Senator Barack Obama launched his campaign for presidency quietly and is now ahead of the pack. The media, caught showing Obama’s photo in juxtaposition with terrorists, has begun to announce Barack Obama’s bid for president with the words “Black and historic.” A rule of competition is to make it personal, if you cannot beat the platform.
Has someone checked the bloodlines of every white past president to say for certain that Black has not been presidential before? Certainly, in other countries black has been King. How much black does it take to be black? One drop? That again ignores good scientific theory of 51%. What does it take to be white? Why does it matter? If he is fifty-fifty, then why doesn’t the media say Obama’s historic white bid for presidency? Does it serve the competition to refer to Obama as the first black presidential contender? What about Carol Moseley Braun and Reverend Al Sharpton?To dally in these details is to miss the Obama Effect.
Crowds are cheering Obama’s message and fear is striking in the heart of leader evildoers. As the control of the people slips from this administration, politicians who have aligned themselves with an unpopular side, are now forced to reevaluate their political posturing. Criticism is loud and abundant for Bush choices based on lies and disregard for the good of the people. Clearly the people are demanding politicians of the past release their grip on America’s throat.
Do the crowds of people imagine a country run with intelligence and morality when Barack speaks? Sanity in the White House would be a welcome change from unbridled greed and the lightly veiled business of war that makes new billionaires, while children bleed to death. Hillary Clinton’s strengths help to make the choice complicated for blue voters.
The one word that is making a difference is not “change” even though contenders scramble to mention change repeatedly in their speeches. America is suffering and she has years more of pain ahead. Even if we could begin today to change, a domino effect will continue for some time with foreclosures, loss of jobs, denial of pleasures, huge medical bills, and most importantly, loss of life from war and illnesses. Nor is it “experience,” because there is a wealth of experience in the Congress to consult in addition to a carefully selected Cabinet staff – assuming that you really listen to your advisors. The word “leader” is not what we are missing because America certainly blindly followed the Rove driven B-C administration. Can it be “wisdom” is what we desperately seek, that overreaching vision that encompasses cause and effect benefits for mankind with an occasional serendipity of hope?
No matter whom we elect, he or she must work with the stodgy Senate and massive House to accomplish one small move at a time to tackle our country’s overwhelming tasks ahead. Change is slow and laborious when the people wait for politicians to act. Maybe all that lessens the tears and anguish is hope.
The Barack Effect, like his grin, sometimes resembles the sun breaking out from behind clouded skies. Ultimately, America will be saved as she has been in the past by the hard work and shared sacrifice of American families. The Obama Effect may hold no instant miracles, but it could give us a gentle nudge in the wise direction.
