Friday, June 06, 2008
In Change we trust
«Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.»
Barack Obama, February 5, 2008.
He did it. It looked like an impossible mission few months ago, and it would sound like a joke just few years ago... a black guy, in his forties, with real possibilities of becoming the next President of the United States. Of course, I am talking about Barack Hussein Obama (his name itself sounds like impossible for a President of the USA).
A black President... it is this kind of things that you only expect to happen in a movie (I still remember Morgan Freeman performing the role of President in some movie). Hopefully the Americans will vote for change after 8 years of ultra-conservative politics, war, terror and fear. A young man with new ideas, who talks about illusion, hope and change, will possibly become the most important leader in the World. Such a huge step against racism and prejudices.
So I bet (and hope) that Obama will be the next President. I have failed in the 2 last elections: I thought Gore would win Bush in 2000 (and he actually got more votes, but all of us remember what happened in Florida) and Kerry would defeat Bush again 4 years ago. But this time it's for good: Obama will mean a new era in the American politics.
Maybe you are wondering why I am concerned about this issues, if I'm not (US)American (and I'm not planning to move to the USA at all :)). Well, in our globalised world, the man in charge of the government of the most powerful countries has actual influence over all of us, doesn't he? From the other side of the Atlantic ocean, I also believe in change.
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