Last night Emily asked if she could stay up to watch the 10:00 news so she could see who won the election. I said, "Emily, there is no way they are gonna know by 10:00 who won". Well, I guess I was wrong. I was so tired last night I feel asleep at like 8:30 watching the coverage. I woke up about 30 minutes later when my phone rang. It was my sister Lauren calling to tell me that Obama won. I was so dazed and confused. I was like, "What? How do you know? What time is it?" I looked at the TV and sure enough, people were cheering and celebrating. I did feel a little cheated because at that point my vote hadn't even been counted yet. But oh well. Apparently my little old vote wasn't necessary.
As you might know....I did not vote for Obama. I voted for John McCain. I had my reasons. You know what they are. But it's OK. I am so very thankful that I live in the United States of America. I am grateful for the experience I had to lend my support to the person I felt was the best candidate. I am so thankful that I was able to go yesterday and cast my vote for who I wanted to serve as President of my country. We can't all be winners all the time.
Barack Hussein Obama was chosen as the 44th President of our country. Although his opinions differ from mine, I will give him the respect and honor that are rightfully his as leader of our free nation. I will pray for him. I will pray that he can make the decisions and do what needs to be done to keep our country free, safe and prosperous.
I hope he will be the kind of president he said he would be. I hope he will do what is best for our country. I hope he will walk the middle line and bring a little love to the two parties. I hope I was wrong. I really do.
Although the outcome of the election last night was not as I had hoped, I couldn't help but thrill a little at watching history being made. This has been a unprecedentedly historic election. We almost had a woman candidate for the presidency. We did have a woman vice presidential candidate. And we elected a black man to the office of The President of the United States of America. No matter what my feelings are for Obama's politics, I can't help but be excited at the strides our country has made since the time of my mothers childhood, when she and Obama would not have been allowed to take a drink from the same drinking fountain.
There was a part of me last night that was just relieved. Relieved that the whole thing was finally over. It has kind of been a ugly path to get here. Ugly, but I think necessary. I think it was important that both sides were able to have their feelings and opinions heard. But I hope now we can all just be quite. Just take a deep breath and be still and enjoy a peaceful holiday season with the ones we love and hold dear.
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Allyson thanks for all your thoughts on the election. I'll be praying for our new President also.
You are much more gracious about the whole thing than I've been feeling. You've got it right, though. I would add, however, that we may need to stand up and be the kind of patriots that our Founding Fathers were and those who fought in the Revolutionary War. That kind of education, burning passion for liberty and a desire to see our children free is dying in our country. I think we are trading "safety" for "liberty."
Ooops. I meant "liberty" for "safety."
Well said Ally. I too hope Obama will make good on all he has promised. This nation is broken in many ways and we have a hard road ahead.
May God bless America, our new president and our citizens.
I totally agree 100% with you Allyson!
Did i just here an obama supporter use god and country in the same sentence?
(i am just giving you a hardtime farah, i just wanted to get a rise out of you) :)
Allyson this is a great post! So very well written - gracious and thoughtful - I'm right there with ya.
Dear Israel, You are probably on your own now. Best of luck to you. Sorry, we tried.
I hate to say it, but now that it's over, I am going to shut up about my differences with Obama. I hope that he really is the man that spoke to me tuesday night. And I hope that he will govern from the middle and not the extreme left that he has been involved with in the past. It was a great speech.
I will watch him closely, but I will show him the respect he deserves as POTUS.
I vow here and now not to treat him the way the past administration was treated.
With Russia posturing to retake it's former satellite countries, we will see if he can lead as well as he can speak.
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