{"id":445,"date":"2008-11-04T06:07:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T06:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=445"},"modified":"2008-11-04T06:07:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T06:07:43","slug":"welcome-president-obama-and-congratulations-on-winning-the-presidency-of-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/welcome-president-obama-and-congratulations-on-winning-the-presidency-of-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome President Obama, and congratulations on winning the Presidency of the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me be the first to congratulate you, President Obama on becoming the most significant man of our troubled times. Significant not only because you are the first Afro- American President of the USA, but also because you carry with you the hopes and aspirations of billions of people on this planet who have grown to admire and love you in the past few months. Not just in the United States. But with those hopes and aspirations you also carry a greater burden than perhaps any president of the United States has carried. For you have promised a changed world. A world that is more equitable, a world that is fairer, a world that has compassion, a world that cares,
\nI know that is a lot of responsibility for one man to carry on his shoulders. But with that responsibility comes the energy and strength of the people that are willing to support you in completing and achieving all that you have promised. And you have promised a lot. You have promised change. And while we, the inhabitants of this planet look at change in many many different ways, we all agree that change must be, and will be for the better,
\nWe don’t expect you to be the miracle man. We do not expect you to solve all the world’s problems. But we do look forward to a world leader that energizes the rest of the world to move in a far more compassionate direction. We see in you a heart that will not easily become cynical. We see in you a soul that understands pain, understands poverty, understands the longings of the dispossesed of this world.
\nWe hope you will never forget your own pain, your own longings, your own search for compassion and understanding for yourself. If you do not, then you stand on the threshold of being the most significant leader of our times.
\nPlease do not let us down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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