Letter to the editor

The newly elected President of te United States, while promising change and hope, made it abundantly clear not to expect over-night quick fixes to all of our problems, and rightly so. There are those, and they are all too plentiful, who don't intend to cut the new president any slack whatsoever, Right wing columnists like Cal Thomas and Bill O'Reilly will continue to denigrate and vilify President Elect Barack Obama regardless of how he executes his decisions and performs his duties. So be it. The important thing is that the people have spoken and their voices did not emanate from the prejudicial and vehement bile of these columnists.Every new man on a job deserves a period of trust and confidence unless and until he proves unworthy of his position . A good case in point was the outpouring of approval given to George Bush right after 9/11. The American people stood staunchly behind the President up until his leadership began to erode due to misguided and faulty decisions fhat resulted in tragic consequences. Action based upon erroneous and misguided information seldom results in a happy ending. Hopefully, the new captain of our ship of state will heed the lessons of the past and keep us from sailing into turbulent seas. Surely we will soon learn how well or how poorly the end game will play. In the meantime, we as a people should unite around the promises of change and hope and at tre same time hold our new leader's feet to the fire in delivering on those promises.

George Morin
Auburn, Ga.