Wednesday 5 November 2008

Go Obama!



It was a pleasure to wake up Wednesday morning after the US presidential elections, to discover that Obama had won - most people had predicted this already, but there was always an outside, even remote, chance that McCain would win. Imagine Palin as vice president, for the most powerful nation in the World. Just the picture of her trying to negotiate with hostile leaders, e.g. North Korea.
Obama has spread joy around the Globe and has rock star status. Countries around the World celebrated the election results, and Kenya even made the 4th November a National Bank Holiday.
What impresses me, is that he seems to be honest in his communication and he has some realistic aspirations for the US. He uses the technology available to people, such as Facebook, which he will further explorer to make it easier for citizens to keep linked in. It’s about time that a Government uses the technology, which every citizen in the World has access too.
Who cares if his middle name is Hussein and does it matter if he was a registered Muslim? This just makes him a n even better candidate to tackle the foreign policy of the US - which Bush completely destroyed (don't even get me started on the devastating impact of the Bush era).
Obama has a vision of how to bring the US forward, create jobs and provide for it’s citizens. Today we are all a little bit African-American.
- by the way, I'm sure the Irish claim Obama has Irish roots too, just like Grace Kelly, Muhammad Ali and JFK.