A young African-American boy growing up in a single parent family, who had no idea of the impact he would have on America, on the world, as a grown man.
I don’t know a lot about his life, only what I have read in one of his biographies and seen on the flashes across the TV screen, but he seemed to live a pretty average childhood and teenage life.
Aside from travelling around a bit with his mother as a young boy and being an avid political advocate for black communities as a teenager, this young man showed no sign as going down in America’s history.
And little did this young boy, young teenager know the inspiration he would have on so many people.
The first American female president was looking a real possibility for the 21st century, and I was a huge fan of the past first lady. She was intelligent, the master-mind behind her husband’s presidency and determined to make a real change.
Then came along her competition.
An African-American man, quite a few years her junior, with a charming sparkling smile and a lot to say on a lot of issues. And the American people liked what they heard.
He won the best advertising campaign at Cannes Film Festival in 2009. He got America’s youth involved and interested in politics, some would say for the first time.
And he got the majority Jewish vote.
The whole word stood still, watched, listened, as he stood in front of the future of America and said “yes we can”.
And the future agreed.
From a small town, apprehensive boy to America’s most inspirational election campaigner, Barack Obama is America’s ground breaking president.
He is the first president who gave his people great hope for a promising future.
Now all he has to do is keep his promise.
Amy McKinnon 22/08/2010
