Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

[not_so_new]

Meanwhile, in REAL political discussions outside of "Joe the Plumber" and "who is a real American" there is this opinion piece that should open eyes about what we stand to win with an Obama presidency or lose with another old rich white man.

In his endorsement, Mr. Powell added that an Obama election “will also not only electrify our country, I think it’ll electrify the world.” You can already see that. A 22-nation survey by the BBC found that voters abroad preferred Mr. Obama to Mr. McCain in every single country — by four to one over all. Nearly half of those in the BBC poll said that the election of Mr. Obama, an African-American, would “fundamentally change” their perceptions of the United States.

Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes, which conducted the BBC poll, said that at a recent international conference he attended in Malaysia, many Muslims voiced astonishment at Mr. Obama’s rise because it was so much at odds with their assumptions about the United States. Remember that the one thing countless millions of people around the world “know” about the United States is that it is controlled by a cabal of white bankers and Jews who use police with fire hoses to repress blacks. To them, Mr. Obama’s rise triggers severe cognitive dissonance.

“It’s an anomaly, so contrary to their expectation that it makes them receptive to a new paradigm for the U.S.,” Mr. Kull said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/opinion/23kristof.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

[DavidJames]

Meanwhile, in REAL political discussions outside of "Joe the Plumber" and "who is a real American" there is this opinion piece that should open eyes about what we stand to win with an Obama presidency or lose with another old rich white man.








http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/opinion/23kristof.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

For those voters with xenophobic tendencies, your first quote only helps to justify their vote for McCain.

 

[not_so_new]

For those voters with xenophobic tendencies, your first quote only helps to justify their vote for McCain.

Very true.... and for the record I have nothing against "old white men" (I am heading in that direction myself actually). It's the perception that old white men run things that bothers me, especially when the perception is based on fact.

 

[Madalch]

And here I thought this would be another thread about the woman with a B carved into her face.