Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama for his selections of Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, and of Civil Rights Leader and minister, Dr. Joseph Lowery, to deliver the benediction. Again--just as he has done in his Cabinet and Transition Team selections--President-Elect Obama has thoughtfully and carefully selected these two men who have their doctorates in Divinity and are known in the religious community. As Christians, they know that you don’t judge people on lies and innuendoes and that you are there to represent God, not any political party. Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Joseph Lowery, an Alabama native, founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Lowery’s résumé speaks for itself.

Those who want to criticize President-elect Obama, Rick Warren or Joseph Lowery must really have nothing better to do but nitpick. Could it be that they so want to believe that President-Elect Obama is Muslim and not Christian, that they will try to undermine anything he does? I admire Mr. Obama’s decision-making process, his demeanor, his steadiness in the face of all the problems facing him and his administration. He is a leader. Please let him lead.

Tommy Tuberville

Well, here we go again! The hierarchy at Auburn has blundered again. Sure, we had a lousy season. Even the mighty Alabama team has had years of "bad seasons." But, to force a man of Tuberville's caliber out as coach really disgusts me. And there is no doubt in my mind that the "Powers that Be" have been beating the bushes to find another coach since mid-season. And now they are interested in the Texas Tech coach, Leach. Didn't Leach beat Texas with the "spread offense"? The trick there is that he had his coaches working with him. From all I've heard, the assistants at Auburn fought Franklin from Day One and Tubby has always been loyal to the assistants who came with him from Ol' Miss.

I know he will land on his feet, but he was forced to resign and everyone knows that. After Saturday's game he said he would be recruiting this week. It just sickens me. And the team has stayed out of trouble, largely in part because before Tommy hired an Offensive and Defensive Coordinator, he hired Chette Williams as Chaplain of the team because he said those boys needed spiritual guidance more than anything else. That, to me as an Auburn fan, means more than their winning every game.

And in today's economy, it would seem to make more sense to keep Tubby rather than having to pay out $5.1 million, plus another whopping salary for a head coach and assistants because I guarantee you whoever comes to the Plains will bring his own team. So, the assistants might as well start packing.

I appreciate all that Coach Tuberville did for Auburn in his 10 years there. I just pray that those in charge of finding a new coach will look at his character before looking at the win/lose column.