By now, the world pretty much knows who this guy is.He was standing in front of thousands of supporters at the Democratic National Convention at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado, and so much was made of his historic acceptance of the Democratic Party's nomination for the next President of the United States.
I listened to his speech for the whole duration of it and said to myself, wow, this guy is good. A good speaker, that is. He has charisma and is able to deliver his stuff. This guy with a funny name can be the next US President.
So much was made of "The American Promise" and well, a platform all based on the notion of change, and with how he delivered his speech, he sounded like he could actually do it, sounded being the operative word. To actually do it, of course, is another thing.
As a Filipino, with no aspirations to migrate there (not yet anyway), I love looking at American politics (Philippine politics, gag, vomit). So much is going on with Barack Obama -- change, race, economy, his perceived weak military background, his platform on oil, environment, and healthcare, among others.
One thing is for certain, he is certainly a more able speaker than Dubya. Bush doesn't have the chutzpah to pull off a speech like that. It had sketchy spots, I think, but he made it work. I was sitting in my mom's bedroom and said to myself, this guy could actually pull this off. And there is nothing like the undercurrent of the first African-American presidential candidate rallying his supporters on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. Now that is political manuevering.
As I write this, well, Republican Presidential nominee McCain chose Gov. Palin to become his Vice President, no doubt to secure the women voters and of course, the stranded Hillary Clinton supporters. Haha, now that's politics. I can't wait to see what the Republicans have in store at their convention, which I think, is next week.
Philippine politicians, throw away the mud and start making sense, please.
4 comments:
Hey, great new look, Bri! And that picture of the new MAB on the side, mura'g dili Dumaguete, sa?
Haha, thanks doc. D jud. Haha.
Pics courtesy of sxc.hu. Thanks pud to Gaya who tipped me to its existence. Hehe.
I kind of got tired of the dots. Haha
explain nga karun pa ko nakabasa. cge ko ilogan sa akong papa sa computer
unsay meaning sa chutzpah
ey, "reunion" nato ugma! see ya.
haha, amaw, chutzpah is something like, nerve, or the quality of audacity or something like that. Hahaha
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