http://www.mysinche w.com/node/ 18540?tid= 14 Sleeping With The Enemy 2008-11-20 17:36 In the United States, President-elect Barack Obama is prepared to appoint his former rival Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State. The Democratic Party has emerged united once again after a good-willed competition. In Malaysia, after the party elections, the split within MCA gets wider, thanks to the appointments of party and government posts. In the United States, Barack Obama held out the olive branch to John McCain, and former foes were instantly turned into friends. They even issued a common statement, vowing to cooperate and launch a new era of reform together. In Malaysia, political parties carry on with their intraparty fights. The opposing camps will not call it a day until their rivals are completely thrashed out. By comparison, we see the stark differences between a mature democracy and a semi-mature democracy. Of course, the leaders' self confidence and tolerance have also been very obviously dissimilar. Obama is fully confident of his leadership and has a bosom big enough to lay aside all past grudges. Clinton has not pulled his leg, and McCain has not launched repeated assaults on him. But for a matured and wise leader, Obama is very clear that this is nothing more than a natural course in the election game. Without all the ups and downs, the election would have been an utter boredom. A leader must know how to put down the differences after the election has come to a close. There is no need of sweating over minor details, otherwise how different could we be from ignorant children? Barack Obama is a person tasked to do great things, and therefore has to set his sights far and wide. To include Hillary Clinton in his Cabinet is to provide an outlet for the pent-up emotions of the Clinton faction and leftists, and Obama can therefore rest assured that no one is going to leave a banana skin on the floor for him to step on. ____________ _________ _________ _________ ____ "Obama takes great delight in reading all kinds of books on Abraham Lincoln, one of which being 'Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.'" ____________ _________ _________ _________ ____ He held an intimate talk with John McCain, and while offering praises to the war veteran, he also consulted him on a number of issues to show his respect for him and his Republican Party. In the days to come, the good will is bound to be reciprocated by the Republicans in both the Senate and House of Representatives. This is Obama's wisdom, and his noble acceptance. Obama has taken cue from Abraham Lincoln. He has repeatedly stressed the nobility of Lincoln's characters and has pledged to emulate him. It has been reported that Obama takes great delight in reading all kinds of books on Abraham Lincoln, one of which being Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. A US correspondent for Taiwan's China Times said the book had been selling like hot cake since Obama's intention of appointing Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State was made public. Team of Rivals has had a very excellent account of how Abraham Lincoln had harnessed the talents. Lincoln had the exceptional power of bringing his rivals into this team, and this not only erased any ill-feeling which had stood between them, but also fortified his own strength so that opposing camps could now work and move towards a greater common goal together. After Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th US president, he generously extended his invitation to some of his former rivals to his Cabinet, including New York Senator William Henry Seward as the Secretary of State, Missouri judge Edward Bates as the US Attorney General, Ohio Governor Salmon P Chase as the Treasury Secretary, and Democratic lawyer Edwin M Stanton as the Secretary of War. These "political rivals" used to belittle Lincoln's ability and judgements, especially Seward and Stanton. But after working with him for some time, they all became his closest allies. The greatest contribution of Seward as the secretary of state was the acquisition of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million in 1876, a deal then ridiculed as the "Seward's Folly" but has today been proven the most profitable deal the US has ever sealed in history. Grateful for Lincoln's appreciation, Stanton worked as much as 15 hours a day and became an outstanding secretary of war. At Lincoln's death, Stanton made a remark which until this day still lingers in the US Hall of History: "Now he belongs to the ages." It simply takes some exceptional traits to become a real stateman. (By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily) ------------ Those held under the ISA are defined as a group that has virtually no rights, so it is hardly surprising that prison guards treat them as less than human. Brad Adams, executive director of Human Rights Watch's Asia Division. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. Albert Einstein |
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