我曾经写过的一篇关于Obama的文章

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Obama Raises Me Up
   我也算是一个Obama的铁杆Fan了，对他的每一场演讲，每周演说（Weekly Address）我都会不断地关注，我还亲自上卓越网网购了两本关于Obama的演讲词选集，一本是昂秀出版的《看，奥巴马在演讲！》，这本书印刷和纸张都非常好，但是却是喜欢把奥巴马的演讲词给莫名其妙的给删节了，特别是名篇演讲词，你看起来会感觉特别别扭，比如Obama在2008年Father's Day 上的演讲“our Responsibility as Father”给删除了不少精彩部分，如果不是这篇演讲词本身的魅力吸引我，我真想把书给扔了！我觉得一篇演讲词绝对不能是节选的，特别是名篇演讲，一篇优美的演讲词那是前后非常严谨的，少了一点都感觉别扭！我还购得的一本书是王瑞泽主编的《奥巴马演说集之白宫岁月》，这本书我特别喜爱，选的演讲词都是全部内容，绝对没有莫名其妙的删节，拿着它我真有点爱不释手了！每一篇我都仔细阅读，无论长短，比如第一篇《We Are NOt Quitters》，总共接近一个小时的演讲，算是我看过的Obama的最长的一篇演讲词了，我想如果让昂秀来编又是要大删特删了，这本书只有一点小缺点，那就是纸张有点薄，但是那点小瑕疵只能是瑕不掩瑜！
       对于Obama的了解我也是零星知道一些他的背景，他父亲是非洲肯尼亚人，母亲是美国白人，Obama算是一个标准的Mulatto了！据他自己在演讲中介绍，他祖父还曾经给英国人做过佣人！那是在他的2004年的民主党全国代表大会上的基调演讲中的一段：My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya.He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack.His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant to the British.But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son.Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place,America, that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before.While studying here, my father met my mother.She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas.Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression.The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty;joined Patton’s army, marched across Europe.Back home, my grandmother raised a baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line.After the war, they studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through F.H.A.,and later moved west all the way to Hawaii in search of opportunity.在这次演讲中Obama开始展露头角，开始了他的向白宫进军！我们不能不佩服作为一个黑人的Obama最后竟然能成为美国总统！
      我觉得美国人之所以半个多世纪一直领先于世界各国，与他从上到下保持年轻保持激情有关，你看我们中国现在的领导人都是七老八十的，可是人家总统多年轻，多有激情与魄力，当然我并不是胡主席没有激情没有魄力，他绝对也是有的，可是相比去更加年轻的Obama，胡主席至少在精力上是没法和Obama比的，也许你会说胡主席人老经验多，我觉得这个不是问题，美国白宫政府也不全部是些没有经验的年轻人，你看他的副总统年纪就不小，还有几个部长大臣也是饱经风霜的人物，其中还有一个能源部长是美籍华人朱棣文，也是历经多年政治风雨，而且人家朱棣文还是诺贝尔奖得主！Obama在竞选总统之初，他的演讲早已风靡世界，据说小日本崽子都是以能背上几句Obama的演讲词为荣！
              Obama在做人方面绝对是值得全世界人民学习，首先他的犀利的言辞就不说了，他多次强调语言的魅力与重要性，他说：There is power in words.他又说：Language we use Matters.我觉得他这一段话讲得非常好，不妨摘录过来和大家共享：his campaign has to be about reclaiming the meaning of citizenship,restoring our sense of common purpose,and realizing that few obstacles can withstand the power of millions of voices calling for change.By ourselves, this change will not happen. Divided, we are bound to fail.But the life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible.He tells us that there is power in words.He tells us that there is power in conviction.That beneath all the differences of race and region, faith and station, we are one people.He tells us that there is power in hope.As Lincoln organized the forces arrayed against slavery, he was heard to say this:“Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds,and formed and fought to battle through.”
       再次他做人非常谦虚，有的人会奇怪，他作为世界头号大国的总统为什么还那么谦虚？这些人自己取得了一点成绩就骄傲得不行，你看人家Obama美国总统都竞选上了都没和他一样骄傲自满！谦虚使人进步，这话可不是一句虚话和空话，Obama每次演讲之前必然会对听他演讲的人倍加感激与感谢，你看看中国的那些所谓的大领导往台上一座就开始大谈特谈，别指望他先说一句感谢感激观众的话！我们随便可以举几个例子：“Let me begin by saying thanks to all of you who’ve traveled,from far and wide, to brave the cold today.I know it’s a little chilly — but I’m fired up.We all made this jorney for a reason.It’s humbling to see a crowd like this, but in my heart I know you didn’t just come here for me;you know you came here because you believe in what this country can be.In the face of war, you believe there can be peace.In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope.In the face of a politics that’s shut you out, that’s told you to settle,that’s divided us for too long, you believe that we can be one people,reaching out for what’s possible, building that more perfect union.”再来看这一段他在上海的演讲：“侬好！Good afternoon.It is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of you.I’d like to thank Fudan University’s President Yang for his hospitality and his gracious welcome.I’d also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our nations.I don’t know what he said, but I hope it was good.”他的演讲的开篇都是非常谦卑的，使人觉得他非常谦虚，使人不知不觉想继续听他下面讲的话！还有他每篇演讲的结尾也是要么尽量谦虚感激要么祝福美国：“So let this be the next step in the steady pursuit of cooperation that will serve our nations, and the world.And if there’s one thing that we can take from today’s dialogue,I hope that it is a commitment to continue this dialogue going forward.So thank you very much.
And I look forward now to taking some questions from all of you.Thank you very much.”他大部分演讲结尾是：Thank you.God bless you.And may God bless the United States of America.话语虽然简单却是有力，试问几个中国那些所谓的大领导演讲结束时祝福过中国，祝福过观众！反正我听过的演讲很少！当然胡主席、温家宝总理的演讲都是比较经典的，温家宝在剑桥大学的那篇演讲就非常精彩！吸引我看了又看！如果一位演说家如果能做到在他的演讲结尾还如此谦逊如此谦虚，我想只要他的演讲的话不是太不合世俗我想大多数观众还想在此听他的演讲！马丁路德金之所以如此受欢迎，除了他本身演讲时的精彩激情外，与他的谦卑也不无关系！

