America is unlike any other nation in the world.  Our desire to do good is so strong that we often bend over backwards and make unparalleled sacrifices because of our righteous intentions.  Our brave men and women shed their blood so other people can be free.  Our national treasure is given freely to foreign lands to offer hope and opportunity to the hopeless.  And we forgive our transgressors even though they would never dream of turning the other cheek.

Only in America can the desire to do good be so great that we bend over backwards and elect someone whose own supporters admit they don’t even know.  Only in America would we take a chance on an unknown with seriously questionable rhetoric and ties because we have faith in the greater good.  Like our troops and our treasure, we risk it all on the mere hope of a better tomorrow.

I congratulate Barack Obama.  He is my President.  I pray that God gives him the strength and wisdom to make the right choices and the humbleness to know to ask.  But as my President, Obama is also a paradox.  He epitomizes both the best and the worst of our great nation.  His political ideology offers a stark reality that is the very antithesis of what it means to be American, yet his story could not have happened anywhere else.

America proved it is both a naive child and an unequaled leader on the world stage.  Only a child would have such blind faith and optimism when all realistic expectations point to a fairytale.  Only a brave leader could have the courage to allow that optimism to lead the way.

Make no mistake, I disagree with virtually everything that Barack Obama stands for.  But the symbolism of his achievement is something I will forever cherish.  I congratulate him and his campaign on accomplishing such a novel and monumental feat.

And now it is time to lead.  Young and old, from history through today… millions of Americans have paved the way for Barack Obama to become President-Elect.  And he is beholden to honor their every sacrifice.  He has promised a lot.  He better live up to the hype.

As for the rest of us… Conservatives… it is time to lead.  It it time to place principle and purpose above all else.  It is time for the revolution to begin.  You can choose to leave the Republican Party and go astray… or you can dig in, dig deep, and make it the party that it should be.  Voters and providence will always be on our side if we can only find our way.  For too long we have listened to pundits and moved to the center… for too long we have forgone values and principle for electoral expedience and easy compromise.  But we should never compromise when we are right.  We have to find that right path once again and never, ever give it up.

Its time for the revolution to begin.  Its time for Conservatives to unite.  America needs us.  The unborn need us.  Our troops need us.  The Constitution needs us.  Demcracy needs us.  The economy needs us.  The next generation needs us.  They don’t deserve anything less.