--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Louis McKenzie <ltm457@> > wrote: > > > > It will be interesting to see the Obamas with the Putins or the > Prime Minister of Israel and his wife. My question is the world > ready for AMerica to Have an African AMerican President??? > > > > > > I think it was ready 7 years ago for an African-American president. > > Does anyone have an iota of doubt that if Colin Powell was to have > run in 2000 for the Republicans that he wouldn't have won handily?
The first really powerful black american turned out to be a giant in one way; lying. Presenting fanciful pictures of lauchpads for Saddam's "rockets" in the UN, broadcasted to the whole world. The trouble for the americans is that they are becoming less and less relevant for a world in which so many formerly poor countries are finding their own ground. Still, particularily because of USA's huge and arrogant pollution of this Planet, just about ANY of the candidates will be welcomed by the world. This Obama fellow will be very much welcomed and will do very well I'm sure, not because he is black or white but because the rest of the world do not understand that the american president is just a salesman for aggressive capitalism and simple solutions in any field. Whover wins he/her will meet a lot of goodwill around the world, until it becomes clear that there will only be more of the same. Whoever wins will just be another hostage of the american collective consciousness.
