In 2012, Vote Malia and Sasha Obama

Published in Liberation
(France) on 29 February 2012
by Cécile Schilis-Gallego (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Drue Fergison. Edited by Casey J. Skeens.
"Help the Obamas stand up for working Americans," says this advertisement, which began to spread on the Internet, and goes back to Barack Obama’s campaign website.

While one could imagine Barack Obama calmly watching with a quiet smile as the Republicans continue to tear each other to pieces during their primaries, this ad suggests above all that the incumbent president may not be quite as certain of his re-election as one might think, if he is this ready to use his family. At the beginning of their term, the Obamas indicated that they would rather strive to spare their daughters the spotlight. The ravishing wives and flocks of children or grandchildren that his Republican challengers present at each of their meetings have apparently caused them to change their minds.

Would Barack Obama be afraid of measuring himself against exemplary fathers such as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, the two favorites of the day on the Republican side? In this field however, Barack Obama has his work cut out for him: Romney and Santorum present two model families, with five and seven children respectively. Who can top that?


"Aidez les Obama à défendre les travailleurs américains" dit cette publicité, qui commence à se répandre sur internet, et renvoie au site de campagne de Barack Obama.

Tandis que l'on pouvait croire Barack Obama tranquille, regardant le sourire en coin les républicains continuer de s'entredéchirer durant leurs primaires, cette pub suggère surtout que le président sortant n'est pas si sûr que cela de sa réelection s'il est ainsi prêt à instrumentaliser sa famille. En début de mandat, les Obama avaient plutôt indiqué qu'ils s'efforceraient de préserver leurs filles des projecteurs. Les ravissantes épouses et les ribambelles d'enfants ou petits-enfants que présentent ses challengers républicains à chacun de leurs meetings l'ont visiblement fait changer d'avis.

Barack Obama aurait-il peur de se mesurer aux pères de famille exemplaires que sont aussi Mitt Romney et Rick Santorum, les deux favoris du jour côté républicain? Sur ce terrain pourtant, Barack Obama aura fort à faire: Romney et Santorum présentent deux familles modèles, avec respectivement cinq et sept enfants. Qui dit mieux?
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