Why Obama?

For a long time now, I have only heard and read about people who like Barack Obama and who are happy to have him as their president. In the documentary we saw in class, we got to hear and see the opinions of those who are against him. Many of said that they are not ready to have a black president yet, especially those who live in the south. Not so many years ago there were a lot of discrimination taking place against African Americans, and many of those who were discriminating do not feel ready to have an African American as their president. I will say that most of the black people in US are really happy that Obama won the election, because it is an important step into the future. They can finally say that race discrimination in the US is over. But what about all those white people who cried with anger when he won? The Republicans believe that Obama is going to drag USA into the dirt and that he is going to bring down the country. They say that they are scared to death about what is going to happen. They are scared of loosing more people to the war in Iraq and in more terrorist attacks.

I don’t think the Europeans know how important the country is for the Americans. They really love their country and are so much more committed to issue that came up during the campaign. I have never seen a European who was so engaged in issues involving hos or her country. In this documentary it seems like so many people are against Obama, but still, he won the election. This means that even more people like him, and thinks that he is going to be a great President for the country that means so much to them. The majority has spoken.