President Black-Guy

Well, it has happened. We have elected the first black President. This is a historic moment that will affect society from the impoverished to the elite and from the black to the white and all the shades in between and I gotta tell ya, I could not care less. Now I am not going to begrudge anyone from their moment, but please remember, the only thing President-Elect Obama has done so far...is be black. I am not impressed.
Let's remember, the bar is very high for the freshman Senator turned president. He has promised everything from bringing the troops home to breaking the log-jammed economy to free healthcare. With the possibility of the stock market crashing, rampant terrorist attacks on American soil and one of the worst healthcare industries on the planet, the next president needs to be much more then just black. Fortunately I think he is. That is why I voted for him.
It was not the anticipated tax-break, providing those I have pledged my career to with free healthcare or even bringing home the tired heroes from over seas that convinced me to vote for the man named "Hope". Simply...I drank the kool-aid. My track record and comfort zone was screaming at me to vote "Mccain". There was so much risk in voting for the new guy with the ideals. But I remember hearing one of Obama's fellow classmates explain why "they all" elected him President of the Harvard Review. He said they knew he was a liberal, but he just had a way of bringing both sides together. I could not think of more appropriate attribute for the most powerful man in the world.
Of course this one compliment cannot stand alone as justification to elect a president. Actually no single reason alone can justify voting for a candidate for president. So I will save my celebration for when he has earned it. After all, Obama is just as white as he is black.