He is the first black leader of the Democratic Party or any major party for that matter — but not yet. We are going to have to wait until Saturday to know for sure. Ultimately, I hope Clinton shares the ticket with Obama to keep the Democratic troops united. That would make for an exciting election campaign later this year. Together, I think they can easily beat McCain and an Obama-Clinton ticket would be the epitome of the Democratic image — which is all the party happens to be: image. If they can not win with an amalgamation of half-white / half-black / half-man / half-woman / half-christian / half-muslim running for the presidency, they may as well throw in the towel! After such a failure, what would they do? Maybe change their image to this?
I jest but only partly. The nature of politics can be very superficial. Rightly or wrongly and for better or for worse, people look at image before they look at substance and all politicians play on that. This Democratic primary seems unprecedented and we can no longer look at past voting trends in America to predict or plan the future.
I seriously think Obama leading the Democrats all the way to the White House is best thing the world can get in November. This may sound hokey but a racially mixed president who carries the name Hussein succeeding Bush may diminish ill feelings harbored towards the Western world and buffer comments like this at least. It may provide hope to people who want to believe that anybody — no matter what their background may be — can succeed in America and that would be a good hope.
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Posted on 05-Jun-08 at 4:40 am | Permalink
glacialgal wrote:
You’ve totally lost it now Charles. You hope for Obama? Why? What has he done? What has he accomplished? All we hear out of his mouth are Hallmark Greeting Card verses. Flowery? Yes. Pretty? Oh, yes. Cute little sentiments? You got ‘em. Substance? Not on your life. Get a grip. If this little sock puppet wins the White House the suffering will be felt all the way to Canada. Say, McGuinty could become palsy-walsy with him. They have so much in common after all. They both want to micromanage the lives of everyone!
Posted on 05-Jun-08 at 7:19 am | Permalink
James wrote:
“a racially mixed president who carries the name Hussein succeeding Bush may diminish ill feelings harbored towards the Western world”
This sounds waaay worse than hokey. The best way to combat anti-american sentiment is NOT to appease anti-american sentiment.
Posted on 05-Jun-08 at 8:33 am | Permalink
Sobiezki2 wrote:
Half of Obama’s DNA is Caucasian. His embracement of the Black Reparations Agenda is scary. He could be the biggest ambulance chaser in American history.
Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 5:28 am | Permalink
Kim wrote:
from now thru the end. Don’t matter who is the president. At least i like to see the smartest president that’s can bring the US economy from the bottom to the top. and of course a boot up for the US economy. Too much struggle in economy the middle-class “me” suffer…
Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 2:29 pm | Permalink