OBAMA'S SUPERHERO IMAGE?
Capt Black
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Obama supporters hear growing grumbling in once euphoric ranks.
America’s first Black president and progressive champion has had his superhero image tarnished of late.
Epic joblessness and malaise form potent political Kryptonite.
Republican Congressional opposition rivals that of any comic book arch villain and his followers.
He leapt tall historic barriers in a single bound- a fact even hyper partisan foes readily concede. However, the national day dream where he would bend a broken economy back into shape now teeters on psychic life support.
Obama’s superhero image isn’t totally moribund. Black voters cling tenaciously to his imaginary cape despite crushing unemployment figures. Other minorities and Independents have likewise not chosen the Phanton Zone option thus far regarding his presidency.
The President’s superhero image is giving way to more terrestrial realizations that the change his campaign promised still hasn’t arrived.
That said, 2012 will decide if America still considers Obama its superhero. For creative activists the lesson is as plain as graphic novel pages: never promise too much and do what you promise.
NADRA ENZI AKA CAPT BLACK promotes finding your “super” through creative crime prevention; homeless outreach and political advocacy. (504) 214-3082
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What makes a hero, a hero is NOT when he is flying above, smiling, while saving a cat from a tree… but when he is at his lowest faced with failure and impossible odds. A hero is the one that sheds his tears, whispers his prayer, asks for strength, plants his foot and rises from the darkness no matter how much failure wants to keep him down.
A hero stands for something greater than himself and seeks that association without waver or loss of hope.
This is what President Obama is. Before he was President, he was Barack Obama and he was a Hero. It was our vote that bestowed him with the title that also defined him as Super. The title of President of the United States IS a SUPER power and WE are the ones that vote every election for the person that will be given this power.
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