[The Times, U.K.]
Liberal, Cape Verde
Obama: Good Luck
Handling the 'Pitfalls'
"This may come as a bucket of
cold water for the many who today think Obama will be what he objectively
cannot be: there will be no disruption in the United States' establishment. He
will obviously have the consent of the Pentagon and Wall Street."
Translated By Brandi Miller
EDITORIAL
June 4, 2008
Cape Verde - Liberal - Original Article (Portuguese)
It's Practically certain.
With the already-counted delegates for the Democratic Convention, Obama's
candidacy for President of the United States is nearly official. Obama has
already said that he is the inevitable winner of that Convention, and even his great
rival Hillary Clinton has already thrown in the towel. She admitted defeat and
congratulated Barack Obama.
It may be said that the
candidacy of an African-American for the White House was carefully prepared by
the media. What was unthinkable for years (“I have a dream” said Martin Luther
King) became something consciously acceptable by the vast majority of North
Americans - “Whites” included - ever since television series began in which the
protagonist is a “Black” president. A premonition? Evidently not. The
Democratic political machine worked on and prepared the way which has permitted
the “politically incorrect” to become the “politically correct.”
This may come as a bucket of
cold water for the many who today think Obama will be what he objectively
cannot be: there will be no disruption in the United States' establishment. He
will obviously have the consent of the Pentagon and Wall Street, both still
bursting with the apparent narcissism of George W. Bush, who led the country
into the quagmire of war for which there is no plausible solution and to the
edge of an abyss of serious economic crisis. G. W. Bush confined himself to
being a useful tool of the oil cartels, who have never been as fat as they are
today; and to the military industry, which has also been enriched by lucrative
profits. All in the name of “freedom,” “democracy,” and the jingoism of the
moment.
A Republican Party that's
off-course and the addition of graves for "heroes" in U.S. cemeteries
have been the marks of George W. Bush. Obama (and probably Hillary as a
candidate for the vice presidency) now has one task: to get the United States
out of the firing zone. He will have to put his hands in the fire - and even
his skin color (no cynicism intended) will help with this. If he fails, well …
there will be racist speeches insulting a Black president, which could even
lead him to being impeached - which would bring Vice President Clinton to
power. Such scenarios are also described in some television series.
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
Obama's path will not be
easy. For now, and regardless of the reservations of futurologists, one thing
is certain: no matter what happens later, something has changed in the United
States - there is finally one of the “Black people” who is well-placed in the
race for the White House. This is something that no one would have dreamed
possible when Martin Luther King marched for human rights and Black Power lit
up American cities. Hence Obama’s path is already a semi-revolution. I wish him
luck and hope he knows how to deal with the pitfalls.
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THE WORLD OPINES ON OBAMA:
EUROPE [from French, Spanish,
German, Portuguese]
Le
Figaro, France
Obama: One 'Cannot Praise
America Enough'
http://worldmeets.us/lefigaro0000216.shtml
Le
Monde, France
Regardless
of Who Wins, the American Exception is Eternal
http://worldmeets.us/challenges000001.shtml
Le
Monde, France
American
Elections: Cause for Hope and for Disappointment
http://worldmeets.us/lemonde0000176.shtml
Le
Monde, France
'Obamania Sweeps France'
http://worldmeets.us/lemonde0000175.shtml
Liberation,
France
Obama: 'A
Man Who Will Restore America's Image in the World'
http://worldmeets.us/liberation000102.shtml
Liberation,
France
If Barack
Obama Becomes U.S. President …
http://worldmeets.us/liberation000103.shtml
Le
Figaro, France
Democrats
in France Impassioned Over Party Primary Race
http://worldmeets.us/lefigaro0000194.shtml
Frankfurter
Rundschau, Germany
'Lincoln,
Kennedy, Obama'
http://worldmeets.us/frankfurterrundschau000020.shtml
Financial
Times Deutschland, Germany
Obama's
Run: The 'Miracle' of America that Could Change the World
http://worldmeets.us/financialtimesdeutschland000060.shtml
Financial
Times Deutschland, Germany
Clinton
and Obama - Please Stop Them!
http://worldmeets.us/financialtimesdeutschland000059.shtml
Financial
Times Deutschland, Germany
2008
a High-Stakes U.S. Election Year for Europe
http://worldmeets.us/financialtimesdeutschland000048.shtml
Financial
Times Deutschland, Germany
Hillary's
Quest: Between Tears and the Throne …
http://worldmeets.us/financialtimesdeutschland000050.shtml
La Stampa, Italy
At
Parade of Blacks, Boos for Hillary and Applause for Obama
http://worldmeets.us/lastampa000013.shtml
Diario Economico, Portugal
Definitively,
Barack Obama is the Candidate of Europe …
http://worldmeets.us/diarioeconomico000014.shtml
Diario Economico, Portugal
‘I Got a
Crush on Obama’
http://worldmeets.us/diarioeconomico000012.shtml
THE MIDDLE
EAST [from Arabic]
Al
Gomhuria, Egypt
Can a
Muslim-Born Negro Be America's President? ...
http://worldmeets.us/algomhuria000007.shtml
AFRICA
[English]
The Daily Nation, Kenya
Why Africa Exults at Obama's Victory
http://worldmeets.us/dailynationka000005.shtml
Liberal,
Cape Verde
Obama: Good Luck Handling the
'Pitfalls'
http://worldmeets.us/liberal000001.shtml
This
Day, Nigeria
How
Far Can Obama Go?
http://worldmeets.us/thisday000003.shtml
Business
Day, South Africa
Why
American Blacks May Be Obama's Great Problem
http://worldmeets.us/buisinessdaysa000001.shtml
LATIN
AMERICA [from Spanish]
BBC Brasil, Brazil
Obama's Victory: Reason to Believe in a Better World ...
http://worldmeets.us/bbcbrazil000003.shtml
Folha, Brazil
The
U.S. Presidential Election: The Greatest Show on Earth …
http://worldmeets.us/folha000004.shtml
Los Andes, Argentina
'Se Puede!'
http://worldmeets.us/losandes000002.shtml
Excelsior, Mexico
With Either Hillary or Obama, 'We All Win' ...
http://worldmeets.us/excelsior000011.shtml
El Tiempo, Colombia
What
Barack Obama Says About the United States …
http://worldmeets.us/eltiempo000045.shtml
El Tiempo, Colombia
What
Hillary Clinton Shows About the Status of Women
http://worldmeets.us/eltiempo000046.shtml
[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US June
5, 6:35pm]
