History

As we continue to watch history unfold, I have now had a few days to reflect on what has happened. I first want to start out with just the quick disclaimer that this post is reflecting simply my opinion. There may be things that I write about history that may technically be wrong, but this is the way that I view and remember from my education.

I can honestly say that my biggest disappointed in the lack of research of the candidates that it appears had been done by the American people. In the past 8 years, I have become much more aware of politics and the role that they play in our lives each day. As this election day got closer, I researched each candidate to determine the one that focused on the issues that were important to me: abortion, energy, economy, illegal aliens, Iraq war, small business ownership, etc. Based on those stances, I made my decision.

America was founded on the principles of:

• The freedom from religious persecution - meaning that all of us are free to support any religion we want to,
• The freedom to be individuals - regardless of skin color, sex, martial status, sexual orientation, etc.,

The fact is that so many people went out to vote simply to support a race, or deny a religion. This is what upsets me so much about this election. Yes, I'm upset over who was ultimately the winner, but simply because he does not support those things important to me, not for any other reason.

You know, just seven years ago, the American people came together in unity as our home front was terrorized. Today, we are all at odds over this election. What happened? I think we need to come back together in unity, support our governmental leaders as much as we can, without impacting our own morals and values, and work on keeping America the greatest Democracy in the world!