Don’t blame President Obama for our nation’s war fatigue.  Iraq was unnecessary and we ignored the problem in Afghanistan for too long.  And before the 2004 elections, Tom Ridge raised the terror warning to scare the nation into electing Bush.  President Obama was given a mess.

Also, as a gay American, I would love for President Obama to come out more strongly in support of same-sex marriage rights.  I also want him to stop enforcement of don’t ask, don’t tell.  But I have no interest in diverting attention from getting health care and economic reform accomplished now.

And liberals and conservatives:  get off your soap boxes and compromise.  Our nation needs more action and less talk. 

Progressives and liberals: you will lose my vote if you lose sight of the importance of incremental victories. 

And Barack Obama is the President of the United States of America, and that includes conservatives, liberals, progressives, communists, fascists, socialists, agnostics, fundamentalists and idiots. So, everyone stop your whining that he is selling out.

Bush had 8 years to destroy this nation.  Let’s give President Obama more than 6 months to try to fix it.