End of the Year Raves
Good news. These citizens deserve recognition for providing the kind of exceptional leadership our world needs in troubling times.
Barack Obama used a positive campaign message to overtake Hillary Clinton in the polls for the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama may have hit his stride at just the right time. He’s winning accolades for an inspirational stump speech and has shown a sense of humor in unscripted moments on the campaign trail.
Obama seems less polarizing than Clinton and more capable of reaching out to independents and moderate Republicans. Of course Obama was also right about Iraq from the beginning. Senator Obama and his followers want a clean break from the extreme partisanship of the past two decades.
Ron Paul called out the neo-cons in the Republican Party this year. He’s done the GOP an enormous favor by openly discussing the failures of the Bush foreign policy. Congressman Paul recognizes that the current Republican course is unsustainable and not in keeping with conservative principals.
Over the past few months, Mr. Paul has demonstrated an ability to raise astonishing amounts of campaign cash without much effort. This indicates that he has a loyal following. We’ll hear a lot more from Ron Paul in 2008.
Aung San Suu Kyi continues to display enormous grace and dignity in the face of adversity. She remains confined to her home as she seeks to have the rightfully elected government of Burma returned to office. Others have called for an armed uprising, but she has resisted that temptation, choosing to instead advocate peaceful demonstrations.
Although she could probably leave her country for a more comfortable life elsewhere, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi stays in Burma. She’s an inspiration to the citizens of Burma and to freedom loving people around the world.
Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Aung San Suu Kyi
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