"The global financial crisis has served to mask the
historic magnitude of November 4th. On that day, the American presidential
election will be held - but not just for the citizens of the United States. It
will concern all continents, all peoples, all cultures, all races; it will be,
in a way, a planetary election."
The global financial crisis has served to mask the
historic magnitude of November 4th. On that day, the American presidential
election will be held - but not just for the citizens of the United States. It
will concern all continents, all peoples, all cultures, all races; it will be,
in a way, a planetary election.
Of course, there's the Obama phenomenon. And even if
the Senator is from Illinois is far from the victory promised to him at the polls,
his status as the favorite is in itself an extraordinary sign. A Black [man] at
the doors of the White House! The world's leading nation ready to entrust
itself to a president from its minority population! Who would have bet a dollar
on such a scenario only twelve months ago?
Such an occurrence goes beyond the usual electoral
twists and turns that occur every so often in the political history of the
United States. It goes far beyond the exceptional brilliance of the candidate
and his masterful campaign management. Obama is beyond all calculation,
strategizing and even given a possibility of victory for John McCain.
In 2000 the confrontation between Bush and Gore
exposed two Americas, but it remained a conventional battle, as did the match
between Bush and Kerry in 2004. Whatever the outcome of the balloting this
time, the shock of 2008 will be a milestone in the destiny of an America whose
confidence was shaken to the core by the September 11 attacks, divided by the
mistakes and lies of its Iraqi adventure and challenged in its almost
20-year-role role as master of a unipolar world.
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Long before the epilogue of its long
presidential race, America was determined to turn the page on burned-out
Bushism. From the depths of Nebraska, Utah or Montana, people weren't
necessarily conscious of it, but intuitively, they probably knew: America is
about to experience a fundamental change in its civilization. They know it: the
president they are about to elect will confront an unknown world in which the
end of oil is approaching, the challenges of climate change loom and the storm
of an insane capitalism is shuffling all the cards.
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ELECTION FUN: RON HOWARD GOES ALL OT FOR OBAMA
Is it a coincidence that this democracy, far more
exacting than one can imagine, hesitated alternately between a determined
woman, a not-so conformist Republican and Democrat so out of the norm? For
eight years, George W. Bush made us forget that America retains its formidable
capacity to surprise us …
