SO Barack Obama did it!
If he doesn't get assassinated before he's sworn in as President of the Free World - and I sincerely hope he won't be - we can look to a fresh start and a healthy dollop of optimism for the West and maybe for the whole world.
So, good! All in all, I'm pleased Obama won, although I wouldn't have voted for him had I been eligible...
I just didn't like the cut of Obama's gib as I watched him on the stump during the election campaign.
And before anyone starts, my coolness towards him has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the colour of his skin. It's simply that he came across as too slick and too studiedly presidential to appeal to me.
The loser, John McCain, came across as genuine and passionate - my sort of politician.
On the subject of a person's skin, it is interesting the way the liberal western media treated with such thrilled reverence the fact that the black vote in America turned out for Obama in record numbers.
Now, I can well understand the emotional appeal of having a black President. I can understand black Americans wanting to vote for one. I'm rather glad, in fact, that America will soon have a black President.
Obama's achievement speaks of the strength of democracy in the USA and the triumph of hope and renewal. So it's all very much to the good.
All the same, can you imagine how the liberal media would treat any election where white people turned out in record numbers for a candidate BECAUSE he was white, and didn't mind saying so? They would be cast as racist because of the terrible double standards applied by today's Liberal-Fascists.
But that gripe aside, I look forward to the Obama presidency, and I hope he restores admiration for the USA around the world.
His triumph will certainly stop the nasty, sneering anti-Americanism that's been such an unpleasant feature of the chattering classes of Britain all through the George W Bush era.
For all its faults, America is a great country, and now it has a new chance to live its dreams again. I'm heartened by that.
Our own country's destiny is, I'm convinced, closely linked to that of America, our former colony.
What is good for them is also good for us. So the optimistic new dawn experienced across the Atlantic should be happening in Britain too.
And that inspired me once again to use a Roddy Frame song title as my headline - Good Morning Britain, from Aztec Camera's Stray album
Now, as the new world order unfolds, bringing with it fresh dangers, it is more important than ever to strengthen the UK's relationship with the US.
Together the two countries need to build the world's greatest civilisation, based on liberty, justice and the staggeringly beautiful English language.
The old British Empire, though comparatively short-lived, was the biggest empire the world has so far seen.
But now, a multi-racial alliance of the English-speaking world, led by the US and the UK, and including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other element of our foolishly neglected Commonwealth has the potential to become a great humane force in the world - and a gift to the Cosmos.
We can do it. Yes we can.
TALKING of beautiful language, the best poetry group on Merseyside, the Bards of New Brighton, will meet again this Monday (10 November) at the Magazine pub, Magazine Brow, New Brighton, starting at 8pm.
The Bards is a bit different to most other poetry clubs. It's not subsidised by Arts Council money, for a start, and is refreshingly unpretentious.
Plus, there is a special transforming "atmosphere" at Bards gatherings, something akin to Magic Realism, which always makes for a memorable evening.
Everyone who wants to is given a chance to read / perform their poem from the Bards' special "golden lectern".
And, usually, there is a bit of live music as well as poetry. Admission is free.
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Malpoet wrote...
Not sure how lusty renditions of the Red Flag and support for McCain go together, but never mind. I am glad that McCain didn't win if only because he might not have lasted a full term and the prospect of an even bigger imbecile than Bush in the Presidency (Palin) is jsut too frightening to contemplate.
Anyway, whoever would like to think a bit more about 'The Implications of an Obama Presidency for the US, Britain & the World' should come to the Wirral Words Discussion Group at The Scouse House on Tuesday. Just the thing to follow a night of poetry.
Posted by: Malpoet | November 9, 2008 11:13 PM