Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

“In citizens like these, we see the best of our country - resilient and hopeful, caring and strong. These virtues give me an unshakable faith in America. We have faced danger and trial, and there's more ahead. But with the courage of our people and confidence in our ideals, this great nation will never tire, never falter, and never fail.

It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President. There have been good days and tough days. But every day I have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people.”

These words were of course spoken by the current President of the United States, the man who has led our nation for the past eight years. Those years are now yesterday, and the volume in American History begins tomorrow with Barack Obama.

You might remember that it was these past eight years that really helped the president-elect during his campaign - throw in a corrupt media as well. We’ll never know what the past eight years would’ve been if it hadn’t been for that tragic day in 2001.

The current administration has faced many challenges since that day, with Bush’s number one priority being the safety of American people. But of course to achieve such action you have to do things that some may not agree with, but doesn’t every presidency face moments like that? I mean have you ever stopped to think that when you or someone else is trashing the current president there is someone fighting for your freedom, your freedom of speech that allows you to say such terrible things. Now I when I say your freedom I mean this, if we hadn’t gone to war how safe would this country be today?

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Back at the 2004 Democratic Convention for Sen. John Kerry, Barack Obama stated how there is no conservative or liberal America, only the United States of America. You hear a similar thing today when it’s said how the country is coming together and getting behind the next president due to “nightmare” of the past several years.  So why is it that this country is only willing to come together with President-elect Obama? Such unity has not been seen since the days and year following 9/11. President Bush has stated mistakes have been made, and we’ve been told we can expect to follow the same rough path in the days and years ahead. So if the time comes where Barack Obama comes before the country and says mistakes have been made but bear with us, will we because Obama asks? Why couldn’t we come together four years ago?

It’s said we’ve come so far, I don’t know, I think there’s something we’re still not getting. But anyway, this is an important time for America, some sort of change is coming, the Bush legacy has yet to be finalized, and Barack Obama will be our president. But now is the time where we welcome the next commander-in-chief, we learn from past mistakes, and we look to the future. There is indeed something to learn from yesterday, today, and tomorrow.