The Rev. Warren Fiasco

For eight years, the United States has been ruled on ideological grounds by a President who promised to be "a uniter, not a divider". Instead of being a uniter, he consistently put ideologues in positions of power and actively sidelined anyone with divergent views. President Bush was not the President of the United States of America—he was the President of NeoConservative Americans and left the rest of us without any leadership at all.

President-elect Obama has chosen a man with views I cannot stand to perform the invocation at his inauguration. Many on the left are outraged at this selection. I think it's a great selection. President Obama is showing that he will be a Democratic President of America, not a President of Democratic Americans.

This inauguration does not belong to Obama or those who voted for Obama. It belongs to every single American, from progressives like myself to fundamentalist evangelicals like Rev. Warren. Everyone has a place at this inauguration.

Liberals who are outraged at the selection are no better than George Bush and Dick Cheney.