Four More Years...of Hope and Change

Last night, the people of our great nation re-elected President Obama in one of the most divisive, hotly contested, and closest elections in our nation's history.  Whether you voted for or against, agree or disagree with him, he is again our President.  I, for one, fall into the category who wanted someone else in office.  I disagree with so much of what he stands for.  He stumped quite often on "Hope and Change".  We seemed to get lots of hope, and little change.

Well, here are my hopes for the next four years:

1.  I hope this time he does at least some of what he promised and is able to bring our nation back together.

2.  I hope he respects the 1st Amendment rights of all religions, but in particular, my church, the Catholic Church, which he has seemed to have in his sights for a very long time.  (HHS Mandate, Obamacare)

3.  I hope he respects the 2nd Amendment rights of our Nation and does not go after the rights of people to own weapons or purchase ammunition.

4.  I hope he finds the "transparency" he promised in his first term and never followed.

5.  I hope in this term he does not pick and choose which laws he will follow and which he will ignore or direct his Department of Justice to ignore.  (DOMA, layoff notifications)

6.  I hope he understands that you cannot tax your way out of debt and must make responsible cuts in spending.

7.  I hope he understands America's place in the world and stops bowing to anyone and apologizing.  I have never heard any of the Muslim countries apologize to us.

8.  I hope he is able to get Congress to work together so he can leave office in four years with the country in a better place than we are now.

9.  I hope his wife, Michelle, is now truly "proud to be an American".

10.  I hope he someday understands that it is a baby growing in that mother, not a medical condition, and stops being the most pro-abortion president to ever hold office.

11.  I hope he is more truthful with us this time around and stops hiding behind his corrupt Department of Justice and executive privilege. (Fast and Furious, Benghazi)

12.  I hope Americans can stop twisting President Kennedy's words to sound like this:  Ask not what I can give for my country, but what can my country give me.  We have become an entitlement society.  Don't believe me?  Look at our kids and how they expect everything to be handed to them.  Often not willing to work for anything they want.

13.  I hope that I have been completely wrong about this man and all my fears about him do not come to fruition.

We are a Nation that was created UNDER GOD!  Let us remember that the Constitution guarantees us Freedom OF Religion, not Freedom FROM Religion.  If the government doesn't want religion interfering with it, than the government needs to stay out of religion.  If we continue to tell God to leave us alone and ignore him, he may just answer that request.