obama got swag

On Nov 4th, 2008, America has spoken and elected Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.

It's really great to see the history being made with Obama being the first African-American president for the US. He deserved to win and we shall see how great of a leader he will become. With that said, this post is really a commentary on the voters, and the reality of what is to come.

So yeah apparently this was the largest voter turnout in the history, more than 120 million people came out and had their say on who was going to become the next president. A little more than 64 million voted for Obama. I think it's great that many came out and exercised their privilege to vote. But I really wonder, how many out of the 120 millions were actually informed voters. When I think of informed voters, I'm talking about the ones who researched the candidate's platform, where they stand on certain issues, and made the educated choice on who they thought would run the country better. It's really easy to think that in this election, there were so many bandwagon voters, and went out to vote because it was time for "change". (I'm not hating on Obama's campaign, I think he ran it amazingly well and I believe he is the best choice compared to Mccain) Hell, who wouldn't want change in this dismal environment that we live in. But the point is that Barack Obama ain't Jesus people. He's not gonna come in right away and make things change/go away. Exit polls showed that the number one issue for voters was the economy. It's going to take years for the economy to be up and running again, and even so there are changes that we as citizens need to make. Think about his slogan, "Yes we can". WE as in him and us. He's gotta play his part and we gotta play ours. He needs to prepare the country for several tough years, and we gotta expect several tough years. We shouldn't expect him to be the country's savior or else we're just gonna end up blaming him like most people did of President Bush. So yeah, don't be complaining when you hear of higher taxes, regulations on big business, high unemployment rate, etc. America has spoken for change, and with it comes a lesson on patience and sacrifice for change to happen. How will they respond? We shall see with time. Keep our country in prayer.