Ngesikhathi uMengameli okhethiwe u-Barack Obama ehlangana nababusi abavela ezweni lonke e-Philadelphia ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, cishe bonke bashaye indlela eya e-Independence Hall.
Omunye ongazange abe nguGov Linda Lingle waseHawaii, okuyisifunda lapho uMnu Obama azalelwa khona, uchithe ingxenye yobuntwana bakhe futhi usevakasha okwesithathu kusukela ngo-August kuleli sonto. Ngaleso sikhathi, ukungabikho kwakhe ngaso leso sikhathi kwaba yindaba yokugxekwa okungapheli emaphephandabeni wendawo, okwamphoqa ukuba aphikise izinsolo zokuthi udelela umongameli okhethiwe.
Manje, njengoba uMnu. Obama, umndeni wakhe kanye nethimba labangane abasondelene bechitha isonto lonke ku-Oahu, abanye baphakamise ingcindezi ikuMbusi uLingle ukuthi alungise kulokhu okuncane abakubonayo.
Kodwa izinhlelo zomhlangano phakathi kombusi kanye noMnu. Obama noma ilungu leqembu lakhe lenguquko - umqondo wokuthi umbusi wantanta emasontweni ambalwa edlule - azikaqinisekiswa, ngokusho kukaNobhala wezindaba kaNks Lingle, uRussell Pang.
UMnu. Pang uphinde wathi uma umbusi engakwazi ukuxoxa ubuso nobuso noMnu Obama ngesikhathi ehlala, uhlose ukwenza lokho lapho evakashele eWashington emhlanganweni weNational Governor's Association ngoFebhuwari. UNksz Lingle uthe uke waxhumana noValerie Jarrett, umsizi kaMnu Obama, mayelana nokubeka isikhathi sokuhlala phansi nomengameli omusha ohambweni lwakhe.
Noma kunjalo, u-Chuck Freedman, umkhulumeli we-Hawaii Democratic Party, uphakamise ukuthi mhlawumbe leli sonto lizoba yisikhathi esihle "se-tiki lounge détente" phakathi kombusi kanye noMongameli okhethiwe u-Obama. Isinqumo sikaNkz Lingle sokungeqa iseshini e-Philadelphia “sasiyiphutha leqhinga,” esho. “Mhlawumbe ubengakugwema mhlawumbe ubengakwazi.”
Kodwa ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, uNksz. Umphathi wakhe wezokuxhumana, u-Lenny Klompus, wathi kukholamu ye-Honolulu Star-Bulletin ukuthi ukuhlala eHawaii "kwakungahloselwe ukubukela phansi noma ukudelela nganoma iyiphi indlela" kuMnu. Obama. Ecaphuna ibanga laseHawaii ukusuka oGwini Olusempumalanga, uMnu. Klompus wabhala, “uhambo lwaluzothatha okungenani izinsuku ezintathu ezigcwele ukuze umbusi abe khona emhlanganweni wemizuzu engu-85.”
Futhi ezitatimendeni zakhe esidlangalaleni ngalolu daba, uMbusi uLingle ukugcizelele ukuthi wayengene shí ezingxoxweni zokubhekana nokushoda kwesabelomali saseHawaii esingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.1.
Kodwa ukukhathazeka e-statehouse e-Honolulu akuzange kumvimbe ekuthatheni uchungechunge lohambo oluya ezwenikazi ukuyokhankasela uSenator John McCain ehlobo nasekwindla. (Kunjalo, uNkz. Lingle ubengomunye wababusi namalungu eCongress abashiye izifunda zabo ukuyokhankasela omunye wabangenele ukhetho lukamongameli.)
Ngemva komhlangano wasePhiladelphia uNksz. Lingle uthole incwadi evela kuMnu. Obama - eyayibhalwe ukuthi “Linda othandekayo” - eyaqala ngokuthi: “Ngiyazi ukuthi awukwazanga ukuba khona emhlanganweni ngoLwesibili, kodwa ngizama ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uthembisene umshado. .” Encwadini yakhe uMnu. Obama ucele uvo lwakhe mayelana nezindaba zengqalasizinda kanye nokusebenzisana kombuso nombuso. Umbusi waphendula ngeziphakamiso zakhe nezilokotho ezinhle.
Kodwa njengoba isikhathi sibheda eholidini likaMnu Obama, lawo mazwi kungenzeka kube yiwo kuphela osopolitiki ababili abashintshana ngakho ngaphambi kokuba uMnu Obama afungiswe futhi abe ngumengameli wokuqala wezwe owazalelwa eHawaii.
Futhi ukukhuluma ukuxhumana umongameli esizayo ukuba Aloha State - UMbusi uLingle akazange adlale ngabo ngesikhathi ekhankasela uMnu.
