Barack Obama – Hope Zings Eternal
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Opinions and more split at Barack Obama.
Some think that
he is just a phrase basher, a well trained actor or rather empty PR
shell.
Others though (increasingly) find him inspiring, reassuring,
sign, seal and deliverer of a fresh start for the USA.
Obama comes over as a
real Zinger offering a Phoenix’ rise out of the troubled and somewhat rocked
ashes of Bushs’ America.
Sometimes change for the sake of change
alone can appear ever so vital.
And Obama spells C H A N G E , Hillary
Clinton, Mike Huckabee and John McCain don’t.
Obama is well groomed
hope made flesh and them others kinda stiff and stale political experience
plus ginourmous
aspiration.
Barack is as tasty as a screenwriter’s script
idea of a US presidential role model like Dennis Haysbert as the lovely
President David Palmer in the acclaimed television series
24.
Obama youthfully inspires whereas Clinton sometimes
chills.
What will happen to the brave John McCain whose slightly
tired appearance and somewhat dated war-hero-bravado might not help much win the
battle for the White House?
Can anyone win against Obama – the
apparition if not epiphany of goodness so cleverly packaged by absolute
professionals?
Could Obama yet be a touch too good to be
true?
The proof of any pudding is in the eating, even
for the Barack Obama roadshow.
An American president in nowadays
times especially needs stamina and substance as well as looking and sounding the
part to be taken serious by his political peers, the ever more powerful
lobbyista and the international community.
But can Obama deliver?
Or rather, will he be allowed to act as he promises?
Obama pledged
to remove troops from Iraq within the first year of his presidency.
Also it
does not seem likely for him wanting to wage war on Iran.
So would he be nice
to the charming Mr. Ahmadineshad and Co., relying on diplomacy and good will
alone?
His first big dilemma might then start with the state of
Israel.
Right now nobody knows what will be going on in Pakistan
and across the border. President General Musharraf might not have the
smouldering looks of Bollywood mega star
Shahrukh Khan…if so he would have
been re-elected by a smashing majority…
Or the martyr image and charisma of
the sadly late Ms Bhutto…
But one should not forget that the little
man with the bi-colour hair was and in my opinion will be the only guarantee for
at least some stability and working control factor in Pakistan and beyond. The
new bunch will have to live up to a lot actually.
Because more
destabilisation of the middle-east and adjourning regions and debilitation of
democratic movements must be expected.
I am not even mentioning the
growing economic problems in the USA.
Can Obama face all of this
and more on the wings of hope alone?
I believe that he himself will
often ask himself perhaps bewildered “what to do if I win?”
But one
thing is for sure.
PR phrasing or no, the world cannot do without hope, not
at all.
Without hope there is just nothingness.
Experienced I
think by many Americans in the years since 9/11 if not much
longer.
And that is where Obama comes in.
He is a sign
of the times and at least proves how much how many people long for “America
re-loaded” but in a nice way.
Also Obama is promoting a lot of the
message of MIZPAH.
That too is why I wish him luck and a very good team of advisors.
This article published by MIZPAH Magazine - ©2010 www.mizpah.tv
© Helena Lind
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Good article, sharp point of view.