The Voice - Student Newspaper

American people forget the hope and make Obama stand alone

By Amanda Savage
Freelance Writer, The VOICE

With the recent election of President Barack Obama, Americans have shifted the responsibility of change onto one man.

The tactic of change and hope helped lead Obama's campaign to victory.

Americans from everywhere truly believed that Obama was the unconventional image they needed, in order for great change to come to this country.

From seeing headlines on the news, and listening to countless debates over whether or not Obama will be able to achieve the promises he made, one major factor has been left out, "We the people."

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," the recognizable quote by former President John F. Kennedy, which portrays the true message that Obama, was trying to get across.

Being a democracy and having an economy with capitalistic ideals, makes the public an important factor to the countries success.

People choose what they want to do and what they wish to act upon and their actions have an indirect effect on the outcome of everything.

One man alone cannot make the necessary change needed. People have to work together as a nation to make things happen.

Simple laws alone cannot do anything, people have to believe in what they are doing first, and then they can act upon it.

Do not become angry as you peer into the depths of your empty wallet or become frustrated with the president.

Do not visualize a nation to be the source of your problems. Look at what you can do to make things better. Be willing to work with other people and willing to be a part of this country and do things out of the ordinary.

One cannot demand change without making themselves available to change. Everyone must act differently if this is what is wanted, one man alone will not change the world.