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Posts met de tag « presidential elections»:
feb
13
2008
Why should I care about Obama?“Yes we can”. It’s a great campaign slogan. Inspiring, certainly when set to Will.i.am’s music. A rhetorical talent. Flashbacks of a new Martin Luther King. And what he tells seems to makes sense. I hope Fabian also has a strong opinion on Angela Merkel. Why the big fuss about who stands a chance of becoming “the most powerful man on earth” (or woman if it gets to be Hillary), if even the worst possible person for the job – I’m talking George W. Bush jr. here – could not mess it up so much as to cause irreparable damage? Why is it then that the American primaries get so much attention in the Belgian press? Foreign news these days seems to be 80% American Democrats and Republicans choosing delegates, 20% for the rest of the world. Please wake me up the day the American president was chosen, and inform me at that time about what his plans are and later about the actions he takes. But leave the current primaries for what they are: inland American politics. “Yes we can”? “Please do – whoever it is – and get on with it” would be my answer. |
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