Last week, Bill Richardson gave his official endorsement of Barack Obama. With this endorsement came criticism of his loyalty to the Clintons, even being referred to as a traitor. I don't know if Bill Richardson was just looking out for himself, but this whole question of being loyal to a person or political party is absolutely insane. What about being loyal to the United States of America? Let's say Bill Richardson was telling the truth and he believes that Barack Obama is a once in a lifetime leader. That being the case, then I think he owes it to his country to make this endorsement. If he didn't, then Bill Richardson would be putting his loyalties to a person before his loyalties to his country. This is the problem with today's political atmosphere—people's first loyalty is to themselves, their next loyalty is to their political party, then maybe their loyalty is to their country. Even the news media puts their first loyalty to ratings. If we are to get America moving in the right direction then everybody's first loyalty needs to be to our country. Sometimes this will mean putting your country before a friendship and other times it will mean putting your country before a political party. Somehow our priorities have fallen out of order. The time has come to rearrange those priorities and make loyalty to the United States of America number one.