Obama

~ La verdad nunca me ha conmovido ningún político. No porque haga eco del eslogan de que son todos "corruptos y mentirosos" (argumento que nos puede ahorrar algún grado de reflexión, pero que es una evidente falacia), sino más bien porque no creo que esté en manos de una sola persona cambiar mucho las cosas. Pero eso era hasta que llegó Obama. Es que el tipo es realmente inspirador, tanto que quiero creer que en sus manos está la posibilidad de un mejor futuro para el Mundo. Si Bush representaba lo peor del comportamiento histórico del los Estados Unidos, la prepotencia y la ambición; Obama representa lo mejor, las ideas de libertad, democracia y oportunidad. Me gusta creer que es así, y hay base para tal creencia en cuanto atendemos, más allá del anecdótico dato de su raza, a su visión y actitud ante la realidad de problemas de su país y del Mundo. Ojalá no se lo echen.

Me encantan los primeros párrafos de su discurso de celebración:

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America."

Barack Obama
November 5, 2008