Ideology

It's part of the american culture - and I mean the continental culture, not only the folks out there in the US - the search for a leader. Not an entity that represents leadership, but indeed one leader, the predestinated, the guy that saves the country from disgrace.

In Brazil's last presidential election, Lula, a former communist, was elected by the great majority the country. The reasons aren't really clear, since Fernando Henrique, ex-president, was reelected after 4 years of presidency. It seems that Lula was the guy from opposition. During his campaign, he used to say that "hope must win from fear". And that pure opposition doesn't work for the country, yet it has its points when it comes down to Ideology.

As the world watches what is happening in the US, issues like national security or national economy come up all of a sudden. Most people don't think about it as much as when it is time to vote again.

In Europe, people choose their prime ministers according to their parties. In the US (or in Brazil, for that matter) people don't seem to choose a president accordingly to the parties' ideology. Their options are made through the appearance of the candidates. The way they speak or behave in public. Their ideas are not part of the game. The game is decided through their expressions better than through their objectives. That's the mistake.

It is hard to tell, for most americans, who's gonna do the best job in America right now. Bush can be good or evil - although, to me, Bush is gonna crash the country economically if he wins again. But Kerry is an enigma. His agenda sounds like the democrats' speech, but he is for the war on terror that Bush also defends. Therefore we can't say what is gonna happen to the world if any of them wins.

As an outsider, I could tell that Kerry is much less harmful than Bush. And that he has good intentions for the general public - and not specific plans for specific companies. Let's wait and see what will come next.