Give Obama a chanceDear dejected Facebooker/political activist,I understand your situation. And I respect that you are an American voter with a difference of opinion at this unprecedented time in this country. You are completely entitled to your uncensored opinion, and I think that is what we need to have happen in America, if we are going to understand each other’s perspectives in the years to come.What I do have a problem with are the people who have the audacity to make hateful or disrespectful comments on a public forum like Facebook. Would you say such comments to my face? To your mayor’s face? To your President-Elect’s face? These are some of the same people that I thought I knew better than that. People who saw Louisiana forgotten in the face of one of the greatest natural disasters of our time. People who will support a “very diverse” Louisiana college football team, all the way to a championship, as long as it serves their purpose of gridiron superiority and bragging rights. So, exactly how are you qualified to cast stones and determine someone else’s worth? No, seriously, just let me know. I’ll wait. I can feel the anger, disgust and negative energy through your words. That is what has blown me away, and it’s been on both sides. Apparently, ignorance truly is bliss right now. But I want to challenge you to be greater, and more intelligently expressive, than merely that behavior. After all, I know a cop out when I see one.It’s just embarrassing on many levels. We have a lot of work and growing to do. We all live in the same country and, like it or not, he is going to be your President too. Honestly, I just want people to understand that he deserves a fair shot, like any other Commander In Chief. I have a feeling that won’t really happen because of more controversial circumstances surrounding him. He will have a totally different and unwavering spotlight placed on him more than any other president before him, and that fact really can’t be denied. We all know this is an inevitability. However, fairness is crucial in this moment. Don’t worry, I’ll say that again. Fairness is crucial in this moment: He hasn’t even set foot in office yet, and people are condemning his entire tenure of administration. Cool your jets and pump the brakes!There are many urgent problems that must be addressed: health care, insurance, education, and more, unfortunately. Obama really needs the support of all Americans.I think John McCain made an eloquent concession speech last night. In that speech, he asked all American people, Democrats and Republicans alike, to stand behind Barack Obama as we regroup and rebuild. He seemed at least open to the ideas of cooperation, compromise and change.So, hey, that’s a start! I know from the bottom of my heart that Barack Obama will not do anything to ruin this country, as I think many of you do too. I also truly believe that America’s many challenges are beyond the reach of any one man, or any one political party.Just my humble opinion. At this time and in this moment.P.S. We live in the best country on earth. Let’s start working together to keep it that way.P.S.S. We don’t have to ever talk about this again. Just live it.Elliot Hutchinson University alumnusReveille needs to have objectivityImagine my surprise when, on Wednesday morning after logging onto PAWS, the Daily Reveille popped up to announce not that an historic election had just ended with the election of our nation’s first African-American President, but “McCain carries La., falters in battleground states.”  Now, I am well aware of the political bias on our hallowed campus.  I followed the student poll last week in which McCain held the advantage.  I noticed the preponderance of McCain/Palin stickers covering the shirts and bumpers of tailgaters leading up to the election.  And I have resigned myself to sharing this school with those of a different ideological lean than my own.  But the election of Barack Obama should have been the top story, not only because of the historic nature of what his win represents.  This election marks a huge shift in national politics, one that happens to be away from the party most identified by this student body.  I would hope that they still teach the importance of objectivity in journalism classes here because they sure weren’t in evidence on lsureveille.com Wednesday morning.Robert Ellisoceanography and coastal science graduate student—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at [email protected]