Confucian endorses Barack Obama

It is so heartening to read that Barack Obama decided to visit his sicked grandmother in Hawaii at such a crucial stage of the campaign trail with the election day is barely two weeks away.

Barack has been talking about family value in his books and in his campaign trail. No one will dispute his message on family value, on tough love, that echo everywhere and relevant to everyone.

Barack walks his talk with the visit to his grandmother.

If elected the President (highly likely judging on the latest tally on poll, money and endorsement he garnered), he will be the best living exemplary for Americans to strengthen and rebuild itself from the very basic societal units - self and family.

The truth remains that no society, wherever it is, will do well if a society is filled with broken family, neglected elderly, abandoned child and selfish individual.Family is where the core of love begins and where the seed of education starts.

I like to imagine if Confucian is alive, will Barack receive his endorsement?

The tenet of Confucianism for political leadership is based on two components - ethics (德) and competence (才).

Confucian thus speak of 修身齐家, roughly the ethical component in the sense of individual's ethical conduct and familial responsiblity, and 治国平天下, roughly the competence component in the sense of competency for governance to deliver peace throughout the world.

On this tenet, there are adequate evidence of Barack fulfilling the criteria to be trusted with the American Presidential and the world leadership's responsibility.

He has ably run arguably the best Presidential campaign in history, in mobilising the largest number of volunteers and in raising the highest amount of political donation.

He has also articulated his policies much better than his opponent, with reasoned argument and compelling vision, on domestic issues from health care to education, on economic policies from alternative energy to rebuilding economy, on foreign policies from reforming the United Nation to Iraq and Afganistan.

I am confident and convinced that Confucian will give Barack the endorsement.Lastly, let's us all wish Madam Dunham well and her grandson sucessful securing the White House.