Barack Obama, the New President

Since the election is coming. And there are choices for us to nominate someone as a president for next term, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain. I think the better choice for us is to elect Barack Obama as president for next term. Obama is in the Democrats side, and this is his first time standing up to be a president candidate. He did a wonderful job on all of his speech to the public. Obama also has some great plan for the people whether they are young or elderly as he said in Des Moines, IA, October 27, 2007, "We… have an obligation to protect Social Security and ensure that it's a safety net the American people can count on today, tomorrow and forever. Social Security is the cornerstone of the social compact in this country… Coming together to meet this challenge won't be easy… It will take restoring a sense of shared purpose in Washington and across this country. But if you put your trust in me — if you give me 'your hand and your heart' — then that's exactly what I intend to do as your next President." (Source is from http://www.barackobama.com/issues/seniors), or as he promise to affordable health care, honor seniors and many more. Not only because of his speech, his promise to the nation when he becomes a president, but because of the change of our nation in the future, too. It means the Republic side was serving and is serving now. But there was many bad situations happened. For example, the war in Iraq which made many people in the US lived far away from home, many families lost their members, and many families have not seen their relatives for years… Or the attacked in September 11, 2001 which cause many people to dead, the fear in many people’s eyes, the economic down in our nation since then. Looking back then, we see nothing that the Republican side brings to us but war, terrorist attacks, and economic downturn. Why don’t we change our nation by elect a different party to serve our nation such as Democrats? By doing that, Obama would lead the nation to the strongest nation in the world in health care, social security, seniors and many others thing that the delivered in his speeches.

And for the other thing is that we should let other race to run our nation, such as African American like Obama. We should not judge other in their physical outlook. We should give Obama a chance to make a different to our nation. In the freedom country, anyone who eligible for president candidate would have a chance to be a president, no matter what their color is.

See Obama for who he is

Erin Aubry Kaplan is an editor to the op-ed section of the Los Angeles Times. She was born in Los Angeles. Her family is Creole from New Orleans. She has worked for many. She is a writer and journalist. Her articles appeared in many magazines, newspapers, publication such as the London Independent, the Guardian, Salon.com, The Crisis, Newsday, Contemporary Art Magazine, the Utne Reader and Black Enterprise. She has a B.A. in English and M.F.A. in Theater Arts from U.C.L.A. From these, we know she has a great knowledge in writing. She wrote an article on Los Angeles Times about “See Obama for who he is” which I totally agreed with her on this. As we all know the American is a freedom country. We can say what we want to say, do what we want to do, and the most important part is “that all men are created equal”(from the Declaration of Independent). So why American treated Obama as a blackman and he is facing difficulty in his candidate for president.

“The question of race that has been raised repeatedly in Obama's campaign is both straightforward and existential: Is he really black? Isn't he really biracial? Or maybe post-racial, even nonracial? A writer for Salon.com, analyzing a swing through Kansas during which Obama lauded the relatives on his white mother's side, delved into why Obama wasn't playing up that part of his heritage and embracing his "inner diversity"; "Can America elect a zebra?" the piece asked. Another admiring Salon article credited Obama for taking the path to a "post-racial destination" -- but also for the bold move of "making himself black."” (Source is from Los Angeles Times). There are many questions about whether or not making him as a president for next term. Obama was born in America, and he is living in America now. But he is not treated as an American with his right to be a president for next term. People are still seeing him as a stranger for the White House. “Let's face it, change is hard. It can be ugly. It's not about conciliation but confrontation. And what must be confronted is Obama's blackness, not his whiteness or some notion that he transcends race altogether.” (Source is from Los Angeles Times). Kaplan made a sharp turn point by saying this. We can not judge other as their color, outlook. But we must judge other in their heart. We must see what they are promise and willing to do as a head of a nation. This change may bring America to the highest point in economic wealth and great political system. Why don’t we give Obama a chance?

Link to the article "see Obama for who he is"