再谈奥巴马当选总统之前的身份
<p>美国时间2009年1月20日，奥巴马在全球瞩目中宣誓就职。但是，笔者注意到，我国一些媒体仍然把其当选总统之前的职务说错了，如央视资讯频道1月21日午间资讯报道就称呼其宣誓就职之前的身份为“美国当选总统、伊利诺伊州前参议员”。在奥巴马竞选总统期间，我国不少媒体也经常称其为“伊利诺伊州参议员”。</p><p>其实，这里的“伊利诺伊州参议员”实乃一个常识错误，因为奥巴马在当选美国总统之前的真正身份是代表伊利诺伊州的美国国会参议员，并非伊利诺伊州参议员，两者绝不可混为一谈。打一个形象的比方，“伊利诺伊州参议员”就是我国的省人大代表，而国会参议员则相当于我国的全国人大代表，如此一说，其中的不同就显而易见了。通过有关资料搜索，我们也不难发现，奥巴马在1997年至2004年之间担任的职务就是“伊利诺伊州参议员”，而在2004年的大选年，他代表该州当选为联邦参议员并在次年1月3日走马上任，担任通常所说的美国国会参议员。2008年奥巴马出马竞选总统之前，美国国会网站对奥巴马的介绍如下：</p><p><span word="OBAMA">OBAMA</span>, <span word="Barack">Barack</span>, (1961 - )</p><p><span word="Senate">Senate</span> <span word="Years">Years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Service">Service</span>: 2005-</p><p><span word="Party">Party</span>: <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span></p><p><span word="OBAMA">OBAMA</span>, <span word="Barack">Barack</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Senator">Senator</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Illinois">Illinois</span>; <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Honolulu">Honolulu</span>, <span word="Hawaii">Hawaii</span>, <span word="August">August</span> 4, 1961; <span word="obtained">obtained</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Jakarta">Jakarta</span>, <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Hawaii">Hawaii</span>; <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Occidental">Occidental</span> <span word="College">College</span>, <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span>, <span word="Calif">Calif</span>.; <span word="received">received</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="B">B</span>.<span word="A">A</span>. <span word="in">in</span> 1983 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="City">City</span>; <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="organizer">organizer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span>, <span word="Ill">Ill</span>.; <span word="studied">studied</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="Review">Review</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="J">J</span>.<span word="D">D</span>. <span word="in">in</span> 1991; <span word="lecturer">lecturer</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="constitutional">constitutional</span> <span word="law">law</span>, <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span>; <span word="member">member</span>, <span word="Illinois">Illinois</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="senate">senate</span> 1997-2004; <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Senate">Senate</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2004 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="January">January</span> 3, 2005.</p>
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