Ua hāʻawi ke Kōmike Nobel i kāna Makana Maluhia iā Pelekikena Barack Obama i kēia lā, i kahi hanana hanana i kahaha i ka hapa nui.

ʻOiai ua hōʻike nā balota ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna kūlana ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻaʻole e unuhi ka makemake o Obama i kekahi loaʻa kālā no ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ʻāina. Akā me ka manaʻo pro-ʻAmelika e piʻi nei i ka honua a hōʻano hou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokipa i nā malihini kipa haole, ke kuʻi hope nei anei ka "brand" ʻAmelika?

Hōʻike nā noiʻi hou i ka heluna o nā huakaʻi haole i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hāʻule he 10 pakeneka i ka 2009 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka wā like o ka makahiki i hala. A i ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopau ke Kōmike 'Olumepika'Āina (IOC) i kā Chicago makemake e hoʻokipa i ka' Olumepika 2016 i ka puni mua, ʻoiai he kime o nā lobbyists i hui pū ʻia me ka Pelekikena, ka Mua Mua, a me Oprah Winfrey.

I ka mālamalama o kēia mau pilikia, ke hoʻomaikaʻi maoli nei ke kiʻi o ʻAmelika, a aia paha kekahi mea e kāohi ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi US?

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo loko o ka poʻe hoʻokūkū ʻo Olumepika, ʻaʻole no ka hewa o ka hoʻouka kaua a Kikako no ka nalo ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻLelo lākou ua lawa ke kālā a he kupaianaha nā wahi. ʻO ka pilikia maoli paha he hihia palekana.

ʻAʻole, palekana ʻaʻohe mea hopohopo. Akā, ʻo ka wīwī ikaika a me nā koina komo e komo ai i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i waiho i kekahi mau luna o ka IOC e haʻohaʻo ana inā e ʻoluʻolu maoli nā poʻe haole ʻē a me nā mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou hōʻea ʻana mai.

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