The Presidency

I offer today a few facts and a few comments on yesterday's presidential election, the presidency and the president. . .

First, several people have commented today that Barrack Obama is now the President of the United States; he is not. Until he takes the oath of office in January 2009, George W. Bush is the President-like it or not. 

 Secondly, it is true that Senator Obama will in fact, after taking the oath of office, be the President of the United States-like it or not. 

 It should matter not whether or not you were an Obama supporter, a McCain supporter, a Clinton supporter, a Barr supporter, or a supporter of any other presidential candidate during the election cycle. What matters now is that every U.S. citizen should embrace Barrack Obama as our president once he begins his term in office. 

It would be asinine to agree or expect to agree with every decision he makes as president. People will always have differences of opinion regardless the venue or the nature of their relationship. Although, you may not agree with all of the new president's actions, decisions, or ideology, all Americans should embrace him and the office he represents to the fullest extent. He will be our president and he and our country deserves our support and help. Unless a president violates the principles of the Constitution he swears to uphold or the laws he is charged to enforce, he should be respected and supported if not personally as the symbol of the office and that for which it stands both in the country and around the world. 

 The election is over; until January, George Bush is the president. In January, there will be a peaceful, civil, and seamless transition between the outgoing and incoming presidential administration. The United States will move forward-