Ngizithole sengicabangisisa ngekholomu engiyifunde ngelinye ilanga ngokhetho lwaphakathi nonyaka kaNovemba 2014. Umbhali uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi uMongameli u-Obama ubukeka sengathi usephinde wadelela futhi, empeleni, usebaxosha abangenele ukhetho lweDemocratic Party. Mhlawumbe ngine-melodramatic. Umbhali ukhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi uma kubhekwa ukuthi kungakanani okusengcupheni kulolu khetho ukuthi uMengameli kufanele abambe iqhaza kakhulu ekuholeni kuze kube uNovemba 4.th.
Ake nginikeze umbono ohlukile. Lokhu ngikubeka njengombuzo wokuthi wena mfundi ucabangisise ngawo. Mhlawumbe kungcono ukuthi u-Obama asuke endleleni. Cabanga, okwesikhashana, ukuthi izinombolo zakhe zokuvota aziningi; akahambisani nokuthatha izinkulumo-mpikiswano zikazwelonke; futhi akaseyona into entsha.
AmaRiphabhulikhi afuna ukwenza uNovemba 4th ukhetho ngo-Obama. Babehlele ukwenza ukuphikisana ne-Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) isikhalo sabo sokubuthana kulo mjikelezo wokhetho kodwa njengoba uMthetho Wokunakekelwa Onganakekelwayo usudume kakhulu futhi izigidi sezibhalisile, leli su liye labuzwa. Kodwa kunezinkinga ezanele lapho amaRiphabhulikhi angalandela u-Obama, hhayi okungenani ukuthi uyaqhubeka nokuba mnyama, njengendlela yokugqugquzela isisekelo sabo ukuba siphume.
Amakhandidethi entando yeningi angazikhethela. Bangakwazi, vele, ukwenza ukhetho mayelana nokuvikela ifa likaMongameli Obama. Indlela enjalo ingase ibe ukuzilimaza wena ngokwakho. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, bangakhetha ukugxilisa imikhankaso yabo esikhathini esizayo.
Amasosha avame ukukhuluma ngokuwina imikhankaso, noma izimpi, impi eyodwa ngesikhathi. Impi ngayinye izimele, nakuba ngokusobala ikhona endaweni enkulu. Umuntu akakwazi ukuhlula omelene naye ngesikhathi esisodwa—isikhashana nje sokushintshana kwezikhali zenuzi—kodwa kufanele ehlise impi eyodwa ngesikhathi kuze kube yilapho ophikisana naye eqhuma noma ehlulwa. Azikho izixazululo ezilula.
Obekulahlekile kuze kube nguNovemba 4th ukhetho yizingxoxo ezibalulekile ezivela kumakhandidethi eDemocratic Party mayelana nekusasa. Uma, njengami, uke waba umamukeli wezicelo eziningi zokuqongelela imali ezivela kunhlangano yeDemocratic Party, kanye namakhandidethi ayo ahlukahlukene, obekulokhu kucace kube wukwesaba 'okuhlukile.' Ikakhulukazi, siphathwa ngezindaba ezesabekayo ngemuva kwenganekwane ethusayo mayelana nokuthi yini engenzeka uma amaRiphabhulikhi ethatha zombili izindlu zeCongress. Nakuba izinkathazo ezinjalo zingenasizathu, okuqondwa kabi ukuthi ukwesaba kungakhuthaza kokubili kanye nokukhubazeka. Uma abashisekeli benkululeko nabathuthukayo bephetha ngokuthi amaRiphabhulikhi anzima kakhulu ukuba ayeke, njengoba nje amasosha aseFrance enza ngo-1940 lapho ebhekene ne-blitzkrieg yaseJalimane, abantu bangase, empeleni, bazinikele. Kulokhu ukuzinikela kusho ukuhlala ekhaya nokungazibandakanyi nepolitiki yokhetho (futhi mhlawumbe nokungazihlanganisi nayo yonke ipolitiki).
Esikhundleni sokwesaba, kunesidingo sokuhlasela okuqinile. Amademokhrasi aqotho kanye nabazimele kumele bahole lokho. I-counter-attack idinga ukuhlelwa ngokwengqikithi yombono ohlukile wekusasa le-USA kanye, ngaleyo ndaba, ngomhlaba. Lokhu kuzodinga hhayi kuphela ukugxekwa kophiko lwe-Caligula lwezikhulu zezombusazwe-i-Republican Party-kodwa ukugxeka ukusungulwa kweDemocratic Alliance ngokwayo. Sidinga abantu abazongenela ukhetho abakulungele ukuphonsela inselelo ezindabeni zenqubomgomo yangaphandle, isb, ukwethulwa kabusha kokuba khona kwezempi e-Iraq; ubuxhwanguxhwangu eLatin America, kanye nenqubomgomo yasekhaya, isb, isidingo soshintsho lwangempela lokunakekelwa kwezempilo kuzwelonke, njengaseMedicare yabo bonke; "Ipulani likaMarshall" lokuthuthukiswa komnotho nokudalwa kwamathuba emisebenzi ngokumelene nezinhlekelele zemvelo zeplanethi kanye nokuntuleka kwabasebenzi emadolobheni ethu.
