Narrow perspective #2

I have now surfed the web and read up on some issues regarding the news that Barack Obama enjoys an approval rating of approximately 82 % (Read about it here and here). After going through some well written blogs and some not so well written blogs i find it staggering to see the amount of interpretation and "will" that goes into this report.

Of course, in the Scandi-blogosphere there are some patterns that can be seen. Conservatives say that Obama is "controlling" the media and that running the country is not the same as being friendly in the media. Socialists on the other hand seem to see this approval rating as a proof that "Obama is good" (Socialists sometimes have a great 6th sense, to see every important, and unimportant matter in a strict black and white scale).

Well, I dont believe in any of this. The approval rating only says one thing. That many people in the US are looking forward to see the transition of power. Do I think that Obama can live up to the millions of expectations that he has, through is vague message of change? No, of course not - to actually beleive that he can do this is utterly insane, and comment on this fact is also redundant and seem to be the biggest sickness that conservatives in the Scandi area are facing. I for one am looking forward to have a well read and well educated person in the White House, this does not necessarily mean that I support some of the Democrats often weird and BIG government plans for universal health care (nor do I mean I dont support universal health care). I strongly believe that Obama is good for the US and more importantly good for the EU and Scandi area. Obama will force the hand of the EU to take on forgotten responsibility and demand "change" from within the EU. Do you want peace in Afghanistan? Well, send troops. Do you want peace in Iraq? Send troops, share the burdons of creating democracy and you might reap the rewards of stability. Never, has the echo of anti Americanism sounded so wrong and tedious, now lets leave it at that.