It's a new day

[bandgeek489]

"In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less."

As I watched the events of this morning into this afternoon...I sat, teary-eyed with fellow Elon students, Elon professors, and various others, as the 44th President of the

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[lilshylilwild]

Go go gadget presidency!

[caseytaylor]

technically the 44th president, but only the 43rd man...i believe cleveland screwed that one up when he decided to be president, then not, then was like "i feel like being president again"... lol.

[portal_of_happy]

"If you cannot support your President in a time of change and turmoil, can you really hope for anything to change for the better? United we stand - right? I hope so."

Never blindly support your leaders
especially in times of turmoil
if Obama does things you disagree with, dissent
immediately

[bandgeek489]

I suppose I can understand that argument. However, prior to yesterday/today, he hadn't done anything as President yet...so my main beef is with people who won't give him a chance. If you/they disagree with his opinions on any controversial subjects then you have every right to disagree. But if a brand new president is trying to improve the state of the country...dissension will make that much more difficult. Of course, this is a country of democracy and our government should be attentive to the differing views of it's citizens - but there has to be a point where people stop and say "ok, the majority voted for something I didn't agree with...but if that's what the majority wants, then I should support it so that we can move on with as much success as possible." The voting is over. Now is a time for uniting to make the country better. Dissent if you must, but I would prefer if we could at least give him a chance before people start tearing him apart