freehuang

     Obama还惯于在逆境中寻求希望，寻求胜利，他的艰难的竞选之旅就不说多么的艰难了！这里再举一个例子，在竞选的关键阶段的，Obama的牧师突然发表有关种族关系的煽动性言论，使得Obama陷入了信任危机，这是他又及时发表了他的著名演讲“A More Perfect Union”,在演讲中他即讲到不会与牧师断绝关系，还要取得选民的信任，可谓何其困难，可是他最后却是以他精彩的演说做到了，不能不说是一个wonder！他这样说他的牧师：“I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms,the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy, and in some cases, pain.For some, nagging questions remain:
Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy?
Of course.Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in the church?Yes.Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views?Absolutely, just as I’m sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbiswith which you strongly disagree.But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren’t simply controversial.They weren’t simply a religious leader’s efforts to speak out against perceived injustice.Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country,a view that sees white racism as endemic and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America;a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allieslike Israel instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam.”他的这种同时能顾及双方的言辞的确厉害，使人们对他说的话深信不疑！他又一次在演讲表达了他的牧师的感情，他用他的祖母来诠释他的说法：“I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.I can no more disown him than I can disown my white grandmother,a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me,a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world,but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed her by on the street,and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.These people are part of me.And they are part of America, this country that I love.Now, some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable.I can assure you it is not.And I suppose the politically safe thing to do would be to move on from this episode and just hope that it fades into the woodwork.We can dismiss Reverend Wright as a crank or a demagogue,just as some have dismissed Geraldine Ferraro in the aftermath of her recent statements as harboring some deep... deep-seated bias.”他就是这样一个人，轻描淡写中化解了危机，我想人们为什么会选择他来当这个美国总统不是没有原因的，原因就是美国人民信任Obama，信任他的化解危机的能力，信任他能把他们带出经济危机！

