I am finally happy to live in the USA

I have never quite adjusted to this country. I could be a reticence from my part, but I believe it was mostly that I couldn't tangibly see the ideals that Americans so proudly preached. This idea of a melting pot looked more like a mosaic to me; people of different races and nationalities stuck together in one space, without mixing or interfering in each other's colors. 

For the seven years that I have lived here, George W. Bush has been the president of this nation. I for one knew that he didn't represent the amazing Americans I had happened to meet, but I also knew that he had to have been elected by someone: by the majority. To think about it made me sick to my stomach. 

I am one of the few latin american immigrants that I know, who doesn't have to be here because of lack of a better option. I chose to live here, with the hope that at some point the ideals of the country would reflect my own. That the nation could see that integrity, intelligence and tolerance cannot be based on religious beliefs or in racial backgrounds. Whoever understands that we all deserve the same would understand why I had such high expectations for this nation.  

Now that they are fulfilled, I am sure that people around the world will radically change their views of this country as much as I have. 

Thanks.