Il va casser la Barack...

And the (pre) winner is...

Abonné aux trois programmes de campagnes Obama - Clinton - McCain depuis le début des primaires, je me régale avec les slogans et attaques au vitriol entre les candidats. Je vais m'atteler à un florilège un de ces jours!
Cette campagne passionne vraiment les américains, ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas. Un copain américain me disait récemment que c'est la première fois en 20 ans de vie professionnelle qu'on parle politique au bureau, brisant un tabou sacré dans beaucoup de boites américaines (bon d'accord on est dans la Silicon Valley, pas vraiment conservatrice!).
Il est vrai que pour l'instant Obama fait voler les débats d'idées bien plus haut que les caniveaux habituels, il va y avoir du sport d'ici Novembre!!

Je ne résiste pas à l'envie de vous faire partager trois perles de la campagne:

Les deux premières sont les discours fondateurs d'Obama sur la guerre en Irak et sur l'état de l'union et des noirs américains. S'il est élu, il y a des choses qui vont changer de ce côté-ci de l'Atlantique et ailleurs...
- Barack's plan to end the war and make America safer:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/fiveyearslater
- 'A More Perfect Union'
http://www.barackobama.com/2008/03/18/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_53.php
(juste pour rigoler, faut ensuite regarder un discours de Bush balbutiant devant ses notes...)

- enfin 3eme perle d'un autre genre, la dernière lettre de campagne de McCain d'une réthorique bien huilée (ou plutôt huileuse?) qui vaut son pesant de cacahuètes.
il n'y a pas de doute, le nerf de la guerre c'est l'argent... (Et les démocrates ne sont pas en reste, bien au contraire !) Lisez plutôt :

My Friends,Tonight, we can say with confidence the primary season is over, and the general election campaign has begun. Each American faces a decision this election and the choice between my candidacy and Senator Obama's could not be more clear. This is a change election. But the choice is between the right change and the wrong change; between going forward and going backward.

The right change recognizes that many of the policies and institutions of our government have failed. The right kind of change will initiate widespread and innovative reforms in almost every area of government policy from energy to taxes to government spending and the military.

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The wrong change looks not to the future, but to the past for solutions that have failed us before and will surely fail us again. Like others before him, my opponent seems to think government is the answer to every problem. That's not change we can believe in.

My friends, we're not a country that would rather go back than forward. We're the world's leader, and leaders don't hide from history. They make history. If we're going to lead, we must reform a government that has lost its ability to help us do so. You can take direct action today by making a donation of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, or any amount up to the legal limit of $2,300. Your generous support will enable me to take my message of the right change and reform directly to the American people.

I don't seek the presidency on the presumption I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need. I seek the office with the humility of a man who cannot forget my country saved me. I assure you that if I'm elected president, the era of reform and problem solving will begin. From my first day in office, I'll work tirelessly to make America safe, prosperous and proud. And that, my friends, is the kind of change we need.

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