Now is not the time to squander this fantastic momentum Obama's built over the past three years. Now is not the time to grow complacent with this Administration's historic achievements. Barack Obama is counting on us all to raise our game, to take it to another level, to get FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!
Have we so quickly forgotten the dark and hopeless place that was America just three years ago? Have we so quickly forgotten the tearful joy and disbelief that poured out of each and every one of us when we saw Barack Obama take his oath as President of the United States of America? Have we so quickly forgotten all the wars we were than involved in, the attacks on our social safety net by Republicans and those Republicans on steroids - the "Libertarians" and the soon-to-be-ascendant Tea Party movement sparked off by that Italian guy who just happened to be reporting from the trading floor on Wall-Street-cheerleading CNBC and, in a spasm of madness, greed, and testosterone, called for the Tea Party (and let us not forget for one minute that the tea party was and is nothing more than a front to let the rich pay even less of their fair share of taxes).
America is a different country today because of Barack Obama: more humanistic, more European, more egalitarian, less warlike, more civil, and more prosperous.
But all these gains can be erased faster than any of us could ever believe. We must keep our vigilance high, our song in our hearts strong, our back straight and true, and our eyes on President Obama - what he has given us, and what he has yet to do.
For our President, for ourselves, let us remain Fired Up and Ready to Go!