freehuang

     Obama做人的确有一套，起码他的演讲词绝对是激人上进的，我们没法实际去了解这个人，我们当然只好从他的演讲词中去了解他了！Obama在他的父亲节演讲词《父亲们的责任》中讲得头头是道，人们会惊奇他怎么会如此了解做父亲的责任呢？因为Obama自己算是个没有父亲的人，他总共和自己父亲呆在一起的时间也就一个月，但是他是两个女儿的父亲，他的两个可爱的女儿，一个叫Sasha一个叫Malia，他在一封写给自己两个女儿的书信中的言辞让我们看了也会大受感动，这样看来他如此了解作为父亲的责任也就不足为奇了！那封书信还给起了一个很好的题目《为了你们以及所有的美国儿童》“What I Want For You And Every Child In America”，有兴趣的朋友不妨去网上下载来看看！在演讲《父亲们的责任》中，Obama可谓字字锱铢，我们不妨一观其言语的魅力：“We need families to raise our children.We need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn’t just end at conception.That doesn’t just make you a father. What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child.Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father.It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.Listen to all the mothers out there. You need help? You need help?We need to help all those mothers out there who are raising these kids by themselves;the mothers who drop them off at school, and go to work, and pick up them up in the afternoon,and work another shift, and get dinner, and make lunches, and pay the bills, fix the house,protect the family, do all the things that a parent is supposed to do.So many women in our community are doing this in a heroic fashion.We’re so proud of all those single mums who are out there, doing just incredible work.But they need support. They shouldn’t have to be doing it alone all by themselves.They need another parent in the home. Their children need another parent in the home.That’s what keeps their foundation strong.It’s what keeps the foundation of our country strong.”他这话讲得有趣，让听众哦也不觉得枯燥无味，“任何傻子都可以生孩子”，但是他们则不一定知道作为一名父亲的责任，而只有正常人才知道！他在随后讲的母亲们的努力抚养孩子养家糊口的话则让在场的许多女士深有同感（Empathy）！

freehuang

      大家都知道Obama有一句口头禅（Signature Phrase）：Yes We Can！他在他的一次演讲中可谓用了再用！后来William还把他的这篇演讲中的最精彩的一部分给编了一首很好听的歌曲《Yes We Can》，大家不妨去一听！先不妨来看看他在这篇演讲词中的精彩句子：“But the reason our campaign has always been different,the reason we began this improbable journey almost a year ago is because it’s not just about what I will do as President,it is also about what you — the people who love this country,the citizens of the United States of America — can do to change it.That’s what this election is all about.We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way,nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics —they will only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks and months to come.We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check.We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.For when we have faced down impossible odds, when we’ve been told that we’re not ready,or that we shouldn’t try, or that we can’t, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes we can.It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.Yes we can.It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights.Yes we can.It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.Yes we can.It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot,a President who chose the moon as our new frontier, and a king who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.Yes we can to justice and equality.Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can.”那首歌基本上就是上面这段话组成的！这个William不愧是个音乐天才！

freehuang

好了，Obama我们已经了解得够多了，最后放一首好听的Obama竞选总统时用的歌曲的歌词在最后结尾处，歌名叫做《Out Of Our Heads》《超越理智》歌词意思不难我就不翻译了：

