"Change has Come to America"

Obama in his acceptance speech declared:

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.

Now that Obama has officially been elected President, and the Democrats have a majority in the House and Senate, there is no doubt that CHANGE will come. What election day shows is that 52 % of Americans HOPE for something different than today's financial crisis bad enough that they are willing to allow someone who has never managed anything, but who speaks soothing words, lead them through and out of one of the toughest situations our country has faced.

There is no doubt that Obama, Nancy Palossi, Harry Reid, Barny Frank, Chris Dodd and company, who have been chomping at the bit to CHANGE America, will start immediately now that they believe they have a mandate, to initiate their CHANGE.

One Good Change that Can Happen Immediately

There is one CHANGE that will be positive from his election, if it is kept in perspective. If having an African American President makes African Americans think better of themselves and believe that they can individually develop themselves and succeed that is great. We are all children of God. We all can become great. There are many other African Americans who have proven in the past that they can become great. These are those who have resisted the imposition of perceived limitations by others.

HOPE AND PRAYER

In Barack Obama's superbly crafted and delivered acceptance speech he appeared as the perfect patriot, who will work with everyone, and deliver everything. He presented his carefully crafted promises that anyone would HOPE could come true. Everything was perfect until he made the next statement, and then did you see the faces of those in his crowd?

Obama:

"This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. "It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.

I Hope and Pray:

• That the sacrifice we are asked to make will not ruin our economy by making energy costs skyrocket and taxing jobs out of business
  
• That the sacrifice we are asked to make will not cost our security
  
• That the sacrifice we are asked to make will not cost us our constitutional rights

Obama:

"In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long."

"But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation"

I Hope and Pray:

• That Obama will magically depart from being the most liberal voting record, who has only voted across party lines once or twice, when he basically had no choice if he wanted another portion of a bill to pass
  
• That despite having a majority in Congress and the House he will have the courage to stand up to his fellow party members, as his predecessor tried to do, when congress ruined our economy by voting against any oversight that might ruin their plans to flood the market with unrealistic loans that could not be re-paid.
  
• That Barack Obama shows any respect and really does listen to his advisors, those across the aisle, and even his critics rather than showing his arrogance.

Obama showing his respect for John McCain while talking about him at a rally just prior to election day just as he did with Hillary in April

Obama:

"Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. "Those are values that we all share. "

I Hope and Pray:

• That Obama really does mean he shares the value of Self-Reliance and will not try and grow the government by taking over our right and responsibility to manage our own economic futures.
  
• That Obama will respect our individual liberties that are currently guaranteed in the constitution to own firearms and to speak our minds in opposition, as well if we are conceived to have our opportunity to live.
  
• That Obama will actually try to unify by seeking common solutions, rather than driving his liberal agenda.

Obama:

"Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope."

Hope and Pray:

• That Obama does not weaken our military strength and economy like FDR and other presidents did, that put in a position of weakness just prior to World War 1 and again just prior to World War 2. Much of the world today depends on the US having both Military and Economic strength. There are several parties that are just looking for the US to become weaker so they can take advantage of our weakness.
  
• That Obama does not sell out Israel's rights.

I HOPE for CHANGE. I hope Barack can at least be more like the Barack who has sold himself to America, than the Barack of the past 20 years that we were not allowed to know. After all, like it or not he is right when he said "And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too." I HOPE he listens to our voices. He has four years to show that he represents us rather than trying to rule us.