Revitalizing America

February 10, 2008

By California News & World Report

A new phenomenon is sweeping America. Obamania. Not since John F. Kennedy brought a new generation to power has anything so gripped America as Obamania. From Alaska to Louisiana,from South Carolina to the state of Washington, peoples' spirits have been elevated and invigorated in a way that has not been seen for the last 50 years.

With the president's approval rating at a devastating 30%, and Congress at an even more abysmal 22%, the people of America have shown that they have lost faith totally and completely in their government. With a war in Iraq that is bleeding both its soldiers and economy to death, with a debt that USA TODAY estimates to exceed 51 trillion dollars (yes, trillion), with a financial fraud perpetrated by the highest levels of America's government and Wall Street that has made the U.S. into the fraud capital of the world - Americans are shell-shocked, thunder-struck and devastated at what their erstwhile leaders have done to the country and its name around the world.

Clinton and McCain are from an old and tired generation that has messed up America. Clinton for all her glowing words is part of the in-group that has led to America's decay. Not only did she get America into Iraq, but she and her husband have parlayed their political positions into a source of great wealth for themselves. Her husband "earned" a $31 million "donation" to his foundation from a Canadian businessman, whom he helped to get a uranium contract from Kazakhstan. Hillary recently "loaned" $5 million to her faltering campaign. Where did she get that $5 million from, and how was she able to so easily write a check for that amount?

McCain is more of Bush - a warmonger. Who knows what wars he will get us into. Like another former senator from Arizona, McCain is the Barry Goldwater of the 21st. century. In order to be a true straight talker, you need to be a straight thinker first. McCain is a prisoner of the mentality of the past, and one shudders when one thinks what he will do to America.

In the midst of this dark and terrible abyss, America is blessed to have somebody who incisively penetrates that darkness and shows America that there is a true road to hope. He does not have the mental baggage of the past, and he has not sold his soul to those who have ravaged America. He makes it possible for an American to be proud of being an American once again. All people want a leader who inspires genuine hope, and Barack Obama does that.

It is not surprising then that Obamania is sweeping the land like a tidal wave. The politicians of old would do the country a favor by getting out of the way.

Hence California News and World Report unhesitatingly endorses Barack Obama for President. This election is about the future. Let not the past shackle that future. It is change that we can believe in.