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OdlerRobert Jeanlouie

Sep. 20, 2004

For the first time in its relatively short history, Indonesia, the largest Muslim country on Earth (with 238 million inhabitants), is having direct popular elections. The results will be released in three weeks.

In the polls, current President Megawati SUKARNOPUTRI is running behind her challenger, former general Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO.

Foreign observers will notice how long the names of the candidates are. Even their first names, Megawati and Susilo, don?t look amenable to election flyers, and flashing television ads.

Going back 70 years, all American Presidents have borne first names with one or two syllabi: Franklin, Harry, Dwight, John, Lyndon, Richard, Gerald, Jimmy, Ronald, George, Bill, and George (again) otherwise known as W.

Of course, it is anti-constitutional, in the U.S, to run for President, if your first name is more than three syllabi long. Moreover, your case will fall directly under the jurisdiction of the Homeland Security Department if your name does not sound Anglo-Saxon, such as Polidor or Demosthenes.

Imagine these slogans: Polidor for Medicare! Or, Demosthenes fights for the Middle Class!

Think how much ink is used in the printing of SUKARNOPUTRI and YUDHOYONO in all the articles published about the current Indonesian elections. What about MEG and SUS instead? Simply, a l?Americaine.

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(OdlerRobert Jeanlouie, Monday, September 20, 2004)