Canada and Obama, BFFs. Why is that?

I know you're probably too busy right now to read this blog, but anyhow, congratulations mister president, you are truly an inspiration to us all. Of course I'm talking of president-elect Barack Obama, certainly not of George W. Bush! Why is that, though? Why is it that for Canadians, Obama has been such a great source of enthusiasm even during the federal election's campaign? Why is it that had Canadians had the choice in the last election, they probably all would have chosen Obama instantly over Harper, Dion, Layton, May and Duceppe (except some rednecks maybe). Because he has CHARISMA! It's as simple as that!

Well not really...actually it's probably because he has many qualities which lead to his charismatic personality that more than half of the American population voted for him and all of the Canadian population watched and cheered for him from the bench. It's actually one of the first subjects since confederation (and even before) on which English Canadians and Québécois agree on (some of the few others are Beer and Hockey as the best things ever): Obama would make a great prime minister of Canada. Mr. Barack Obama has all the qualities we have rarely seen in modern political figures here: Intelligence, Being a visible minority, Progressive thinking, Belief and trust in the capacity of his own people, Refusal to give up, Eloquence, Handsomeness and the list goes on and on.

Had Obama been Canadian however, he would probably not have made it to being prime minister, not because of his colour or of his name but because of his ideas. We like to see ourselves as progressive, and yet, Obama proposes ideas that only one of the big parties is leftist enough and daring enough to propose and that is the NDP (I'm not being pro-NDP here; I'm just explaining a phenomenon from my own perspective...which is not NDP if you must know). Usually the Liberals are the ones who are closest to the Democrats in ideology and in actions, but not this time around. The new president of the United States ran on social-democratic ideas and ideals and won in the one of the most (is not the most) conservative state of the Western world.

That's why Canadians love him, because we wish we could be as progressive, but also and mostly because we wish we could still have those Pierre Elliot Trudeau and René Lévesque, those Jean Lesage and Lester B. Pearson to love and to hate with all our guts, to rant about and to dream about every day. I dare anyone to find me a politician with as much charisma as Pierre E. Trudeau, René Lévesque or Barack Obama in today's Canadian political scene. If you can't, then become one and save us from boring to death please, I beg you!