Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 11:35
by
mochinho
(2154 views and 2 comments)
Change has come to the United States of America and the world. Barack Obama’s victory is historic. He is the first Afro-American ever to become President and has therefore shown that the gap between claim and reality of the American dream has been closed a little bit more. According to that the election results for Mr Obama show that the content of his policy was the deciding issue in this election and not superficialities.
The new President faces a lot of challenges and expectations. Some sceptical people mind already that there is the risk of disappointment if Barack Obama cannot solve all the problems. This people can be replied many problems do not concern the United States alone but the whole world. Therefore there has to be a common approach, especially in the United Nations framework, the WTO, the G8, the OECD, and even the NATO. On 07/24/08 in his famous Berlin speech Mr Obama called for more cooperation, and as a citizen of the European Union I understand that the EU as a vital partner of the United States of America which is ready to intensify its cooperation and that others will join as well. Again some sceptical people argue that Barack Obama will demand more support from the allies of the United States. But again one can give an adequate reply: It matters how the demand is made. Mr Obama has presented himself as a polite team player. That is why one might not refuse a request from him. Barack Obama’s victory is also credited to the immense grassroots movement this campaign has brought forth. The result is a historic voter registration and participation in this election.
This summer I had the opportunity and pleasure to meet some members of the Obama support group in Hamburg, Germany. Together we have made some campaign photos on a sunny July afternoon. During the photo session many tourists showed their support for Barack Obama, and quite strange people talked to us and we talked with them. They were very encouraging, and maybe this special spirit, this particular atmosphere is the reason why Mr Obama has won the election. He brought people together who did not each other and will never meet again, but who had one goal. The fact that Barack Obama has German ancestors will make him more popular here than he already is. We are waiting for your next visit, Senator Obama, but as President of the United States of America then.
Welcome, Mr President!
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1. Now It's up to us ! by jcordier on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 12:54
The victory of Barack Obama is the victory of a progessive project on conservative vision of the society and the World.As socialists, we must celebrate It.
Now It's up to us to mobilize to change Europe in june 2009U.S. citizens have chosen change in 2008.
2. Il a cassé la Barack... by pattheact on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 15:46
He is a socialist! What ends up to be a bad word for most of the republicans has shown to be the biggest relief and source of hope for many american and world citizens. What will the Empire become now it has chosen an intelligent, charismatic and courageous leader? We don't really know although we can already expect that it will be impossible to do worse than the Bush administration...
I share the views and hopes of Joel concerning our own wake-up. The European socialists should inspire themselves and mobilize around a common and hopefull political project in order to motivate our electorate and to beat the conservatives during the upcoming European elections.
Oppose a conservative vision to another conservative vision (but of different cultural background or religious beliefs) and you will end up with wars and religious dogmatic fanatics trying to rule the world. The world and therefore Europe needs a progressive project enabling us to better control and regulate the financial world and markets, offering every European citizen a good level of social protection and education and last but not least becoming a model for a more human and respectful globalization process, ending wars for petrol by promoting a more balanced use of the global resources, by changing our ways of consuming and producing energy...
Yes we definitely alos can do it. So help us spreading the word : " Ich bin ein Obama", just for today! ;-)
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