27 de enero de 2008

"Caroline Kennedy Apoya a Obama en el New York Times"




Caroline Kennedy ha mostrado públicamente su apoyo a Obama en un artículo publicado hoy en el New York Times. A título personal no me sorprende, porque esta familia y los Clinton, aún perteneciendo al mismo partido, siempre han tenido tiranteces. Solamente espero que Obama sufra exactamente de la misma suerte que tuvo el Kerry, cuando hace 4 años también fue comparado con el presidente americano de los años 60, al coincidir las iniciales de ambos: JFK.



Y es que tanto para USA, como para el resto del mundo, es muy conveniente que el candidato demócrata sea Clinton, ya que dadas las circunstancias actuales, si los demócratas llegan a la Casa Blanca , mejor que sea con alguien que ya tiene experiencia en la “gran política”.



Paso a reproducir el artículo titulado “A President like my Father”



OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.



My reasons are patriotic, political and personal, and the three are intertwined. All my life, people have told me that my father changed their lives, that they got involved in public service or politics because he asked them to. And the generation he inspired has passed that spirit on to its children. I meet young people who were born long after John F. Kennedy was president, yet who ask me how to live out his ideals.



Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.



We have that kind of opportunity with Senator Obama. It isn’t that the other candidates are not experienced or knowledgeable. But this year, that may not be enough. We need a change in the leadership of this country — just as we did in 1960.



Most of us would prefer to base our voting decision on policy differences. However, the candidates’ goals are similar. They have all laid out detailed plans on everything from strengthening our middle class to investing in early childhood education. So qualities of leadership, character and judgment play a larger role than usual.



Senator Obama has demonstrated these qualities throughout his more than two decades of public service, not just in the United States Senate but in Illinois, where he helped turn around struggling communities, taught constitutional law and was an elected state official for eight years. And Senator Obama is showing the same qualities today. He has built a movement that is changing the face of politics in this country, and he has demonstrated a special gift for inspiring young people — known for a willingness to volunteer, but an aversion to politics — to become engaged in the political process.



I have spent the past five years working in the New York City public schools and have three teenage children of my own. There is a generation coming of age that is hopeful, hard-working, innovative and imaginative. But too many of them are also hopeless, defeated and disengaged. As parents, we have a responsibility to help our children to believe in themselves and in their power to shape their future. Senator Obama is inspiring my children, my parents’ grandchildren, with that sense of possibility.



Senator Obama is running a dignified and honest campaign. He has spoken eloquently about the role of faith in his life, and opened a window into his character in two compelling books. And when it comes to judgment, Barack Obama made the right call on the most important issue of our time by opposing the war in Iraq from the beginning.



I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.



I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.

6 comentarios:

Natalia Pastor dijo...

A mi me cansa toda esta parafernalia mediática, en forma kennedyana, de vender a Obama como el JFK negro del siglo XXI.
Que hasta su propia hija se sume al carro, da grima.
Leí el otro dia un artículo de Tom Wolf concluyente;"si rascas debajo de su sonrisa y sus palabras huecas,no hay nada.Puro cartón piedra".

Caballero ZP dijo...

Parece que está reñida la cosa, ya veremos lo que pasa, espero que lo mejor para todos.
Saludos.

Unknown dijo...

Mira, a mi me parece, que si potencian a Obama, quien saldrá ganando al final, será el candidato republicano. No creo que los yankis voten a un afro para presidente, la verdad. Pero bueno, ya se verá, igual a Obama le pasa como a Mandela, que se ha vuelto blanco como Michael Jackson jaa jaaa

J. F. Sebastian dijo...

Parece la señora Clinton lo tiene bastante crudo, por el momento...

Compai panita dijo...

Solo le faltó decir que es la reencarnación de JFK (en negro, claro está)

Shasta dijo...

Cada vez me recuerda Obama más a ZP. Palabrería hueca y nada más.

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