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Did anyone notice, but Barack Obama is Black? Many political pundits are opining about the changes that have occurred in America over the many years, especially in light of MLK's murder, only occurring 40 years ago. I mean, we have a real viable political candidate for President who happens to actually be the son of a real African. None of this 5th 10th or 30th generation stuff, this man's real father is from Kenya. So I've been reading about all of the articles about how America has turned the corner. About how Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton lead the way in years past, but that we have finally made it. That as some pundits opine, white America has finally come out of the closet to openly endorse a black man for President. But in reality is this a good thing or is it nothing more than an orchestration of sorts? Barack obviously has skills in speaking. He has a gift in oration. He's a bit goofy looking, but he's already having groupies following him around. Look at Mick Jagger, ugly as a UGA, but he has babes begging for his time at every venue he sings at. So what is exactly going on here, because I'd like to know. Barack can speak. That's a plus, but what else can he do, other than in being black? He won an election in Illinois against an up and coming Republican for the future, who some how got caught up in a sex scandal. Barack walked into a senate seat with little pause. But that's about it. He votes extremely liberally. He said he was against the war initially, but in 2004 while in the campaign for Kerry, he downsized those comments for political reasons. I used to represent the accused while doing criminal defense work years ago. Sometimes, but not always, I found real prejudice in how the police handled their investigations. They would often be more inclined to suspect the black guy for the crime. Have you ever heard of driving while being black? Well I've seen it. I've also seen black cops have the same prejudices against their own as well. That's what often happens to many cops when they are actually patrolling the neighborhoods and seeing crime first hand. They begin to make judgments without all of the facts, they act with prejudice. They judge someone before all of the evidence is collected. Cops often don't have the benefit of hindsight, they must, on occasion, act quickly, before they know all of the facts, and they do sometimes make mistakes. I'm now beginning to see this election being nothing more than Prejudice elevated to a salve to heal the wounds of our country's past history of racism. Somehow this candidate is the candidate of reparations. If we vote for him, it proves that America is indeed an unbiased and equal and fair country. But is that what is actually happening? The fact is, unless you are a booger eating, bed wetting liberal, a vote for Obama is just shear prejudice. You've judged him a good speaker, which he is, and looked no further than the color of his skin. Either you are voting for the fact that he is black, and you prefer a black candidate, or you are voting for him to prove you are not racist. This is prejudice. Plain and simple. Like the black cops and white cops that "pre-judged" the guys who were arrested for "driving while black", your votes are made in ignorance, or before you have actually "judged" his real credentials and you are "voting because he's black", which in my mind makes you no better than those cops that pulled over the proverbial black driver. In either scenario, both are not appropriate means by which to either police our society or to elect leaders to govern it. If you are a real liberal, than the color of a candidates skin is irrelevant to you, so vote to your little beating heart's content for Barack. But if you are more interested in true Democratic policies, then for God's sake, look at the issues, and not the color of the skin before you vote. Please consider what MLK said. He dreamed of a day where his children might not be judged for the color of their skin, but for the content of their character. I just wish, that liberals, and especially those liberals that still control most of the main stream media, that they might also look beyond Barack's skin color but would look at the content of his experience, of his past business dealings, and of his very, liberal politics. This man actually wants to invade Pakistan and sit down with Iran's leaders with no strings attached. If white America voted this way, then I guess we would be picking someone like Justin Timberlake as our candidate,. . . but at least he can sing. Richard Hobbs's blog | login to post comments
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