that most African-Americans have in this accomplishment. It's worth a moment of celebration, but very soon Obama will need to move on and show that he deserved it, not just from a misguided sense of entitlement that likely got him elected in the first place, but because he can lead us in sensible directions that we'll actually be proud of.
If I could offer Obama one piece of advice, it would be to can his preachy rhetoric with all the liberal code words ["fairness" and "give back" and "inequality"] and just give it to us straight what he wants to do. Take a page out of Google's book and "don't be evil" give us transparency and truth. We didn't all go to Harvard, but we can all handle the simple truth.
Despite the fact that I voted for McCain and I still think he was the better man, I join McCain in wishing President-elect Obama the very best. I pray especially that Obama and the country will be spared the kind of unprecedented trauma, through no fault of our own, that plagued President Bush from the outset.
Personally, I don't really care that much about Obama's race but I can understand the sense of pride that most African-Americans have in this accomplishment. It's worth a moment of celebration, but very soon Obama will need to move on and show that he deserved it, not just from a misguided sense of entitlement that likely got him elected in the first place, but because he can lead us in sensible directions that we'll actually be proud of.
If I could offer Obama one piece of advice, it would be to can his preachy rhetoric with all the liberal code words ["fairness" and "give back" and "inequality"] and just give it to us straight what he wants to do. Take a page out of Google's book and "don't be evil" give us transparency and truth. We didn't all go to Harvard, but we can all handle the simple truth.
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