Gayer than a socialist President. 
Gayer than copying a pasting a letter that was just sent to me-
I voted for McCain and Palin--I really prefer that team, but I sincerely hope that my vote was misplaced. I still support Senator McCain and Governor Palin (I hope that she will return in a later election), but unlike Democrats of the past eight years who have bitched-and-moaned and sat on their hands, refusing to be an active part of a government that they did not control, I will support the new President.
My current concern is for the American flag. Mr. Obama finds it "intimidating," to use his words, and discourages the wearing of it as a pin or emblem, discourages the singing of the national anthem (which he is about to hear more times than he may care to remember in years to come), and doesn't like the Pledge of Allegiance. So, I hope that these little items, being our only real tradition in our short history, do not fall by the wayside.
Something interesting to watch, which will clearly show the deep intricacies of the American political system is this:
Barack Obama (and McCain) has promised big change. He is *very* "Liberal," even in the eyes of Hillary Clinton. He does not support war overseas, and he has very open views about American society. This man is diametrically opposed to just about everything that sits today as the norm in American politics. So, here's the experiment, all you Obama enthusiasts... which is more influential, the President or the political system? If Barack Obama can make big changes, I will have some very hard feelings for the previous administrations who fell short and led us into the situations where we now find ourselves. However, if Barack Obama's politics conform to the system and we do not see any grand gestures of difference and change, I would posit that the system is greater than the man, that previous administrations should be counted in the light of that system and not be made out to be "evil" on some false supposition that they were autonomously at fault for this-thing-or-that, and that Mr. Obama is treated with equal venom by the people who poopoo'd our past presidents, drug them through the muck, and have now lovingly placed Barack upon this grand potium of new things to come.
As our sitting President shoulders the burden of all that is wrong with America, and voters are unwilling to see his administration in terms of what has been done with what had been set in motion in the previous administration--in short, isolating events to this one, current administration--I expect that the voters will not put any blame on a past President if faced with Mr. Obama's own shortcomings, but put all kudos or blame on Mr. Obama's head, and his head alone.
I most sincerely pray that America rises from the ashes in which it currently wallows, and that would be my same prayer regardless of who is our next President. I have very high expectations of this country, and I pray that Mr. Obama can deliver on them.
And lastly... the "Race Issue." It was an emotionally-charged election, and I was sent into fits every time someone mentioned race. Barack Obama's *huge* win of the popular vote calls out one loud, inescapable truth: AMERICA IS **NOT** RACIST. Republicans and Democrats alike, from the entire nation, in the majority of States, voted for Mr. Obama. I *WILL NOT* entertain any further nonsense by Jesse Jackson and others like him, that tell me that my "whiteness" keeps down other races in America, and that Mr. Obama is somehow different because he is a different color. As far as I am concerned, Rev. Jackson is out of a job. ALL RACES in America have elevated a man, not a Black Man, but just a man, in open election, to the Executive Office. It is *not* the first time that a non-white has been elected to a public office, but apparently the election of non-whites in the past has not been strong enough evidence for the case that American is not, in fact, a nation of bigots. As such, with this Presidential election, America can offer no more--there's no greater public office...or honor...or evidence that any turmoil in the life of a person of any race is an individual, personal issue and NOT due to an over abundance of sectarians and partisans in a country of racists. Jesse Jackson, clean up your tears, your issue is very clearly not my issue...you're on your own.
