Barack Obama bowls: He could be the next lefty president …
Azzaman Iraq
Obama or McCain: Awaiting
the Next American Southpaw
"Democratic and Republican
candidates, John Mc Cain and Barack Obama, are left-handed … whoever wins will
be compared to four other left-handed presidents: Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan,
George Bush Senior and Bill Clinton. If the American public was comfortable
with these four presidents, then they should look forward to the new
president's term with optimism."
By Fateh Abdulsalam
Translated By Nicolas Dagher
July 11, 2008
Iraq
- Azzaman - Original Article (Arabic)
There were two commentaries
in American newspapers that appeared strange at first. In one, the Washington
Post said “The United States needs a president who uses both hands,”
and in the other, the New York Daily News said, “we'll need to replace
the White House scissors and can openers.”
[It seems that Mr. Abdulsalam is referring to this article from The
Washington Post entitled, A Vast Left-Handed Conspiracy 
. However, no
sign of the quote: “The United States needs a president who uses both hands.”
We were unable to identify the New York Daily News article in
question].
The reason for this is that
both Democratic and Republican candidates, John Mc Cain and Barack Obama, are
left-handed. They write with their left-hands, eat with their left-hands and
prefer to hold things with them as well. Perhaps the comment in the Washington
Post, which said that the next President needs a pair of left-handed
scissors, is meant to symbolize the fact that the next master of the White
House won't open anything for himself. Perhaps it symbolizes something else as
well - which is that just about everything will already have been opened,
particularly crisis, wars and projects that have been anticipated and deferred
by nine years in Afghanistan and over five in Iraq.
John
McCain: Making a point with his left hand, of course.
It is said that
Southpaws are smarter than people who only use the right hand. This is said to
be a scientific fact based on research which shows that the left hemisphere of
the brain controls the right hand, while those who are left-handed use the
right hemisphere, which enhances their language capabilities and dexterity.
What's more, some left-handers process information using both hemispheres of
the brain. On the other hand, historians say that the most villainous and
reckless people also write and function chiefly with their left hands.
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On this subject, there are
other details of interest to American citizens. For example, they need to realize
that soon they are certain to have another southpaw in the White House, and
that whoever he is will be compared to four other left-handed presidents:
Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Senior and Bill Clinton. If the
American public was comfortable with these four presidents, then they should
look forward to the new president's term with optimism.
Left-handed
U.S. presidents: John Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman,
Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George .H.W.
Bush, Bill. Clinton. About 15
percent of the population are lefties; about 30
percent of people in mental
hospitals are lefties. They are also more prone to
migraines, insomnia,
allergies and schizophrenia. A higher proportion of
mentally retarded people
are southpaws and more people with IQs over 140 are left
handed than right.
Iraqi citizens
also need to watch this new left-handed president, keeping in mind how Clinton
and Bush Sr. dealt with Iraq, because the new president will look back at what
his predecessors did and act accordingly.
Iraqis are fond of comparing
today's situation with the past and feeling sorry for themselves over it. Even
if the past was a dark one, how much worse are things today? …
(By the way, I too am left
handed …)
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