Obama Will Not Make A Difference. Just Look At Singapore!
Barack Obama scored a stunning landslide electoral victory over John McCain, earning his place in the record books as the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, and becoming arguably the most powerful man in the world.
For those who missed the news (WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN???), here is Obama’s victory speech.
“Change has come!” says Mr Obama. But has it really?
We can only hope.
Compare Barack Obama to Singapore’s president S. R. Nathan.
Both are from a minority race in their respective countries, both numerically and politically. Both are now presidents. And as we know all too clearly, the latter has done nothing for this country except make a public appearance to wave at the public a few times a year.
We congratulate Mr Obama on his victory, and applaud the Americans for being bigger than racism.
Hopefully, the 44th U.S. President will bring about the “change” he has been promising, and do more than just sit around and collect a multi-million dollar salary. Oh wait, Obama isn’t going to get a multi-million dollar salary! Sorry, I forgot, the U.S. President earns five times less than his Singaporean counterpart.
Sen. Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States. It is worth pausing a moment just to digest that reality.
A very liberal, 47-year-old rookie senator with no military background – who is not only black but has a last name eerily similar to the man who masterminded the 9/11 attacks and a middle name identical to that of the man whose country we foolishly invaded in response to those attacks – is about to assume the nation’s highest elected office. Three years ago, an aspiring screenwriter peddling a script with this story line would have been laughed out of every studio in Hollywood.
But rub your eyes and cue “Hail to the Chief,” for here he comes: President Barack Hussein Obama.
What does Mr. Obama’s victory mean?
It means that America has shown the world yet again it is capable of the improbable, the transformational: A majority-white country has elected a nonwhite president. Having traveled this year to speak about our elections in a diverse quartet of countries – Brazil, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and South Africa – I can assure you that people in all four were both rooting overwhelmingly for Mr. Obama and fully convinced the American people were incapable of electing him because of his race.
Elated supporters took to the streets of Chicago, Washington, Atlanta and other cities across the globe, dancing and cheering for their candidate.
“This is the most wonderful night of my life,” said an emotional David White, who grew up during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
White said he remembers when African-Americans couldn’t go to amusement parks and didn’t think a day like this was achievable.
“I’ve seen this country vindicate itself,” he said. “I welled up with tears just looking at the turnout … I just thank God that I was alive to see it.”
Truly, I am happy Obama won. Now, perhaps it is time for change to come to Singapore too!
