The 44th President

Today our 44th of The United States has been inaugurated. Barack Obama is the first African-American to become president and it is indeed historic. I hope after today, once this fact is celebrated with this costly party, that we will move on to more pressing matters.

I do not want his whole term in office to be all about where his father came from. He is a representative of the melding of American cultures since he himself is of mixed race, but that is not more important than the job he has to do. Barack Obama had to lead us all and protect this country, no matter the color of his skin, or the color of any of us.

In my opinion the best thing he could do is not to harp on the racial issues. Lead by example to us all. Do a good job and be as fair as you can to all of us, black, white, red, etc. By being a good leader maybe we can once and for all not think about race as a first thought.

His term in office may have started with praise for the fact that he is the first African-American president, but hopefully his term will end with simply that he was a good president...period.

God Bless Us All!