Sheryl Crow --------Out of Our Heads


If you feel you wanna fight me
There's a chain around your mind
When something is holding you tightly
What is real is so hard to find
Losing babies to genocide
Oh where's the meaning in that plight
Can't you see that we've really bought into
Every word they proclaimed and every lie, oh
If we could only get out of our heads, out of our heads
And into our hearts
If we could only get out of our heads, out of our heads
And into our hearts
Someone's feeling on your anger
Someone's been whispering in your ear
You've seen his face before
You've been played before
These aren't the words you need to hear
Through the dawn of darkness blindly
You have blood upon your hands
All the world will treat you kindly
But only the heart can understand, oh understand
If we could only get out of our heads, out of our heads
And into our hearts
Children of Abraham lay down your fears, swallow your tears
and look to your heart
Every man is his own prophet
Oh every prophet just a man
I say all the women stand up, say yes to themselves
Teach your children best you can
Let every man bow to the best in himself
We're not killing any more
We're the wisest ones, everybody listen
'Cause you can't fight this feeling any more, oh anymore

liver411

Barack Obama and Joe Biden are proof that two wrongs don't make a right.

I didn't vote for him in 08 and will not in 12 either.

StephenW

Despite his soaring rhetoric, Obama has been a disappointment to many liberal and progressive. In trying to achieve consensus, he compromises too much of his own principles. It is not all his fault. As a black man, he was never accorded the respect and authority of a president by his fellow politicians and many Americans. Personally I think it is immodest of him to accept the Nobel Peace prize. I am still hopeful that he can redeem himself in the remaining two years of his presidency.

freehuang

liver411 发表于 2010-10-2 18:28
Barack Obama and Joe Biden are proof that two wrongs don't make a right.

I didn't vote for him in 0 ...

Are you Ameirican?chinese American?like Steven zhu?

Oh,Although you don't like him,but there are still many American that adore and support him.So he will be sworn in the president of The United states in 2009 and 2012.

freehuang

StephenW 发表于 2010-10-2 18:35
Despite his soaring rhetoric, Obama has been a disappointment to many liberal and progressive. In tr ...

to the Nobel Prize ,that's not his fault,but the faculty of  the Nobel Academy .Do you remember the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989?
In spite of that I hungry to hope Obama can redeem his promise and commitment too.

liver411

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

Sunday, October 03, 2010

                                                                       

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 29% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 (see trends).

                       

When tracking the president’s approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis. For the full-month of September, the president’s ratings slipped a point to the lowest levels of his time in office.

                       

Check out our review of last week’s key polls to see “What They Told Us.”

                       

The Atlantic says a new book by Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoenis THE Book to Read About 2010 Politics. MAD AS HELL: How the Tea Party Movement is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System can be ordered at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders and other outlets. It’s also available in bookstores everywhere.

                       

The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates are also available on Twitter and Facebook.

                       

Overall, 48% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove.

                       

Larry Sabato shifts the ratings for a few Senate and Governor’s races while putting a few others on the watch list.

                       

Isaac T. Woods, the House Race Editor for Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia writes that they are shifting ratings for 21 House races, all in the Republican’s favor. This includes 10 races going from Toss-Up to Leans Republican, five from Leans Democratic to Toss-Up, two from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic and four from Safe Democratic to Likely Democratic. Crystal Ball still projects the Republicans will gain 47 House seats this year.

                       

Robert Shrum, a Democratic consultant who has worked on many presidential campaigns, sees things entirely differently. Shrum says “signs that the Republican tide is receding” and projects the Democrats will keep control of both the House and Senate.To reach this conclusion, Shrum acknowledges that he has chosen to ignore all results from Rasmussen Reports. He specifically cites Senate race in Pennsylvaniaand Kentuckyas winnable for Democrats. Rasmussen Reports shows Republican Pat Toomey leading by nine in Pennsylvania and Republican Rand Paul leading by eleven in Kentucky.

                       

Overall, the race for control of the Senate is getting very close. The Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Balance of Power summary now projects that the Democrats will emerge from Election Day with 49 seats in the Senate and the GOP will hold 47. Four races are currently considered Toss-Ups (Illinois, Nevada, Washington, West Virginia). For Republicans to win control, they would have to win all four Toss-Ups.

                       

The Rasmussen Reports Gubernatorial Scorecard shows a large number of Midwestern states are likely to replace a Democratic Governor with a Republican.

                       

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For the second straight month, the number of Democrats in the nation has fallen to a record low in Rasmussen Reports tracking.

