Tangis Obama bagi Staf Kampanyenya
Teary Obama Thanks His Campaign Staff
Editor : Hari Utomo
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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BARACK Obama tampak emosional saat menyeka airmatanya dan bicara terbata-terbata saat mengucapkan terima kasih kepada staf kampanyenya.
Presiden AS yang biasayanya tampil kaku mulai menangis saat ia memuji staf dan relawan yang membantunya mendukung kemenangan kedua yang bersejarah pada Selasa malam.
Dia memegang mikrofon di kantor pusat kampanyenya di Chicago pada hari berikutnya dan kalimat yang dilontarkan sangat emosional.
Air mata bergulir di pipinya saat ia mengatakan: "Saya benar-benar bangga dengan kalian semua."
Obama mengatakan: "Ketika saya datang ke sini dan melihat kalian semua yang terlintas di pikiran saya bahwa kalian mengingatkan diriku bahwa Anda jauh lebih baik dari saya dalam banyak hal - Anda cerdas, Anda sangat terorganisir. Anda bekerja efektif."
"Bahkan sebelum hasil semalam, saya merasa bahwa pekerjaan yang telah saya lakukan tidak sebanding dengan pekerjaan kalian, saya benar-benar bangga, saya benar-benar bangga dengan kalian semua."
Sebuah video dari presiden yang menangis telah diposting di YouTube oleh salah satu pendukungnya.
Obama telah kembali Washington, dimana tugas berat menantinya untuk menangani krisis anggaran dan kebuntuan politik di Kongres.
Foto: The Sun
EMOTIONAL Barack Obama wipes away tears as he struggles to get through a speech to thank his campaign staff.
The normally ice-cool US President began crying as he praised the staff and volunteers who helped him secure a historic second election victory on Tuesday night.
He took to the microphone at campaign HQ in Chicago the next day and almost immediately his voice cracked with emotion.
Soon tears were rolling down his cheeks as he told them: "I´m really proud of all of you."
Mr Obama said: "When I come here and I look at all of you what comes to mind is not that you guys actually remind me of myself it´s the fact that you are so much better than I was in so many ways - you´re smarter, you´re better organized, you´re more effective.
"I´m absolutely confident that all of you are going to do just amazing things in your lives. You’re just going to do great things.
"Even before last night´s results, I felt that the work I had done in running for office had come full circle because what you guys have done means that the work that I´m doing is important, and I´m really proud of that, and I´m really proud of all of you."
A video of the president´s teary performance was posted on YouTube by one of his supporters.
Mr Obama has since returned to Washington, where his inbox is already overflowing as he tackles the budget crisis and a deadlock in Congress.
