[Het
Parool, The Netherlands]
WProst,
Poland
Obama's America: 'A Real
Catastrophe'
"One can only hope that the
voters will come to their senses and elect the candidate who may look worse in
a debate, but who won't destroy what so many generations have been building for
so long."
By Leszek
Szymowski
Translated By
Halszka Czarnocka
October 17,
2008
Poland - WProst - Original
Article (Polish)
American television and
left-wing newspapers are eloquent in hailing the great success of Barack Obama.
The Democratic candidate has won all three TV debates, is leading in all kinds of
polls and has won the support of more and more social groups.
It might seem that now, the
election will be just a formality, the last step in the triumphant march of
“Barack the Great” to the White House.
Rapture over the candidacy
and the person of Obama should surprise no one: from time immemorial, the
majority of media have rooted for Democratic Party candidates. This was the
case for “media's sweethearts” John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and, of course,
Bill Clinton.
The same media claque adored Al
Gore (who famously said in Latin America “a pity I don't know Latin, then we
could talk.” The trouble is, this time the Democrat might actually win. And
that would be a real catastrophe.
[Editor's Note: As far as we
could find, there is no evidence Al Gore actually said this].
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
What are the views of Barack
Obama, one would like to ask? It's hard to tell by watching his public
appearances. Obama - like Donald Tusk [Poland's Prime Minister] - has few
opinions, makes lots of promises and avoids specific answers. His America is
the America of “social justice,” a “level playing field” and other such
boilerplate phrases. Observing the race for the White House, one can see that
Obama is using populist code words: granting illegal immigrants the right to
stay, open the border with Mexico, greater religious tolerance and equal rights
for homosexuals.
In the area of foreign
policy, it's even worse; Obama is against the war in Iraq and the war on terror
in general. This is a bad sign. Putting an end to the war on terror means that
Washington is de-facto abandoning its role as a "global cop." This
threatens to give free reign to rogue regimes, such as Iran and North Korea.
One can only hope that the
voters will come to their senses and elect the candidate who may look worse in
a debate, but who won't destroy what so many generations have been building for
so long.
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[Posted by
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