Can we be a nation united?

I am extremely excited for our country with the change in leadership to Obama. Yesterday was a historic day ushering in a new era of leadership, vision, and direction. Obama has a full plate set in front of him and we need to be patient, work hard, and be willing to make the sacrifices required to get our economy back on track.

After having heard all of the wonderful excerpts from Obama's speech and all the comments about Michelle Obama's wardrobe, you know how important that is to our economic health, I found myself extremely ashamed of the behavior of some of the United States citizens as Bush was leaving yesterday.Bush may not have left office as a favorite president, but we as a country elected him to two terms of office and, we as a country, owe him the respect of treating him with dignity as he leaves the leadership of our country. I don't agree with all of the decisions that were made during his office, but there were many advisers assisting him. He used the advice given to him to make the decisions he felt were right and the best for the country at the time.

Yesterday as Former President Bush was leaving, on-lookers heckled and booed him. Where is respect for the man that we elected and put in charge to run our country. He's not the one that put the banking system "belly-up". I don't hear outrage from the public about the insurance companies, mortgage companies and banks that have had to be bailed out by receiving millions and millions of our tax dollars. Where did a significant portion of this money go? It went to the executives that made the decisions that put our nation in the catastrophic shape it's in. But is there an outcry or booing about rewarding them with millions of bonus money and benefits for their poor decision making and judgement. So, here is some of our nation booing a president that is leaving office after serving us for 8 years. It makes me sad that people can treat each other this way. It makes me wonder if these same people will be willing to endure the sacrifices that will be needed to get our nation back on track.

I don't see area of Camelot returning any time soon.