                       

Many Americans continue to struggle with the government takeover of General Motors and Chrysler. A majority say the government policy has made them less likely to buy a GM car. One-out-of-four Americans (27%) have either avoided buying a GM car because of the bailout or know someone who has.Ford is the beneficiary as most say the bailouts have made them more likely to consider buying from Ford.

                       

A Wall Street Journal profile calls Scott Rasmussen "America's Insurgent Pollster."

                       

In a book released earlier this year, Scott observed that, "The gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century." In Search of Self-Governance is available at Rasmussen Reports and Amazon.com.

                       

If you'd like Scott to speak at your conference or event, contact Premiere Speakers Bureau.

                       

Scott has published several recent Wall Street Journal columns including "Why Obama Can't Move the Health Care Numbers" and how Obama won the White House by campaigning like Ronald Reagan. He has also written an overview of the health care reform debate, a look at how President Obama is losing independent voters, and was the first to note the decline in the president's approval ratings.

                       

You can also learn about Scott's favorite place on earth and his time working with hockey legend Gordie Howe.

                       

It is important to remember that the Rasmussen Reports job approval ratings are based upon a sample of likely voters. Some other firms base their approval ratings on samples of all adults. President Obama's numbers are always several points higher in a poll of adults rather than likely voters. That's because some of the president's most enthusiastic supporters, such as young adults, are less likely to turn out to vote. It is also important to check the details of question wording when comparing approval ratings from different firms.

                       

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Rasmussen Reports has been a pioneer in the use of automated telephone polling techniques, but many other firms still utilize their own operator-assisted technology (see methodology). Pollsters for Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have cited our "unchallenged record for both integrity and accuracy."

                       

The Pew Center noted that Rasmussen Reports beat traditional media in covering Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts earlier this year: "It was polling-not journalistic reporting-that caught the wave in the race to succeed Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy." Rasmussen Reports was also the first to show Joe Sestak catching Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary race this year.  

                       

In the 2009 New Jersey Governor's race, automated polls tended to be more accurate than operator-assisted polling techniques. On reviewing the state polling results from 2009, Mickey Kaus offered this assessment, "If you have a choice between Rasmussen and, say, the prestigious N.Y. Times, go with Rasmussen!"

                       

In 2008, Obama won 53%-46% and our final poll showed Obama winning 52% to 46%. While we were pleased with the final result, Rasmussen Reports was especially pleased with the stability of our results. On every single day for the last six weeks of the campaign, our daily tracking showed Obama with a stable and solid lead attracting more than 50% of the vote.

                       

We also have provided a summary of our 2008 state-by-state presidential results for your review.

                       

In 2004 George W. Bush received 50.7% of the vote while John Kerry earned 48.3%. Rasmussen Reports polling projected that Bush would win 50.2% to 48.5%. We were the only firm to project both candidates' totals within half a percentage point by (see our 2004 results).

                       

See also our 2008 state results for Senate and governor.

                       

See 2006 results for Senate and Governor.

                       

Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error-for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters--is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members.

                       

Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large (see methodology). Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. While partisan affiliation is generally quite stable over time, there are a fair number of people who waver between allegiance to a particular party or independent status. Since the November 2008 election, the number of Democrats in the country has declined while the number of unaffiliated voters has grown.

                       

Our baseline targets are established based upon separate survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews) and targets are updated monthly. Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 35.0% Democrats, 32.9% Republicans, and 32.1% unaffiliated. Likely voter samples typically show a slightly smaller advantage for the Democrats.

                       

A review of last week's key polls is posted each Saturday morning.

                       

We also invite you to review other recent demographic highlights from the tracking polls. To get a sense of longer-term trends, check out our month-by-month review of the president's numbers.

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Rasmussen Reports is an electronic media company specializing in the collection, publication and distribution of public opinion polling information.  We poll on a variety of topics in the fields of politics, business and lifestyle, updating our site’s content on a news cycle throughout the day, everyday.

                       

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade. To learn more about our methodology, click here.