January 20th, 2009 by Kateastrophe

On this historic day, I believe all Americans have a choice to make. For some, it will be an easy one. For others, it’s going to be difficult, but we all must make it.

Today, we must all choose to whether we support and uphold our new leader, or we don’t.

For me, it’s not a hard choice. I choose to support President Barack Obama.

I do not support him blindly and without caution and reserve, without stipulation or consequence. I have my doubts and concerns, and I believe anyone who doesn’t, hasn’t been paying a whole lot of attention lately. I do not believe that he is the savior of our country or that he will be able to make good on everything he promised us during his campaign. I do not believe all his decisions and policies will be perfect, ideal, or in some cases even close to what’s right. I may not agree with all of his ideas, and I may feel he is, in some ways, misguided, but I truly feel that his intentions are good and that he will do good things for America.

I choose to pray for President Obama because I believe that ANY person in that office, with that kind of responsibility, needs all the help they can get.

I choose to uphold the democratic system that I feel was inspired by God and has done a pretty good job over the last couple of centuries.

I choose to stand by the President, as Teddy Roosevelt so beautifully put it, “so far as he serves the Republic.”

I choose, on a day where we should all be proud to be Americans, to look and hope and pray for the best and leave negativity behind.

I choose to believe in him, because I trust that we live in a world where there are still good people with good intentions, and that President Barack Obama is one of them.

Will you choose to join me?