November 7, 2008
One Brazilian Reaction to Obama
I found this video, from a popular Brazilian humor site, instructive--and somewhat funny.
The paragraph at the beginning reads like this:
The victory of the first black president of the United States is a great achievement. The guy is charismatic, seems competent...it really does give an air of change and hope that better days will come. But let's not forget one thing: much better than Bush or not, he is still the president of the US...Lyrics:
In the whole world I have become a pop star.
Who wouldn't want to see Bush go down.
And a black president,
That's a great achievement, right?
It's just that, to be in charge of the world,
It doesn't matter if you're black or white.
The war in Iraq might end.
But I'll intervene is some other place.
Because superpowers
Don't change from day to night.
America wants power,
And it doesn't matter if I'm black or white.
(Michael Jackson) This color thing is so relative.
Protection!
Commercial barrier!
Protectionism continues the same.
Immigration!
Nobody can get in,
And if you are hear illegally you better watch out.
The problem is that you come
Without being able to speak English.
Our economy went down the tubes
So do us a favor,
Get out now and leave the jobs for those who voted for me.
So if you voted for Obama thinking that suddenly the whole world would like us...well...I've got bad news.
Posted by Andrew on November 7, 2008 11:00 PM.
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