Dymphna Boholt on Barack Obama and the US Elections

Dymphna Boholt is very happy, to be alive and rocking in an era when massive change is occuring around the world. Yes admittedly there is some turbulence on the landscape however all in all, life is great. In the world's most dynamic economy, the United States of America a once in a 100 year event is occuring. The voting folk in the world's leading democracy are about to elect a Black Man, yes you heard right a black man. So for the very first time in the history of the world. A Black Man will be the Commander in Chief of arguably the world's most powerful army.

Dymphna Boholt, asked a friend recently, why this was the case, how did this happen, where has the entity Barack Obama come from, and how popular is Barack Obama. Well the second part of Dymphna's question is rather very easy to answer. According to the Huffington Post Barack's last visit to Denver brought out a rock concert crowd inexcess of 100, 000, people. When his opponent from the Republican party John Mccain turned up, he scraped the barrel at 4,000. Ouch..

That should give you an idea of the man's overall popularity. He is literally a rock star. The where did he come from bit though, is rather interesting. Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Kenyan Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Kansas native Ann Dunham, who had met while at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

I remember the very moment Obama came into public prominence. Obama gained instant fame when delivering the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which later nominated John Kerry as the official Democratic nominee for the 2004 election. Speaking of his family's beginnings in both Kansas and Kenya, Obama then spoke against the war in Iraq and asked for unity in the United States. His words secured a win for him in November as a United States Senator.

From that moment onward Barack has gone from strength to strength. He beat Hilary Clinton, in a battle for the Democratic nomination, when she had all the advantages. And now he is about to do exactly the same to a republican candidate who arguable has all the tradtional advantages of money, power and status.

What a Time to Be Alive.