Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Obama - I did tell thee
Old Hills has yet to concede the Democratic nomination race to Chicagoan Barack Obama, even though Obama clinched the number of delegates needed to be crowned the party's presidential nominee late last night when I was out knocking back some beers. However while Hillary contemplates her future, America is on the brink of electing a person who the rest of the planet can believe in, not just those that live in this fascinating if very endogenous country.
Old Hills has yet to concede the Democratic nomination race to Chicagoan Barack Obama, even though Obama clinched the number of delegates needed to be crowned the party's presidential nominee late last night when I was out knocking back some beers. However while Hillary contemplates her future, America is on the brink of electing a person who the rest of the planet can believe in, not just those that live in this fascinating if very endogenous country.This morning I twist and turned in bed thinking about what I was going to write about to mark this historical event in world politics, however New York Addick got back to blogging in fine form today and stole my thunder with a very good piece here.
An Obama-Clinton partnership surely should give McCain's prosaic Republican party a sound thrashing but politics is never that simple here. McCain does appeal to many centralists, and there is a thought that Obama should stay away from Clinton and choose a middle aged waspy character from the deep south in an attempt to get nervous or unimaginative voters to select him. If a potential vice president owns a few medals then all the better. Vietnam vet Jim Webb for example.
As NYA divulged I did proclaim Obama way back in June 2004 after listening to him a number of times on local television before he made a splash at the Democratic Convention. I don't know about you but rarely does a politician hold my attention for too long, but Obama, for all of his lack of experience, has appeal and an eloquence that mixes at best Kennedy with Luther King and at worst, someone who cares and understands the need for change. Sure he looks visibly tired but I hope he can get some good rest before he takes on McCain's Republican machine.
Lastly without tooting my horn too much I found this article in an October 2005 issue of the New Statesman suggesting Obama was one of ten people that could change the world. What were they doing for 8 months eh?
¶ 20:15 An Obama-Clinton partnership surely should give McCain's prosaic Republican party a sound thrashing but politics is never that simple here. McCain does appeal to many centralists, and there is a thought that Obama should stay away from Clinton and choose a middle aged waspy character from the deep south in an attempt to get nervous or unimaginative voters to select him. If a potential vice president owns a few medals then all the better. Vietnam vet Jim Webb for example.
As NYA divulged I did proclaim Obama way back in June 2004 after listening to him a number of times on local television before he made a splash at the Democratic Convention. I don't know about you but rarely does a politician hold my attention for too long, but Obama, for all of his lack of experience, has appeal and an eloquence that mixes at best Kennedy with Luther King and at worst, someone who cares and understands the need for change. Sure he looks visibly tired but I hope he can get some good rest before he takes on McCain's Republican machine.
Lastly without tooting my horn too much I found this article in an October 2005 issue of the New Statesman suggesting Obama was one of ten people that could change the world. What were they doing for 8 months eh?
