On November 4, 2008 the better campaign won. There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the McCain campaign was drubbed by the consistency, creativity, and quality of the Obama campaign. And while those who know me will certainly also know that I was pulling for John McCain, I am not upset or angered by the results of the election.

You see, while not everyone was able to see it . . . . we ALL voted for change on Tuesday. Despite the assertions to the contrary John McCain was no George Bush. He was a dramatically different Semi-Conservative candidate who out lasted the more classic Republican applicants precisely because we were seeking someone different.

Now that Obama is the President Elect, I believe we should ALL be supporting him as it would do nothing but hurt our country if he failed.  I truly hope he can deliver what he promised, but unfortunately politicians rarely do.  Despite that we must maintain the respect for the office out of respect for our country. And I truly hope that other conservatives do not allow their criticisms of his policies to de-evolve into the disgraceful and disrespectful garbage that George Bush’s character was subjected to in his last 6 years in office.

In his Opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal,  Jeffery Scott Shapiro wrote:

“The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.

Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty — a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.”

And I could not agree more.  Was he perfect, of course not, but the steady drum beat of liberal hate speech against the President was appalling.   As the minority, it is our job to return civility to the conduct of the nation’s business.

So while we’re all changing . . . let’s practice a little self control and refuse to lower ourselves to the level of those in the Anti-Bush crowd. They won because they had a vision and they were far better organized, not because they spend 6 years launching personal attacks at our President.  Nor because they spent the late summer and fall continuing to exercise this “way of doing business” against Sarah Palin.  The BS that she and her family we put through was shameless.

We Conservatives Must Be Better!

John McCain you are an American Hero and it was my honor to cast my ballot for you.  Thank you for your service to this country, and thank you for carrying the burden of our standard against the fantastic political machine of our new President Elect.