U-Mitt Romney uguqula ingcebo yakhe.
NGEMUVA kwezinyanga zokudubula abalandeli abamqoka ezifundazweni ezisafufusa ezinemigqa yokuhlasela kanye nezibikezelo ezihlasimulisa igazi mayelana nezinhlelo zolunye uhlangothi, u-Barack Obama no-Mitt Romney bazithola sebesengxoxweni yabo yokuqala kamabonakude ngo-Okthoba 3, bephoqelekile ukuthi bavotele abavoti abanganqunyelwe kanye nabazimele ezweni lonke. .
Bobabili u-Obama noMnu Romney bazwakalise ukulinganisela, kungekho noyedwa ukuhlaselwa komuntu siqu okuphawule umkhankaso wonke. (UMnu. Obama waze wenqaba ukudubula egolini elalishiywe livuliwe ngesikhathi uMnu Romney encokola ngekhefu lentela lezinkampani ezithuthela imisebenzi phesheya kwezilwandle, ethi njengoba engazi lutho ngazo, “Mhlawumbe ngidinga ukuthola i-accountant entsha.”)
Ngandlela thize, inkulumo-mpikiswano yokuqala yazuza okubi kunayo yonke imihlaba: yakwazi ukuba ngobuchwepheshe, yaze yaba buthuntu, ngaphandle kokuba neqiniso noma ukwethembeka. Kodwa uMnumzane Romney—owayenezingxoxo, ezihilela futhi ezihilela—wenze izinto ezinhle eziningi kunomongameli, owayengumfundisi futhi ecabanga, futhi ngezinye izikhathi wayebonakala ezifisela kude nehholo lenkulumompikiswano eNyuvesi yaseDenver. Uphenyo olusheshayo lwabavoti ababhalisile olwenziwa yi-CNN, okuyisiteshi sikamabonakude, lwathola ukuthi u-67% ucabanga ukuthi uMnu Romney unqobile, uma uqhathaniswa no-25% kaMnu Obama.
Izinkinga zikaMnu Obama beziyingxenye yesakhiwo. Umuntu osesikhundleni kumele avikele amaqiniso kanye nokuvumelana kukahulumeni, kuyilapho ophikisana naye ekhululekile ukuthembisa umhlaba, imininingwane ezolandelwa. Isixazululo esixakile sikaMnu Obama kwaba wukudlala obambe iqhaza kanye nombangi, weqa esuka ekuvikeleni irekhodi lakhe waya entukuthelweni yezinkinga ezinjengamakilasi agcwele ngokweqile kanye nekhefu lentela lezinkampani ezinkulu zikawoyela. Kwesinye isikhathi, ubezwakala sengathi kwakungu-2008 njengoba egxeka ifa lokuphatha kukaBush. UMnu Romney, ngokuqondakalayo, uzwakale engakholwa njengoba ekhumbuza owayephikisana naye ngezithembiso eziphuliwe zokunciphisa ukushoda ngohhafu futhi waphawula: “Usube ngumongameli iminyaka emine!”
UMnu Romney usondele ekutheni enze leli culo kulesi sikhungo abaningi abebelilindele ngemuva kokuwina udlame lwamaprimary Republican. Wakhuluma ngerekhodi lakhe njengombusi waseMassachusetts, lapho esebenza ngempumelelo nesishayamthetho seDemocratic state. Uvumile isidingo sokulawulwa okusebenzayo kwe-Wall Street nezinye izimakethe, ukuze kutshalwe imali yomphakathi kwezemfundo futhi wafunga ukuthi ngeke asekele noma yikuphi ukuncishiswa kwentela okwandisa ukushoda. Esikhundleni sokufunga ukuthi uzonciphisa uhulumeni ngenxa yalokho, wanikeza isivivinyo: ukubuza ukuthi ngabe uhlelo lubucayi kangaka, "kufanele ukuboleka imali eChina ukuze uyikhokhele."
Nokho embuzweni onzima kunayo yonke—echaza ukuthi uzosigcina kanjani isithembiso sakhe sokwehlisa amanani entela kulo lonke ibhodi kuyilapho egwema ukwengeza esileleni futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo egwema izinguquko ezihlehlayo zekhodi yentela ezingathinta izigaba ezimaphakathi ngaphezu kwabacebile—uMnu. U-Romney uphinde wahluleka ukunikeza izimpendulo ezicacile. Uphinde waphindaphinda izinsolo ezingamanga ngoMnu u-Obama enqamula amakhulu ezigidigidi ezinhlelweni zeMedicare zabantu abadala.
Umlando wezombangazwe ugcwele ukunqoba kwezinkulumo mpikiswano noma izigebengu okuthiwa ziguqule imijaho eminingi yomongameli, nakuba ukungayinaki imiphumela kuhlala kunzima. Inkulumo ka-Ronald Reagan emnandi ethi “There you go again” engxoxweni yakhe noJimmy Carter yango-1980 kuthiwa iqinisekisa abavoti ukuthi wayengeyena umcabango onolaka abanye ababesatshwa. Kodwa-ke isikhathi senkulumompikiswano siphinde sagcwala izindaba ezimbi kuMnu Carter, ezibandakanya umnotho kanye nabathunjwa baseMelika e-Iran. Ngo-2004 ababukeli bakamabonakude batshela abavoti ukuthi uJohn Kerry wawina izinkulumompikiswano zakhe ezintathu noGeorge Bush. Lokho akuzange kuvimbe iDemocratic Alliance ukuthi ihlulwe okhethweni.
ukhetho lukamongameli
Amakhetho amabili aseduze anqunywa ngokusobala ngezinkulumo-mpikiswano. Ngo-2000 u-Al Gore walahla ukuhola okunethezekile okhethweni lwemibono ngokudlala kabi. Ngokuqiniseka okukhulu, ukubonakala kuka-Richard Nixon okuphaphathekile, nokudelela empini yango-1960 no-John F. Kennedy owayeshukiwe, okhululekile kwaqondwa ngalobo busuku njengenhlekelele yeRiphabhulikhi. Kodwa ngisho naleyo mpikiswano ayizange ikhunjulwe kabi, kukhulunywe kakhulu nge-Lazy-Shave make-up esetshenziswa ukufihla isithunzi sikaNixon sehora lesihlanu. Inkinga kaNixon enkulu kwakuwumkhuhlane nobuhlungu bedolo elimele. Kunoma yikuphi, uNixon wafinyelela iziphetho zakhe, wenqaba ukuphikisana emiqhudelwaneni yakamuva kamongameli.
UMnu Obama akanakho ukunethezeka okungaka avuleleke kuye. Kuseza ezinye izimpikiswano ezimbili zikamongameli, kanye nenkulumompikiswano yephini likamongameli ngomhla ziyi-11 kuMfumfu. Ukubukisa kukaMnu Romney kumbuyisela emdlalweni, ngemuva kokulandela amasonto ezifundazweni ezibalulekile. Ukwenza kahle kukaMnu Obama okokuqala kuzokhumbuza abavoti ngombuzo ongakaphendulwa: yini ngempela lo mongameli angayenza njengoba sekuphele iminyaka emine ephethe?
(I-Economist)
