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Obama Drama

I watched Obama´s speech yesterday in the evening at 18:00 Berlin time. I was with some of my colleagues in the German Language Course and we went to the Self-Learning Center at the Language Institute because they have some TV sets there.
Here are my impressions about Obama´s confirmation:
-while I was following his speech I heard some laughters in the headphones, for now I can´t explain to myself which was the source of those laughters
-we three were watching CNN and our German Lehrerin a German news channel. The German TV channel displayed at a certain moment slow-motion pictures of the former president Bush, you piece of shit, alone on his way to the official place of the inaugural ceremony. I really liked this, seeing Bush alone without advisors, wifes, Republican colleagues, security guards. He seemed so fragile, but so annoying.
-in his speech I think Obama put some emphasis on the environment issues. He repeated his ideas.
-I liked the idea of unclenched fists: " To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."
-I noticed that he announced he will follow the same principle of the single-superpower system. I would have expected from him to speak more on international co-operation and solidarity. Here I got really disappointed as he insisted on the same line of the well known arrogance of the US politicians
-His inaugural speech is not that wichtig, because his actions will be observed. Of course, some people, I include myself here, expected for some strong sound bites, as announcing a policy change. But let us wait for his measures and the way in which the Obama Team will cope with the hardships.
-as a beginner in anarchism, I would have expected to hint at some social and political measures he would support in order to reshape the dying liberal democracy. But he didn´t mention anything about this.
-anyway he didn´t sound like a socialist, unless you think of the Lowery Benediction:
Help us then, now, Lord, to work for that day when nation shall not
lift up sword against nation, when tanks will be beaten into tractors,
when every man and every woman shall sit under his or her own vine
and fig tree, and none shall be afraid; when justice will roll down like
waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But this of course was taken from the Bible and wasn´t uttered by himself.
-after his speech I saw the extremely happy face of one of his top advisors, Rahm Emanuel. I remember this because I immediately associated the image with Satan trying to lure Jesus into sin in Mel Gibson´s "The Passion of the Christ"

The thing is that it may look impossible for him doing all people expect from him only in his four years of presidency. The burden seems so heavy that it may take 8 years as well for him to handle all the problems. The major risk is for him to fail achieving his goals. With a slowly increasing number of US citizens growing distrustful of the government affairs, can you even image what would happen if Obama fails? Either a long rule of the Republicans, either the complete shut-down of democracy. Moreover let us not forget he promised he would speak within the first 100 days of his presidency about the Middle East conflict and the solutions he would propose.

Barack Obama, my friend

I discussed with many of my friends why and how Barack Obama, my friend, won the 2008 US presidential election.
One of the explanations would be this:
Barack Obama represented the rebel element, the young reformer coming from outside the system. He struggled against a White old sick Republican man(John McCain) who defended strong social conventions.
When people who are considered as marginal or they think of themselves as marginal casted their votes for Barack Obama, they invested their own personal spiritual ambitions in the representative of what they considered as being a good chance for a better future.
The last candidate from the Democratic Party to win a presidential election was Bill Clinton. He had 47 million popular votes. Barack Obama had 69 million popular votes...

Opponents:
working class+women+ethnic groups+sexual minorities+young people+green movements+anti-war activists+laymen+(traditional Republican voters angry at Bush) AGAINST the symbol of the patriarchal capitalist dictatorship.

So the huge tournout (the difference between the Democrat candidate and the Republican candidate was of 10 million votes) was an act of rebellion against the male center, oppresive, aggressive, selfish and authoritarian.

If Barack Obama, my friend, does not fulfill most of these personal ambitions...I didn´t think so far...

We applied concepts from psychoanalysis, from social psychology, from political sciences, from anthropology, from gender studies, from postcolonial criticism.

Barack Obama is the next US President!

The African American Democrat Senator from Illinois is the 44th US President. He won not only the popular vote, but also the electoral vote.
AP

Barack Obama este candidatul Democratilor la Prezidentialele din Toamna

Pentru prima oara in istoria Statelor Unite, o persoana de culoare va deveni candidat la presedintia Statelor Unite. Retelele de stiri americane transmit ca senatorul Barack Obama a atins pragul necesar in numarul de delegati la conventia de nominalizare, pentru a fi declarat candidatul partidului democrat.

Anuntandu-si victoria in fata suporterilor, Barack Obama a declarat ca a sosit vremea sa fie tradusa in viata schimbarea de care a vorbit in tot cursul campaniei.

"America, acesta este momentul. Momentul pentru a intoarce o pagina in ce priveste politica din trecut. A sosit vremea sa aducem noi idei si o noua energie in rezolvarea problemelor si sa dam o noua directie tarii pe care o iubim", a spus Barack Obama.

Barack Obama si-a tinut discursul victoriei in fata a 20 de mii de sustinatori, in Minessota, chiar in locul unde va avea loc conventia partidului republican.

Si s-a referit direct la candidatul republican John McCain, pe care l-a atacat spunand ca el va continua politica presedintelui Bush in Irak.

Din ultimele doua alegeri pentru desemnarea candidatului democrat la presedintie, senatorul Obama a castigat-o doar pe cea din statul Montana, fiind infrant de Hillary Clinton in statul Dakota de Sud.

Dar el a obtinut numarul necesar de delegati la conventia de nominalizare fiindca imediat dupa aceste alegeri si-au exprimat preferinta pentru el mai multi dintre asa-numitii super-delegati - oficialitati ale partidului care pot alege la conventie pe cine doresc, indiferent de votul popular.

Declarand cursa incheiata, Barack Obama i-a adus un omagiu rivalei sale.

"Hillary Clinton a creat istorie", a spus Barack Obama, "nu doar fiindca este prima femeie care a s-a angajat intr-o astfel de cursa, dar fiindca este un lider care a inspirat milioane de americani prin taria si curajul ei si devotamentul fata de cauzele pe care le sustine."

AICI