If McCain can Bomb Obama
I was with American sexagenarians in my favorite hangout in Baguio City that night. Being the only Filipino, they thought I would be out of place because they were talking about the approaching US presidential election. Not until I said Obama is my guy.
Then I thought I might’ve put myself in a den of lions because they were all whites. I was wrong. All of them would vote for Obama except for one who would rather not vote than to regret the aftermath of the dilemma.
Whoever would make it to the US presidential elections, the whole world is affected. The Philippines, for one, has been snuggling up with the wind beneath the American wings. If McCain continues the war against Iraq, the Philippine army would still be in function for sure. If Obama campaigns for world peace, the US army would still not stop bothering the Philippine army. The same is true to Koreans, whose population seems to swarm our city. They had their candle rally when two Korean high school girls were hit by an American military van and lately, because of the US beef. Despite these feuds, Koreans still swarm Baguio City for one reason- English proficiency, which is one of the main goals of South Korea president Lee Myungbak. Either Obama or McCain could change their fate.
The US, the father of all nations as I fondly named it to those American granddads, would always intervene with the issues of all its ‘child nations’. Though we wouldn’t be voting for that said election, Filipinos shouldn’t be complacent. We should be informed and prepared for whatever change Obama or McCain would cause to our nation.
I go for Obama not because of his attractive historical impact as the would-be first Black president of the US. It’s not for sympathy. It’s not fighting for the prejudiced. It’s simply believing for a change, for new ideals.
McCain is very well experienced. But how far have those experiences lift America up, which could have led the whole world up too? On the other hand, Obama is vilified for having not much experience that irrationally questions his credibility.
Experience is not everything. Bright ideas can be born spontaneously as a gift. This is one big mistake among some of us- we tend not to try because we lack experience. Wrong. Great results could be achieved for the first try.
Be it Obama or McCain, I only have a simple wish- that one day, I will wake in the morning and watch the morning news announcing that one peso is equivalent to one dollar.
