<p>I saw a poll taken of all military services, active and reserve in the AF Times… Right around 70% for Senator McCain… They broke it down into every category including enlisted and officer, male and female, age and all sorts… </p>
<p>The man I supported was defeated, that is life. Now I find myself falling back upon the values I have built since I have come here, and I have hope for Senator Obama… Maybe he is the answer we need while consumed by the current turmoil that plagues our nation… Only time will tell. Before the election I did some research on past elections and how our nation responded to past crisis to include the depression and the ensuing troubles following the first Gulf War. If you look, we always turned to the supposed Democratic party in a time of need. FDR, Clinton, even Kennedy in the 1960’s… Everyone had their own agenda and their own plans for “change” and at the end of the day, when something went well they were our hero, but when something went awry, we as Americans are quick to point fingers…
I say this because although President Bush has such a low rating as president, he did NOT do everything himself… I found folks so quick to play the party blame game when the truth is, we’ve had an imbalance of political power for the last few years. Republican president, with a Democratic majority Congress? It is a wonder why not a whole lot got done, when was the last time prior to this $700 billion dollar bail out, that anyone heard of a huge bill passing through Congress? Then look at this huge bailout and how it failed the first time… I dislike some politicians, my own Congressman being featured on SNL for his crude remarks about my states region, and yet he was reelected… The irony</p>
<p>As posted above, we cant tell the future, so I atleast have hope that it will be a great 4 years with Senator Obama as our new “head hancho”. If not, well we can always look forward to the year I graduate, and the greatest year ever, ehh 2012…;)</p>
<p>The underlying point is that he is my new Commander in Chief, and as military members we owe him the same respect every American military member before us has payed to their superior in command…</p>