Ukulwela ikusasa kuhlanganisa nokukhuluma iqiniso ngesimo esibhekene nabasebenzi base-USA kanye nokukhuluma ngokumelene nemiyalezo ye-right populist ephuma ku-Republican Party edlala ngokusaba abantu abaningi baseMelika abamhlophe. Ingxabano mayelana nesethi ehlukile yezinto ezibalulekile.
Ake sibheke umbuzo waseFerguson, eMissouri. Ukwengeza ezindabeni ezisobala zokungabi nabulungiswa kwezinhlanga kanye nodlame ngaphandle kwenkantolo, uFerguson ukhuluma ngenhlekelele yamadolobha ethu kanye nomnotho. Ikhuluma ngokwanda kwezibalo zabasebenzi abangenawo umsebenzi wanomphela futhi abathathwa njengesidingo ukuze umnotho uthuthuke. Laba basebenzi 'abangasebenzi' bavunyelwe ukuthi bazimele baze bangalawuleki, lapho kuqaliswa khona amandla okusebenza ngendlela yamaphoyisa ayanda impi.
Sidinga abaholi bezepolitiki abazonikeza indlela ehluke kakhulu emadolobheni ethu. Ukuqukatha abampofu ngobuchwepheshe obuyinkimbinkimbi nobunonya akulona isu eliphumelelayo lezwe elifisa ukuzibiza ngentando yeningi. Ukubuyisela kabusha amadolobha kanye nokwethula amanye amasu okuthuthukisa umnotho kuyindlela ephoqelelayo nefinyelelekayo uma kukhona amandla ezombusazwe anesibindi ngokwanele futhi anombono ukuze aqhubekele phambili ngale ndlela.
Ngakho-ke, akucaci ukuthi ukuzibandakanya kukaMongameli Obama emkhankasweni ka-2014 kuzokwengeza ukubaluleka. Ngezinye izindlela kungase kube isiphazamiso. I-Progressive Democrats kanye ne-Independents badinga ukuwina ngoNovemba ngokusekelwe kumbono ophikisana ngokuphelele nokucabanga kwe-semi-barbaric okugcwele ku-Republican Party yanamuhla. Asikho isikhala sokuhamba ulayini omuhle noma 'ukuhambisa' isikhungo. Asikho isikhala sokuyekethisa okungenazithelo lapho Ilungelo lezombangazwe lifuna ukuhlehlisa izinzuzo ezenziwe ku-20.th ikhulu leminyaka. Ngalowo mqondo asikudingi 'ukuqonda' u-Obama ozama ukuhamba phakathi nomgwaqo esekela leli noma lelo khandidethi leDemocratic Alliance. Sidinga abazongenela ukhetho abazimisele ngokumba, ukulwa futhi bawine, isifunda esisodwa ngesikhathi.
Akwenziwa kuphela kodwa kufanele kwenziwe. Nokho ukungabikho kwenani elanele lezinhlangano zezombusazwe ezithuthukayo ukuze ziphushe le ndlela yokwenza kanjalo ngokuvamile kugcina kusho ukuthi sinxusa abantu abathile beDemocratic Alliance nabazimele ukuthi benze okufanele, kunokuba bazwe ukushisa kwesifunda esibuthene nesihlelekile esiqonda ngempela. ukuthi amaRiphabhulikhi awakwazi ukuvunyelwa ukuthi adlule "HAMBA".
Angikaze ngizizwe ngiqine kangaka ukuthi ikusasa likhona ukuthi sinqobe. Nakuba ngiphakamisa isigqoko sami ngokubaluleka okungokomlando kokhetho olubili luka-Obama, ngikholwa ukuthi kungaba ngcono kuye ukuthi avele…angalimazi.
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UBill Fletcher, Omncinyane uyisishoshovu sobulungiswa bezinhlanga, abasebenzi kanye nomlobi emhlabeni wonke. Unikela kuma-op-eds we-Telesur-English futhi ungumsingathi we I-Global African evela ku-Telesur-English.
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