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earbook | myMag - Article Obama: The Force of HopeObama is popular because he is America – not because he is black. A mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya. Someone who has rose to where he is without a last name like Bush or Clinton. Barack Hussein Obama. Who would have imagined the voice of hope would spring from such an appellation?
Who would have imagined after the last eight years that America is so great that such a man can be its President?
Imagine what a message it would send to the rest of the world if Obama replaces Bush in the White House. Imagine what it would mean for America to elect someone not because of their last name, but in spite of it. To elect someone who has the possibilities of a Lincoln, a Kennedy, a Martin Luther King. To elect someone who embodies unity and transcends division.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here is the last paragraph of Obama’s victory speech last night:
“And as we leave this state with a new wind at our backs, and take this journey across the country we love with the message we’ve carried from the plains of Iowa to the hills of New Hampshire; from the Nevada desert to the South Carolina coast; the same message we had when we were up and when we were down – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope; and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people in three simple words:
Yes. We. Can.” -- Obama
These words are poetry. They are uttered aware of their historical significance. It is an indictment of this country that there are forces within it that will stop such optimism at all costs, that the nearest comparisons for Obama are in men who were stopped not at the polls but by an assassin’s bullet: Lincoln, JFK, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King.
But this time there is reason to hope again. I would be proud to see Obama face off against John McCain for the presidency. That would make me proud to be a citizen. How different that choice would be from the cynicism of John Kerry, George Bush, Bob Dole, Hillary Clinton, and Mitt Romney?
Of course, I don’t pretend to think my candidate is the only good one. I invite all members to submit articles, posts, and comments on why you think your candidate is best.
This election is one that matters. The role of the US in this century will be determined by the next 8 years. The choices are as different as they could possibly be, from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton to John McCain to Mitt Romney. There is no longer an excuse to be cynical about politics, not this year. This is the year we need to get out and vote, and if you are under 18, you need to influence people to vote.
It matters this time.
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