tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17729840.post4806004667566573698..comments2008-11-05T13:52:54.676-08:00Vusi Moloihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13263553951062024224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17729840.post-3552586263228120482008-11-05T13:52:00.000-08:002008-11-05T13:52:00.000-08:00I couldn't agree more. A lot of doors on the world stage definitely will open up as a result. I was listening to a Toronto radio this morning where one Canadian commentator was saying that at least racism is not so much an issue here in Canada as it's in the US and I said to myself that racism was not perceived as an issue in our country because discussion of the subject is taboo in Canada and as a consequence the issue has since receded from public discourse to private discourse whereas in the US they decided to put their dirty laundry out in the public.<BR/><BR/>Given the fact that Senator Barack Obama said his foremost task upon taking the White House will be tackling the economy and also withdrawing the US troops out of Iraq, I suspect he might stay at least three months before traversing the globe in order to kickstart the engine of the economy. He was elected on that platform and it's only reasonable that he will ensure it gets jumpstarted as soon as possible. HE has displayed superior business skills with respect to his election budget and fund raising efforts.<BR/><BR/>One powerful lesson is the manner in which he was able to make the White Americans feel at ease about the race issue. This will go down in history as the most brilliant political campaigner. A lot of people around the world will be learning more about how he did it and I dare to predict that he will write another book which people will use as a reference for navigating adverse waters of opposition in the pursuit of a winnable goal.Vusi Moloihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13263553951062024224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17729840.post-91306063339953313192008-11-05T06:19:00.000-08:002008-11-05T06:19:00.000-08:00From a global perspective, it seems that by voting for Obama, Americans are telling the world that they are not what the Bush administration claims to represent. Furthermore because Obama is clearly of black African descent, they're telling the world that they are capable of practising some of the "equal opportunity for all people" philosophy that they have preached to the world for the last 100 years. Independent of the accomplishments of a future Obama administration, that message will buy Americans a lot of global credibility.Jay Godsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03791278729450406908noreply@blogger.com