An American essay
Fear
of Looking Bad: America Facing the World
A friend curiously asked me whom
would I vote for: Obama or McCain?
I shared with him my own feeling
as an American just like you who happen to be as like-minded as I am.
It was awesome that two
hundred thousand Germans came out to rally for Obabma.
A whole continent of Africa
support and pray for Obama.
We Americans LOOK GOOD in
the eyes of the world, thanks to Obama.
On the other hand, McCain, whom I
have and will call an American hero, who like others is a holistic human
being: good and beautiful, bad and ugly. I see him in my eyes, heart and
soul through loyalty-colored lenses:
The 4-generation Americans,
McCain’s Admiral grandfather, his Admiral father, Sen. McCain himself a
Navy pilot, his Naval Academy cadet son, reflect profoundly a deep tap root
within the patriotic soil of this great country.
When America faces a national
crisis, the good ghosts of the McCain Family will loyally stand firm for
this nation and its vital interests. There is no need for superficial
LOOKING-GOOD in front of the world for us Americans. Only the good deeds
America has traditionally done for herself and for the world is necessary. I
can attest to it: I am an American citizen who once was a refugee from
Vietnam.
America need not fear LOOKING BAD
and losing the world’s love, because we have the blessing from
God-and-Country. We have always prevailed. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Linh
Duy Vo, Poet
(Impecunious,
grateful citizen)
29
October 2008 ©