I tu, i tu, i tu….
And you, and you, and you …
The United States (U.S.) have completed today an historic process. A process that began when on June 2008, in the Democratic primary election, Barack Obama, the 47 years-old Illinois senator, black, a man almost unknown by his own party, defeated veteran Hillary Clinton.
U.S. citizens have found in him the hope for change to improve their lives. Not only towards a better way of governing finances, economy, health, security… but also to restore them the pride and honour lost during the two terms of Bush Jr. at the White House.
Les administracions Bush han malmès el crèdit internacional i també intern del país, pels errors comesos amb guerres injustes –amb milers de morts per les dues bandes-, per una política exterior de confrontació prepotent, erràtica i unilateral, per un desgovern de les finances i de l’economia que ha portat el país a una de les crisis més fortes des del 29, estesa a nivell global.
The Bush administration has damaged the country’s international credibility and his own one for the mistakes that were made with unjust wars, with thousands of deaths on both sides, a foreign policy of arrogant confrontation, erratic and unilateral, for a misgovernment of finances and of the economy that has brought the country to one of the most severe crisis since 1929, extended globally.
Les ganes de recuperar l’orgull malmès, de sentir missatges dirigits a cadascú -en els quals, els ciutadans s’hi han sentit identificats-, i la consciència que tot el que volien canviar del seu país estava al seu abast -i ho podien fer junts-, és el tribut d’Obama. The aim to restore the damaged pride, to hear messages addressed to everyone in which the citizens identifie themselves and the awareness that everything that they wanted to change of his country was within their reach - and they could do it together -, is Obama’s message.
In the U.S., new generations have returned to politics.
Social humble and impoverished ones have returned to politics.
Intellectual have returned to politics.
Middle classes have returned to politics.
Who says that “politic” is in crisis?
While it is true what is said around: “Well, yes, he has won, but now we must see what he will do… There is little scope to change things ….”
Però hi ha alguna cosa que ja està feta: el retorn a la convicció que la participació política serveix per canviar coses i, de moment, n’ha canviat una no pas menor: passar de Bush a Obama. But there is something that has already been done: the return to the conviction that political participation serves to change things and, for now, it has changed one step lower: let the transition from Bush to Obama.
The motto “Yes, we can” is true and not only in America. Everywhere, in democracy, when people want, they can.
Una gran felicitació a Obama pel esplèndids resultats, i els millors desitjos perquè els grans i difícils reptes que té al davant siguin encarats amb els encerts necessaris. A big Congratulations to Obama by the splendid results, and best wishes to the great and difficult challenges he has to deal with. has to be hit with encarats necessary. I wish that today’s broad victory accompany him in the management of this great country, whom problems, as we have said many times, are already problems around the world.
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