I got an email today from facebook saying I had been invited to join the group,  ‘I do not sustain Barack Obama as president.’  I didn’t vote for the guy, but I didn’t join the group either.

On most things, I am a conservative, though I must say I much more enjoy living in a liberal state than I did in a mostly Republican one.  (I’m pretty upset about this bill appearing to be passing, however…) 

Anyway, back to Obama.  America picked him.  Fine.  My life is going to basically go on the same as it always has, and despite all his talk of change, having him as president is probably not going to change MY life all that much.  I don’t know if he will do a better job than anyone else.  I don’t know if he is going to fix the economy (not likely).  If he doesn’t, I suppose we’ll have a new guy (or girl) in there in another four years.  And he might do a heck of a job.  Who knows?

Now it is historic that we are going to have the first black president, and it impresses me that our country has come that far.  However, in the post election coverage last night it was such a big focus that I was confused.  Everyone was so thrilled that he was black and "finally we have a black man as president."  I mean yes, it’s great, but him being black does not mean he will make a good president.  Did people vote for him because he was black or because he was a Democrat?  Last time I checked the ballots listed part association and not skin color.   I mean, if this election was about a black man versus a white man, doesn’t that mean our country really hasn’t come that far?  Doesn’t that suggest that there is still a wide gap between black and white?

No one seemed that excited that we were once again going to have a democrat in office. 

And would he have won if he was Republican?

So, after that digression the bottom line is I will sustain Barack as president.  I will sustain him the same way I supported Bush(and every other President I liked or didn’t)– by not whining about his every mistake and by not blaming everything on him.  And I will exercise my right to vote, and I’ll pay my taxes and I’ll mow my lawn, wear my seatbelt and not litter.