The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was historic, no doubt about. He was the first African American to be elected president in a country that is still struggling with the way it looks at race relations, but at the same time a country that went the long way, and took the long haul to correct itself and do right to those that it did wrong.
America though elected Obama not because he was black, but because there was then no choice but his; McCain was seen as an extension to the failed Bush economics and politics.But America still crossed a bridge and jumped over a barrier, and elected Obama because he looked and sounded like the right choice. So it was not difficult for America to move beyond race to elect someone it thought that can change things around and clean the mess left behind.
Obama’s election today was not about the economy, it was about him, about Obama, and nothing else.America tonight, across race lines, sent the strongest message ever in race relations, it made it clear, that the legacy of a dominant race or ethnic group is finished in America, done, does not exist.
**The Romney campaign was all about race, and ethnicity and keeping the status quo. The Romney camp made it clear, indirectly, that it is Obama and nothing else, and the American people were confronted to choose, either Obama, the African American, or Romney, the son of the good old boys network who went to furthest destination to rally the disgruntled white vote and made his bid that those whites will turn things around not because they are the majority but because they vote as a majority.
The whole Republican establishment during the election went after Obama, talked again about his birth, and whether he is an American, Trump offered five million dollars if Obama can produce his birth certificate and school credentials.
In a strong statement, the renowned Barbara Walters was so fed up with Trump that she asked him to drop it, people across the spectrum felt that he made and continue to make a fool of himself and in the process making more Americans fed up with his politically motivated ploys. But he was hardly alone, the purpose was to continue to cast doubts on Obama and show him as some sort of “not one of us”.
The election tonight erased all this, Obama is no longer the accidental president that got lucky in 2008, tonight it is Obama that made history and built a legacy by just getting reelected. It is today, the new day in America, its importance is not less than independence day or the day after the civil war. America tonight ended forever the so called old boys network, no race any longer can claim America to itself. Obama claimed it tonight and earned it for all those that bear the US Citizenship. A legacy is in the way and a new America is in the making.
** Update: 09/03/2016-Trump is the Republican nominee for 2016 presidential campaign, Romney denounced Trump divisive politics using the strongest terms to descreit his campaign. In comparison to Trump, Romney now comes across as a first rate politician.
Check Trump here:
A Different 4th of July for America 2016 by Jamil Shawwa
America though elected Obama not because he was black, but because there was then no choice but his; McCain was seen as an extension to the failed Bush economics and politics.But America still crossed a bridge and jumped over a barrier, and elected Obama because he looked and sounded like the right choice. So it was not difficult for America to move beyond race to elect someone it thought that can change things around and clean the mess left behind.
Obama’s election today was not about the economy, it was about him, about Obama, and nothing else.America tonight, across race lines, sent the strongest message ever in race relations, it made it clear, that the legacy of a dominant race or ethnic group is finished in America, done, does not exist.
**The Romney campaign was all about race, and ethnicity and keeping the status quo. The Romney camp made it clear, indirectly, that it is Obama and nothing else, and the American people were confronted to choose, either Obama, the African American, or Romney, the son of the good old boys network who went to furthest destination to rally the disgruntled white vote and made his bid that those whites will turn things around not because they are the majority but because they vote as a majority.
The whole Republican establishment during the election went after Obama, talked again about his birth, and whether he is an American, Trump offered five million dollars if Obama can produce his birth certificate and school credentials.
In a strong statement, the renowned Barbara Walters was so fed up with Trump that she asked him to drop it, people across the spectrum felt that he made and continue to make a fool of himself and in the process making more Americans fed up with his politically motivated ploys. But he was hardly alone, the purpose was to continue to cast doubts on Obama and show him as some sort of “not one of us”.
The election tonight erased all this, Obama is no longer the accidental president that got lucky in 2008, tonight it is Obama that made history and built a legacy by just getting reelected. It is today, the new day in America, its importance is not less than independence day or the day after the civil war. America tonight ended forever the so called old boys network, no race any longer can claim America to itself. Obama claimed it tonight and earned it for all those that bear the US Citizenship. A legacy is in the way and a new America is in the making.
** Update: 09/03/2016-Trump is the Republican nominee for 2016 presidential campaign, Romney denounced Trump divisive politics using the strongest terms to descreit his campaign. In comparison to Trump, Romney now comes across as a first rate politician.
Check Trump here:
A Different 4th of July for America 2016 by Jamil Shawwa
