Barack Obama

(This boy is an Obama fan....all the way in a small village in South Sudan)

I'm not a politician nor am I really into politics. Ok i'm not into them at all. I vote because I can but i'm a firm believer that change is in the hands of the people not the politician and people need to make things happen and not wait for someone else to do it. This may cause what i'm about to say to carry little weight, but let's be honest with ourselves. Barack Obama is an amazing man. Let's set aside the fact that he is president of one of the greatest nations on earth (ok i'm just a bit biased on that one), but who he is and what he stands for has brought so much hope to others all over the world. This man has become the world president in a sense, that his presence, maybe not stateside, but abroad gains attention. I <3 the Obamas. From Michelle to Sasha to Malia to Barack. Its just unfortunate that people in the US can not set aside personal feelings to allow him to do his job effectively. I have a hard time watching Barack deal with so much opposition when the previous president (Bush) did not despite the decisions that he has made that has placed our country in the current situation it is in. Don't get me wrong, Bush had several good policies and practices and his wife is the bomb (yay for literacy promotion...she is an amazing woman) but people looked away when he failed to act accordingly during Hurricane Katrina or spent billions on a war on terror (which let's face it, that war will never be won) and let him do his thing because he was our commander in chief and our president and if we don't stand united, anyone can come in and take advantage. Obama wants to bring healthcare to all, strengthen international relationships, and create a just society that operates within the principles the country was founded on.  I think it is only fair that we give him the opportunity to do his job and as the people we do our job of supporting him and creating a more secure, stable, and happy environment for eachother. We can no longer think about ourselves, it has gotten us nowhere. Its time to work hand in hand with our president to ensure that everyone is provided with the same opportunities as the next individual.

Don't judge him because of his name, don't judge him because of his skin color, don't judge him because of where his ancestors are from. Don't judge him at all. Let the man do what he needs to do to rebuild our country after 8 years of  destruction. He is capable, he has the support of a more than capable, intelligent wife and I have no doubt that if he is given the opportunity to really create the change that he spoke about and that we all want, he and we will. But we can't blame him for the failures he may encounter, it's not him, it's us.

Get it together people! Regardless if your republican, democrat, independent, or unable to vote, we must support or president and eachother.