Obama: Good Luck Handling the ‘Pitfalls’

One of the many places where people are chattering about the possibility of an Obama presidency is in the tiny West African island-nation of Cape Verde.

According to this editorial from the newspaper Liberal, those who expect major change from a Barack White House could be sorely disappointed - but the fact that he has a shot at the White House shows something significant has changed in the United States:

“This may come as a bucket of cold water for the many who today think Obama will be what he objectively cannot be: there will be no disruption in the United States’ establishment. He will obviously have the consent of the Pentagon and Wall Street, both still bursting with the apparent narcissism of George W. Bush, who led the country into the quagmire of war for which there is no plausible solution and to the edge of an abyss of serious economic crisis.”

The editorial also suggests an interesting angle on why Barack Obama has gotten this far:

“It may be said that the candidacy of an African-American for the White House was carefully prepared by the media. What was unthinkable for years (’I have a dream’ said Martin Luther King) became something consciously acceptable by the vast majority of North Americans - ‘Whites’ included - ever since television series began in which the protagonist is a ‘Black’ president. A premonition? Evidently not. The Democratic political machine worked on and prepared the way which has permitted the ‘politically incorrect’ to become the ‘politically correct.’”

Translated By Brandi Miller

EDITORIAL

June 4, 2008

Cape Verde - Liberal - Original Article (Portuguese)

It’s Practically certain. With the already-counted delegates for the Democratic Convention, Obama’s candidacy for President of the United States is nearly official. Obama has already said that he is the inevitable winner of that Convention, and even his great rival Hillary Clinton has already thrown in the towel. She admitted defeat and congratulated Barack Obama.

It may be said that the candidacy of an African-American for the White House was carefully prepared by the media. What was unthinkable for years (“I have a dream” said Martin Luther King) became something consciously acceptable by the vast majority of North Americans - “Whites” included - ever since television series began in which the protagonist is a “Black” president. A premonition? Evidently not. The Democratic political machine worked on and prepared the way which has permitted the “politically incorrect” to become the “politically correct.”

This may come as a bucket of cold water for the many who today think Obama will be what he objectively cannot be: there will be no disruption in the United States’ establishment. He will obviously have the consent of the Pentagon and Wall Street, both still bursting with the apparent narcissism of George W. Bush, who led the country into the quagmire of war for which there is no plausible solution and to the edge of an abyss of serious economic crisis. G. W. Bush confined himself to being a useful tool of the oil cartels, who have never been as fat as they are today; and to the military industry, which has also been enriched by lucrative profits. All in the name of “freedom,” “democracy,” and the jingoism of the moment.

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