WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Now that the election is over the results have many implications:

This election was a referendum on Barack Obama. The economy was in the dumper, the President has been blamed for all the country's ills and the democrats did a good job painting McCain as another Bush. Let's face it, John McCain is not a conservative. He does not represent what the republican party stands for but he was who the republican electorate chose as their candidate to beat whichever democrat won their nomination. The republicans were never excited about their candidate (except for the brief period following the convention) so the election was really about if the American people trusted an eloquent, articulate, inexperienced Senator to run the country. Apparently, they did.

Conservatism is not dead. With the economy, the unpopular war and America's standing in the world; this was a lay down election for the non-controling party. Yet, the numbers were relatively close. Everything pointed to a landslide victory but many people stuck to their ideals and could not abandon their conservative beliefs. The problem is, they no longer had faith in who was leading the conservative movement.

Republicans deserved what they got. Not too long ago the American people turned over the keys to the government to the Republican party. They ran on a promise to be fiscally responsible. They were the party of morals, promised to do what was right in the eyes of God. They went to Washingto with all the power and abused the trust of their constituents. They passed "pork" laden bills, expanded the size of the government and had several incidents of illiciet or illegal or immoral behavior.

ANY man can achieve whatever they strive for. The likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and Louis Farakan have been telling minorities that they cannot get a fair shake in this country and these men have gained power by representing the mistreated. Maybe they should all be out of a job. It is time for everyone in this country to quit blaming others for their failures. Its time to take a look and the mirror and ask themselves if maybe the reason they have not received what they feel they deserve is because of their own doing. You can never change a person's opinion of you by demanding it or legislating change. To change other people's attitude towards you, you must change yourself and represent yourself as you want to be treated. President Elect Barack Obama is a minority and was born of little means but now he is the President of the United States, the most powerful man in the world. No longer can people say "The Man" is holding me down because the man is one of people.

If you say something long enough, people will believe it. The media has been the mouth piece for the democrats message and the people are finally willing to believe their word. Americans are frustrated with the way things are going and the democrats have been telling people how bad things are and just who to blame. Without researching things on their own, they wanted to blame someone for their problems so they finally listened.

I have had several people check on my status today. Apparently, they are worried about how I took the results of the election.

First, I am disappointed in the American people. Yes, they wanted change and that message is loud and clear but the change proposed by Barack Obama and the dems is not what this country needs, in my humble opinion. Disappointed people listened to a gifted messenger and ignored the message. Disappointed that people cannot look through the promises of a campaign and see that things don't add up. I am also quite fearful of what this change will mean. I have strong suspicions but only time will tell. I am thankful the dems did not get a super majority in the Senate. I am also hopeful that I am wrong on the direction the country will head and what it means.

GOD SAVE THE UNION!!!