Historic Indeed...

Congratulations are in order for Barack Obama.

In what has been a record turn out, Senator Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the Office. It all has the appeal of Sense of Destiny.

As you know I am part of the more than 20 million who voted against him on this election. It was my right, and I don't regret it. After all, I voted just like Martin Luther King told me to, not by color of skin, but by content of character. I swear I wanted to like him enough to vote for him. I must admit that I rode the Obama wagon for a while, after all I've crossed lines before (The world knows I love me some Bill Clinton). It took me a lot of discipline not to be swayed by the speeches and carried away by the rhetoric. Most of all it took a lot of to cast a ballot "against history." As part of a minority, I've longed for this "first" forever, but it was not enough.

As celebration unfolds as it is expected, I reexamine my position to see if there is something I could have done differently and find myself saying absolutely nothing.

This is not the lonely rant of a bitter American who clings to her gun and her Bible . It is a plea to the new man in charge, please, please, prove me wrong. Nothing would make me happier.

Mr. Obama, the majority of the United States of America, in their wisdom is putting in your hands the biggest economic debacle since the Great Depression. Don't feed me the idea that you will try to solve it by sheer will power and magic... Prove me wrong and make people accountable, because it is not only W.'s war expenses or the fat cats in Wall Street, it is also the people that were meant to look out for our interests, people that we empowered and trusted to look out for us. Don't just slap them in the wrist CUT THEM DOWN AND MAKE THEM PAY; even if some of them turn out to be from your own party. That will be a heck of a start. While at it, be upfront about the repercussions the 700 billion will have on your original plan for this Country, tell me the new measure, so we can hold our ground.

As far as MY issues go, don't worry I'm not that hard to please.

You may do as you see fit with the situation in Iraq, after all, you will be the President. But please, take care of the troops. You are about to be Commander in Chief of the same people you said went overseas to air-raid villages and kill civilians. As a person who is closely linked to the US Army, I found that statement deeply disturbing. In fact it was the one statement that guaranteed the total loss of my sympathy for you in this race. Call me out, make me wrong and give them their place. Supply for them while they are still in harm's way and bring them safely home. After all, unlike many of us who can still say hell no to you or your policies, these men and women are subject to you. They have freely sworn to bleed and die upon your command. Don't forget it, until the last one of them is safely back home.

Allow me to remind you that there are countries other than Venezuela and Cuba. In fact there is a whole bunch of countries collectively known as Latin America. Extend your hand in partnership, please don't forget Colombia- a lot of issues, including a possible economic and political debacle depends upon the Free Trade Pact you have carefully avoided discussing. As far as illegal immigration goes, leave out the drama. The idea of families separated breaks our heart, however handing out pretty driving licenses to illegal immigrants or chewing on the same recycled ideas will solve nothing. I know there are a lot of things on your agenda, however in honor of those Latinos who could vote and did right by you in states like Florida and New Mexico, bring the start of the comprehensive reform within the first 100 days of your administration. My bet is it won't even be brought to mind, I beg of you, make me wrong.

I love my knish with a lot of mustard, my corned beef sandwiches in rye bread and my prayers facing Jerusalem. Hell, I am a strange breed of wacky Puertorrican Zionist. Sue me. Please, reconsider your idea about Iran being a tiny country that poses no threat. Look, I am not going the the extreme that other people went on this campaign, questioning your commitment to Israel. I'm just saying that a threat as palpable as that of Ajmadenijad is not to be taken lightly. While you are at it, and since the stance of Israel in teh Middle East is so linked to America, take in consideration that whole business of no preconditions. I really hope you could prove me wrong, but the odds are against you. You know it well, you have said so yourself, Ajmadenijad is not the true leader of Iran, it is the Ayatollah Khamenei, the same man who a couple of weeks ago expressed deep hatred for America based not on political grounds, but in religious philosophy. To sit down with these bozos without preconditions is to open the door for a public humiliation of every principle the United States stands for, based on the silly premise of their concept God being better than ours.

I've had my say. Does this mean that through this next four years I'll turn into an ultraconservative, sore looser, solely Fox News watching, Rabid Bible Thumping, NRA carding Obama hatin' gal? Not at all. If something we have learned of this campaign, is that the things that define us as a country are bigger and better than the things that we pride as individuals. Country First is more than a slogan to me, I'm here to do my part. After all, hating the player is divisive and amounts to nothing. I'll do as I always do once the last vote is counted. I'll stand at the center - good moderate girl that I am- and scream only as needed.

Please, Mr. O., do right by us all proving me wrong. Win me over. I guess it won't be difficult. You have been granted all, having the House, the Senate and the Judges on your side of the court!!!!!

God bless you and Good night.

PS: Props and love to McCain, it was an honorable retreat, my friend :p