Cogratulations Obama, Condolences McCain & May God Bless America

After 20 days of posing hard questions about this election and Barack Obama, I would be remiss to not share my thoughts on this historic evening.

Sincere congratulations to President-Elect Obama. May God guide you and protect you with his wisdom and power. While you did not win my vote and I remain leery of your intentions and suspicious of your qualifications and associations, beginning on the day you take office you will have my support as President of the United States. And as with all elected leaders past, present and future, you will have a fair opportunity to keep or to lose my support. I sincerely wish you success in achieving the former.

You deserve the respect of America and the world for delivering what I pray will be the final blow to the cancer of active racism that has plagued our nation since its inception. For that, you have earned a special page in history.

We should all take you up on your promise tonight to listen to America’s citizens, especially when we disagree. Where we differ, let there be honest, robust and respectful discourse but not divisiveness. May we work together to find solutions to the great challenges of our time.

As we move forward from this long, impassioned battle for the White House, let’s all return our focus to the serious issues we face. In so doing, let’s not tear down those with whom we disagree, but let us lift up our ideas and ideals. Let us turn from politics of division to politics of vision.

I believe this must become the platform of the Republican Party and conservative Americans if we are to recover the support and confidence of Americans in elections ahead.

In the inspirational example that is the life story of John McCain, let us always put our country first and work together as Americans in a spirit of service, camaraderie and integrity that can ensure America remains that shining city on a hill thriving by the grace of God in the blanket of freedom.

On this blog and in my support of John McCain, I have tried to not overstep the boundary between ungrounded personal attacks and the need, the responsibility of all citizens to hold our leaders and those who seek to be our leaders accountable for their statements and actions. I hope I have not faltered in this regard, and I hope America can rise above such temptations by always keeping to the higher ground even during our most fervent disagreements.

God bless America.