The American people have spoken. They have said they want him at the helm for another four years.
We join the chorus from around the world in congratulating President Barack Obama for winning a second term in office. Obama won the USA 2012 Presidential election by defeating his Republican Party rival - Mitt Romney - in both the College Vote(332 to 206) and the popular vote(by a small margin of 74 000 votes) this past Tuesday(6th Nov).
To say the battle for the White House for Obama was bruising is an understatement. His rival - Mitt Romney - and his party waged a war of attrition against Obama and his Democrats. Every little shortcoming of his in the past four years was magnified and multiplied for campaigning purposes. Whether it was the sluggish recovery of the US economy(and its attendant still high unemployment rate), or his less than good performance in the first Presidential debate, all of these and more were used to paint a picture of a President who is not up to it.
In the end these negative tactics - some truly unsavoury(birth certificate issue, for one) - did not help the Tea Party Movement's cause. The majority of American citizens shouted back:
"We want him back all the same."
That Barack Obama's dream for a second term in the White House became a reality - he is only the 2nd Democratic Party President(after Bill Clinton) to retain the White House since World War II - also serves to re-inspire some of us in our personal capacity. The dreams that his first victory four years ago inspired, which may have fallen by the wayside, must now be dusted off. We must pursue these afresh, because DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
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THANK YOU UNIVERSE. THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.
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SO, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD OUT THERE, WHAT MADE YOU FEEL
GOOD THIS WEEK?
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