Barack Obama
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America has made history by giving a major political party nomination to an African-American, with eighty thousand people attending the ceremony. Barack Obama, the Senator from Illinois, accepted it with gratitude and humility. Emotion was rife, African-Americans were crying from sheer joy generated by this unprecedented event, this experience they never thought would come in their lives. During the Democratic convention, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Al Gore gave speeches and they were very gracious. Bill Clinton even said that he was also young and inexperienced when he ran for the presidency but people voted in his favour overwhelmingly. Leaving behind the past differences, Clintons urged the people to vote for Obama and make him the next US president. The eight years Bill Clinton was in office, America was very prosperous but last eight years were a nightmare, Republican President G.W. Bush has taken the country to a perilous position. Never before people all over the world were so interested in American election. They are waiting, holding their breath, to see the results of the election and I think everyone is wishing Barack Obama to win because he seems to possess sound judgement, great wisdom, humility etc. Barack Obama gave a clarion call to the people to become involved in the process of change which he is advocating and it would become a reality if they help him to win the election. I hope the people of America will not hesitate to vote for Barack Obama. I am surprised by John McCain's VP pick, he selected Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. It seems unusual. Has McCain done it to attract women voters? But the women of America are smart. They have seen enough in the last eight years, how the country lost its previous glory. So, we hope the people of America will not repeat the mistake they had committed eight years ago.
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