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I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.

(foto The New York Times - 2005)

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 04.03.1933 – “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Harry Truman – 12.04.1945 – “Our demand has been, and it remains: unconditional surrender! We will not traffic with the breakers of the peace on the terms of the peace.” (16.04.1945)

Dwight Eisenhower – 20.01.1953 – “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”

John F. Kennedy – 20.01.1961 – “My fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”

Lyndon B. Johnson – 22.11.1963 – “All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today.” (27.11.1963)

Richard Nixon – 20.01.1969 – “We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.”

Gerald Ford – 09.08.1974 – “I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by Americans. This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.”

Jimmy Carter – 20.01.1977 – “We are a pure idealistic nation, but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness.”

Ronald Reagan – 20.01.1981 – “In this present [economic] crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.”

George H. W. Bush – 20.01.1989 – “I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led, rewarding.”

Bill Clinton – 20.01.1993 – “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”

George W. Bush – 20.01.2001 – “The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that’s favors freedom.”

Fonte: GOOD Sheet: The First 100 Days (ver também Inaugural Addresses)

A acompanhar em directo (também nesta parceria CNN/Facebook), a partir das 17 horas, a cerimónia da investidura de Barack Obama como 44º Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América.

(el Periódico.com)

Na senda de uma tradição centenária, o Congresso dos EUA confirmou hoje a vitória de Barack Obama nas eleições presidenciais estado-unidenses (por 365 votos eleitorais, face a apenas 173 para John McCain). Obama tomará posse no próximo dia 20 de Janeiro.

     Estado            Obama    McCain   Grandes Eleitores
  Alabama               38,8      60,4       -     9     
  Alaska                38,0      59,8       -     3     
  Arizona               45,0      53,8       -    10     
  Arkansas              38,8      58,8       -     6     
  California            61,1      37,0      55     -  
  Colorado              53,5      44,9       9     -  
  Connecticut           60,6      38,3       7     -  
  Delaware              61,9      37,0       3     -  
  District Columbia     92,9       6,5       3     -  
  Florida               50,9      48,4      27     -  
  Georgia               47,0      52,2       -    15     
  Hawaii                71,8      26,6       4     -  
  Idaho                 36,1      61,5       -     4     
  Illinois              61,8      36,9      21     -  
  Indiana               49,9      49,0      11     -  
  Iowa                  54,0      44,7       7     -  
  Kansas                41,4      56,8       -     6     
  Kentucky              41,1      57,5       -     8     
  Louisiana             39,9      58,6       -     9     
  Maine                 57,6      40,5       4     -  
  Maryland              62,0      36,8      10     -  
  Massachusetts         62,0      36,2      12     -  
  Michigan              57,4      40,9      17     -  
  Minnesota             54,2      44,0      10     -  
  Mississippi           42,8      56,4       -     6     
  Missouri              49,3      49,4       -    11     
  Montana               47,2      49,7       -     3     
  Nebraska              41,7      56,8       1     4     
  Nevada                55,1      42,7       5     -  
  New Hampshire         54,3      44,8       4     -  
  New Jersey            56,8      42,1      15     -  
  New Mexico            56,7      42,0       5     -  
  New York              62,2      36,7      31     -  
  North Carolina        49,9      49,5      15     -  
  North Dakota          44,7      53,3       -     3     
  Ohio                  51,2      47,2      20     -  
  Oklahoma              34,4      65,6       -     7     
  Oregon                57,1      40,8       7     -  
  Pennsylvania          54,7      44,3      21     -  
  Rhode Island          63,1      35,2       4     -  
  South Carolina        44,9      53,9       -     8     
  South Dakota          44,7      53,2       -     3     
  Tennessee             41,8      56,9       -    11     
  Texas                 43,8      55,5       -    34     
  Utah                  34,7      62,3       -     5     
  Vermont               67,8      30,6       3     -  
  Virginia              52,7      46,4      13     -  
  Washington            57,4      40,7      11     -  
  West Virginia         42,6      55,7       -     5     
  Wisconsin             56,3      42,4      10     -  
  Wyoming               32,7      65,2       -     3     
     Total              52,7      45,9     365   173  

Ainda a propósito da vitória de Barack Obama nas eleições presidenciais nos EUA, um impressionante friso de primeiras páginas de jornais!

(via ContraFactos & Argumentos)

P. S. Mais aqui (Front pages of Florida newspapers on Nov. 5).

P. P. S. Ainda outras imagens da vitória de Barack Obama, em diversos sites (via Tiago Dória Weblog), e também em slideshow (Innovative Interactivity - How news organizations declared Obama next president), recurso igualmente utilizado para retratar a forma como foi vista esta eleição na Internet (The Election on the Web - a slideshow e Poynter).

Finalmente, referência ao dossier especial do Courrier International sobre o acompanhamento das eleições na imprensa mundial.