La verdadera pelea acaba de empezar. Obama ya es el candidato demócrata a la Casa Blanca. Reproduzco parte del fantástico discurso de Barack Obama tras perder las primarias en New Hampshire, el 8 de enero. En lugar de invocar la catástrofe, propuso la esperanza. Will.i.am, lider del grupo Black Eyes Pies, preparó un soul genial con partes de lo que Obama dijo en un discurso de rabiosa actualidad y, sospecho, de una dimensión histórica. Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States of America:
"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics…they will only grow louder and more dissonant … We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea –
Yes. We. Can."
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics…they will only grow louder and more dissonant … We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea –
Yes. We. Can."
Vuelve Camelot
Las primarias americanas del Partido Demócrata han terminado. Parece muy posible que Hillary Clinton anuncie hoy mismo su apoyo al senador Barack Obama como candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos. Todos los medios señalan que es la primera vez que un hombre negro puede disputar con posibilidades de éxito la carrera presidencial hacia la Casa Blanca. Ha habido más afroamericanos que han desempeñado un papel relevante en la larga competición que marca la política en ese país pero nunca han logrado la nominación por ninguno de los dos grandes partidos. Ni el burro ni el elefante han creído posible que alguno de los que estuvieron en su momento en las quinielas mereciera lograrlo. Jesse Jackson, por los demócratas, ha participado varias veces en las primarias y, antes del primer mandato de este George Bush, hubo quien postuló seriamente a Powell por el Partido Republicano.
Me gusta seguir la campaña americana. Es excitante observar las puestas en escena, tan medidas, y muy importante valorar lo que los candidatos afirman sobre las diferentes cuestiones que nos afectan. Es cierto que el mundo está globalizado, tanto que cuando Estados Unidos padece un problema local, rápidamente se hace general. Es la fuerza del poder. No obstante, siempre hay formas de ejercerlo más o menos agresivas. En América dicen que un presidente al final de su segundo mandato es un “pato cojo”. Manda, pero ya no resuelve porque está de retirada. Por ese motivo, no dedicaré espacio para criticar la gestión infame del presidente que sale. Lo importante ahora es la ilusión.
Obama representa un cambio trascendental. Es un hombre joven, con un verbo brillante y una mentalidad progresista que puede representar lo que muchas personas llevan esperando ocho años, robados por las papeletas mariposa de Florida que dejaron fuera de la presidencia a Gore. Es importante lo que ha ocurrido en este proceso de primarias porque ha generado una ilusión similar a la que supuso la aparición de JFK en la escena política. Nada de lo logrado es bastante aún sin la verdadera pelea que ha de llegar de inmediato, alcanzar la presidencia a pesar de “la América que se sobrevuela”.
Obama dice que pueden. Ojalá tenga razón. Yo quiero creer que es posible que un país entero recobre la dignidad de su importancia, que recupere el pulso de su responsabilidad en un futuro distinto y mejor. Yo quiero que vuelvan a creer en Camelot.
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