Friday, February 22, 2008

Letter to the editor about Barak Obama

Dear Editor,

It brightens my opinion of this country to see that Senator Obama has so much support. The fact that he seems to actually stand for something positive, and seeing so many young people believe in something is great, but I don't have 100% faith that either of those will stay true after electing a President Obama. I do believe that our world image will increase. Firstly it's because Obama is a charismatic, nice, guy. The world liked Bill Clinton, even when he was bombing other countries. The second reason is because he's not an old white man. I know our other democratic option is not an old white man either, but I don't think the rest of the world would view electing Hilary as much of a step towards equality. Electing Hilary would be solidifying the Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton dynasty. That's 25 years of being run by two families. Isn't being run by two parties bad enough? Electing Barak Obama would be a much larger step towards equality. He's not white, he hasn't lived in the US his whole life, and his name sounds like he's muslim, even though he isn't. It would be much harder to convince an Iraqi child to give his life to destroy Barak Obama than George Bush. I feel that rest of the world would see a President Obama, as America taking a step for the better, and another President Clinton as more of the same.

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