Our Nations New Leader

Congratulations Barack Obama! Wow, the 44th president of the United States. What a time to be president. Brian and I both voted for Obama and are hopeful that some changes can be made throughout the country. We are very impressed with his ideas. We were also impressed with how McCain handled the outcome of his vote and hope that we can all be supportive of our country and the President. Although we don't agree with the way the electoral college is set up we are happy to see that Obama did win both the majority of electoral votes and the popular vote. We found a great web site that compares the two candidates and if you are still unsure of what each stands for, check it out: www.obama-mccain.ifo/index-obama.mccain.php. 

This was Brian's first time voting and he was very excited to show he does actually care. He reminds me how grateful he is to live in this nation. He has told me many times about families he met in Chile who lived in one room houses with an outhouse and who bathed from a bucket outside. I must say that I agree, that although our government and country on a whole have their problems, it is still a great nation capable of changing for the better. I have a cousin who is on the brink of moving to New Zealand because he is fed up with the USA. Brian and I talked about it and yes, it does seem nice. But then again, the problems the USA has affect the world and as the cliche goes: "you can't run away from your problems". We both have hopes for the future and the next four years will be interesting. Again congratulations and good luck to Barack Obama.