A Letter To Our President

Dear Mr. President,

It has been exactly a year since the historical and hopeful night of your election. I remember the feeling of hope and gratitude that I felt that night. It was a night where my faith in our country was restored. A night that I believed was gonna change the course that Mr. Bush had set us on. You stood on a stage in your home town in front of millions of Americans who had hopeful tears in their eyes. You spoke of the change that was gonna be made, the hard road that lay ahead, but that there was a "fierce urgency of now." I will give you credit in that our country has fallen into a pit of destruction thanks to good ol' G Dubya, but Mr. President you have yet to complete even one of the tasks that you had promised us Americans you were gonna do as our President. Our soldiers are still in Afghan and Iraq with a probability that more will be sent into Afghan, our healthcare system is no different and millions of Americans still cannot get proper healthcare, the economy is still hurting and millions of Americans are still out of work, and let's not forget that you said that your White House would not have lobbyists working in it yet they are in there. You aren't throwing our country further down the pit, but the morale of it's people is sinking. You need to do something Mr. President and live up to the promises you made. You are the President after all. You have what it takes, after all, you were the first African American to be elected. Now all you have to do is use that power in the way that got you elected. I don't know how much longer I can make excuses for you. I don't know how much longer the American people will have hope for you. Don't have your only legacy be that you were the first black president. You are better than that. I believe in you.