Thoughts about the Inauguration
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I’m a conservative - no question about it. I didn’t vote for Obama.
The inauguration is over, we have spent $120 million dollars on a huge party so that the nation could celebrate and feel good in the midst of the recession - after all, we deserve a big party when times are tough, don’t we? But what were we celebrating?
I kept hearing people talk about what a historic event the inauguration was this year. It was important to mark this occasion of the first minority individual to become president. The more I heard this “historic event” remark and the reasoning for it, the more it bothered me.
Why is it important that Obama is a member of a minority? Every new president takes his place in history and he will as well, for good or bad. But how unfortunate and short-sighted for people to celebrate because someone of his race or religion was elected. Those things don’t matter. Is he a good man? Will he make wise decisions? Will he steer policy in the right direction for the prosperity of the country? Those are the things that deserve to be celebrated, not his affiliations - Democrat, African-American, etc. etc.
Let’s watch our new president’s actions, and hope he can make a positive impact on history through results and not just because of his minority status.
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