Last week saw the end of the long battle of the Democratic primaries. Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton finally came to an end. History was made as Senator Obama became the first African-American candidate for the US Presidency. I followed the race closely and at times during the debates and speeches, the candidates had utter disregard for the opponent. I guess thats what you call politics. By May, Obama was targetting Republican candidate John McCain for his policies and ties to George W. Bush.
Last tuesday, when the decision was made about Obama winning, McCain gave a speech in Louisiana where there were 600 (disinterested) people inside the auditorium and about 600 outside. McCain's speech was outright boring. He looked at the teleprompter for almost every line that he spoke and once he finished his "punch-sentences", the audience were forced to applaud and laugh at his sarcasm pointed towards Obama.
On the other hand, Obama energized 17,000 people inside and 15,000 outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. His speeches are generally brilliant. He makes his speeches look so natural and powerful that it does not for once seem that he is reading from a TV in front of him. And unlike McCain's speech, the applause and ovation begins before Obama can finish most of his punch-sentences. I liked most of his speeches except for the ones on Iraq. He says he is going to pull out all the US forces from here at the earliest and he is disappointed that Iraqi government does not do too much to rebuild the country. I guess he forgot it was his government that destroyed the nation by continuously bombing the country for the past 5 years. Approximately 100,000 Iraqis have died and dozens are still dying everyday because of suicide bombings and communal clashes between Sunnis and Shiites. Obama needs to be reminded that it is the US government's responsibility to rebuild Iraq and not leave that to the Iraqi government. Some of his policies are no different from the other politicians (for eg: - bring back manufacturing jobs back to the US, stop dependencies on foreign oil etc.) Other than that, he looks fit to me to become the US president come November.
Your opinions and suggestions regarding this topic are most welcome .
Last tuesday, when the decision was made about Obama winning, McCain gave a speech in Louisiana where there were 600 (disinterested) people inside the auditorium and about 600 outside. McCain's speech was outright boring. He looked at the teleprompter for almost every line that he spoke and once he finished his "punch-sentences", the audience were forced to applaud and laugh at his sarcasm pointed towards Obama.
On the other hand, Obama energized 17,000 people inside and 15,000 outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. His speeches are generally brilliant. He makes his speeches look so natural and powerful that it does not for once seem that he is reading from a TV in front of him. And unlike McCain's speech, the applause and ovation begins before Obama can finish most of his punch-sentences. I liked most of his speeches except for the ones on Iraq. He says he is going to pull out all the US forces from here at the earliest and he is disappointed that Iraqi government does not do too much to rebuild the country. I guess he forgot it was his government that destroyed the nation by continuously bombing the country for the past 5 years. Approximately 100,000 Iraqis have died and dozens are still dying everyday because of suicide bombings and communal clashes between Sunnis and Shiites. Obama needs to be reminded that it is the US government's responsibility to rebuild Iraq and not leave that to the Iraqi government. Some of his policies are no different from the other politicians (for eg: - bring back manufacturing jobs back to the US, stop dependencies on foreign oil etc.) Other than that, he looks fit to me to become the US president come November.
Your opinions and suggestions regarding this topic are most welcome .
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