Tweeting victory of hope and change in Egypt before it comes to pass

Has the youth obsessed President of the United States been punked by Google? Two young Google executives, protest leader Wael Ghonim and Director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen, who heads up the digital warrior teaching Alliance of Youth Movements (AYO), are running the show in Cairo.

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“Mission accomplished. Thanks to all the brave young Egyptians #Jan25,” Google executive and protest leader Wael Ghonim tweeted today. Ghonim was joyfully tweeting the final ouster of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak. But when Mubarak addressed the throngs in Cairo’s Tahrir Square today, the cheers soon turned to boos. Rather than getting out, Mubarak said he had delegated some powers to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but would not be leaving the country. In comments at the beginning of a speech in Michigan, Obama was waxing eloquent about “a moment of transformation taking place because the people of Egypt are calling for change.” The world is “witnessing history unfold” in Egypt, Obama said in reference to reports that President Hosni Mubarak may step down in hours. But The jubilation over at Google is a little like Mark Twain’s famous quotation: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” “A senior Egyptian government official told CNN on Thursday that Mubarak was expected to announce he will transfer power to the military.” (CNN Feb. 10, 2010). “The move would take Egypt’s government outside “constitutional authority,” the official said. “This is not a coup in the traditional sense,” the official said. “But this is a transfer of the system of government from the civilian to the military. The military is stepping up, recognizing its responsibility to the Egyptian people.” Obama was not the only one cashing in on the hyped success of the Hope and Change theme in Egypt. “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that if the reports of Mubarak’s pending resignation are true, then “it would certainly be a victory for the young people who had the courage to demonstrate for democratic freedoms in Egypt. I congratulate them on their success. I salute them for their courage. Their energy changed, is changing Egypt. Their actions are an inspiration to the world.” There’s a not so hidden message in Obama’s professed enthusiasm for the young revolutionaries bringing down a government and replacing it with hope and change in Egypt. The not so hidden message is that the same thing could happen in the U.S. where the Obama administration now controls up and coming generations. The Obama administration has heaped smears and scorn on older generations who dominate the Tea Party. It’s a frightening proposition to think of tens of thousands of young people demanding hope and change in the streets of American cities. No one knows that better than a Marxist Obama. But for the moment, Mubarak, who was told by Obama to get out and to get out now, is still there. When you cut away the mainstream media hype, Google executives leading the Egypt protest may have failed their Messiah.