Election

It has been awhile since I posted, but last nights election has been on my mind, so I felt the need to blog about it. I saw a lady on the news last night who was wearing a USMC shirt and said that her son is currently serving in Iraq. She said that the reason she voted for Obama is because he is going to bring the troops home. My husband is a marine, and he has said several times that he does not agree with the original reason that the troops went into Iraq, but he thinks that we now need to finish what we started over there. There have been many men and women who have fought over there and lost their lives for this cause, and to see a woman say that she voted for Obama because he wants to bring them all home before the job is done - angers me. I think that he received many votes for the wrong reason. There have been many people on the news this am that have stated the reason that they voted for him was so that he could be the first black president. Is that really why you would pick the person who is going to run our country? I think that it should be based on their beliefs and their goals for our country. When I watched McCain's speech this am - it made me cry. I pray for our country. I will back Obama b/c he is our country's leader and as Americans - that is what we are suppose to do, but I pray that the "changes" he promises are for the benefit of the american people.