Obama's Strength

It is of course inspiring to see the turn out of support. To hear of people dancing in the street all around the world in celebration of your victory.

Then to imagine the chores you CHOSE to handle. They are deep and ugly holes and it is so hard to fix them and escape unscathed. Be it the economy (which like Bush correctly said (for once) this can't be fixed with a magic wand, otherwise he would do it), or the war, or jobs, or health insurance. These are like whole corporations. He is planning to revamp who corporations and make them more efficient while maintaining his morals and the inforcement of good virtues in the process.

It took a horrible president like Bush to divide this nation enough for it to willingly and fervently be united under a remarkable young black man. Thank you Bush, and you will pay for your mistakes in the ill will of the general interest. But for the best, you created an opportunity for optimism (not to be mistaken for creating the optimism itself, lets be frank). There was a vaccuum where pride and hope live, Obama fills it with humility and accountability, not promises but commands of service and sacrifice. To give and to serve. To be for the collective. Individualism is always protected by our system, and in fact, free thinking has been under the Bush administrative scrutiny. The free thinking of a country is most important for the growth and progress. Oppression gets you nowhere fast.

Good luck. I hired you, Barack, because I think you can mount the tasks ahead. I promise to be understanding and to do my part when you call on me. I will not hope for your fall. I'm too hopeful for this opportunity for change to sabatoge our survival and success as a nation. I won't let others sabatoge our hope either. You just do what you can, which is above what most are asked to do, and I'll be there when it doesn't work out perfect. The laws of the universe will bring you fortune if you feel fortunate. And I do.

Sophie