I’m a huge Obama supporter. Nothing thrilled me more than to see him take the oath of office a few days ago, and I was glad to see him hit the ground running in regards to mending some of the broken fences left by the Bush administration. Of course, some of his immediate amendments and reversals have been given an askance gaze and tongue lashings from his critics while the supporters of such changes are enthralled, convinced already that change has indeed come to Washington.

The reversal of the Mexico City Policy has immediately reopened the door to the abortion debate, and it appears that the door will be blown of its hinges if Obama chooses to pass the Freedom of Choice Act. His desire to close Gitmo in the next year was met by harsh criticism by those who think Obama is already becoming weak on terrorism. Seriously though, what is the solution to Gitmo? You keep it open indefinitely and you are denying due process to both those who should be prosecuted as well as to those individuals who are innocent and watching their lives fritter away in some far off and unforgotten land. If you close it, then the threat of retribution from those who are released, whether they were innocent or not, will always loom. If you kept me in a prison for five years under suspicion of crimes I never committed then released me, I can’t say that revenge would not be close to the top of my “to do” list. So…what do we do?

I do have one major problem with President Obama. He is just a few days into his presidency and already I am beginning to hold my breath in the anticipation that business as usual may already be easing itself into the Oval Office. If you are going to make a rule that is to protect the government from the influence of lobbyists, don’t turn around and introduce an immediate exception to that rule. Not only does it call into question your integrity, but it also sets a precedent for your administration. Once you make one exception to a rule, where does it end? If you create a law and immediately demean that law by introducing exceptions, how are we (the people of the United States) and they (our enemies and allies around the world) ever supposed to believe in what you say?

Or do you live by the idea that you are the decider, and as a result, all laws are to be followed unless you decide otherwise? Cause I can tell you, if that’s your way of thinking, all I can say is, “Been there, done that.”