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Two Symbols Of Hope

January 19, 2008

Without taking a position or advocating a candidacy for president in November, let me offer up an assessment of what I think is becoming a political ground swell. Beyond just the message or hope or the book that’s entitled, “The Audacity Of Hope“, I believe there’s an unconscious attraction to Barack Obama for two priamry reasons.

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We all know what Hillary represents. Her time may yet come, but.

Without saying a word Barack can flash his fresh smile and it says something both domestically and internationally. On the domestic scene he is the symbol of healing between blacks and white. The elction of Barack would take the reparations being sought out of the limelight. Electing a “black president” would speak volumes about the maturity and healing so needed in America.

Internationally, the election of a president with the name Barack Obama, coupled with his past, would greatly take away much of the vitriolic language being espoused by Muslim terrorists. At least it would, or should, give a pause to a growing Islamic population that now sees America as an all Christian nation. It matters not that Obama is a Christian himself. His past says he understands.

Can Hillary heal the nation with her right wing conspiracy theories?

Can Huckabee heal the nation with his deeply ingrained Baptist theology that it’s the “Jesus’s way or the highway”?

Granted, it’s an uphill battle for Obama especially in light of the fact that Michael Bloomberg might throw his Jewish hat in the ring. But at least with Bloomberg it woulnd’t be politics as usual. Hardly! A third party candidate leading the nation would mean that there would have to be some unification of both left and right to get anything done.

But first, let’s see how things sahke out in the primary parade that moves from Nevada to South Carolina, and then to Florida.
Between now and Febraury 5th we’ll know a lot more about the American poltical collective psyche!

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Election News 

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5 Responses to “Two Symbols Of Hope”

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