Obama!
Jul 21
Please indulge me and allow me to write about a subject which is simply fascinating me at the moment; The US election. I will try (and probably fail!) to make a connection with business angel blog.
I am a massive fan of the USA. I recognize that George W Bush does not represent the entire nation. My own experience of having traveled and worked in that country is that the people are amongst the most generous and warm people on earth. (Statistically, they give a lot more to charity per head than we Britons do). Just as Jeremy Kyle (horrible little sh*t that he is) does not represent England, Jerry Springer (very funny man that he is) does not represent the USA.
I think an Obama victory would be brilliant for the USA and for that nation’s standing with other countries but may I add a few words of caution as we are getting terribly excited on this side of the pond
1) I read a very funny Blog in the US which basically said it would be a disaster for the US to elect a black president. The blog urges us to look at what has happened in the past when they elected a black president. Under President Palmer (24!) California suffered a nuclear attack. When Morgan Freeman was President in Deep Impact most of the world was destroyed by a giant comet. And in the Fifth Element - a Black President led us to the point of being subsumed by an evil alien.
2) On a point related to Business Angel Blog, Obama is an old fashioned protectionist who is not fully behind NAFTA and who worries about the consequences of Globalisation.
3) If he does win the election, non Americans will be in for a huge disappointment. We have built him up to somehow be our Presidential candidate. He will, quite rightly, be only concerned with what is in the best interests of the United States.
The second point does worry me. I am torn between personal feelings (I really want him to win!) and recognizing what is best for the UK. With the world economy slowing down, the US is under pressure to protect its own domestic industries by erecting trade barriers and tariffs. (As disgracefully George W Bush did with Steel).
My point here is that we have to always be careful what we wish for!
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