Posted on 06/04/2008 8:21:48 AM PDT by Meggers
I have to admit...
...race DID, indeed, play a part in my decision to vote for Obama. That's right...I fully intended to vote for Barack Obama for President. Let me tell you why.
First of all, at the time, I wouldn't have ever considered voting for Hillary. I've never voted for a Clinton in my life and I doubt that I ever will. I'm not a Clnton "hater", I just think that they are as crooked as any two politicians I've ever seen. They're certainly in good company so that's not really as much of a slight as it would initially appear.
When I made my initial decision to vote for Obama, the GOP still had a few candidates actively campaigning. Of ALL of those men, and the lady...I chose Obama. I felt as though he may have been inexperienced, but he was smart enough to surround him with good people, I'm sure. The inexperience actually worked in his favor as it implied a lesser amount of potential baggage. All we need in our President is a good and honorable man. That's what I saw when I looked at Obama.
Race came in when I thought that it was time for our country to elect a black man for President. There's a good reason for that. I believe that the right black man has the power to heal a huge racial divide in this country and I thought that was a good enough reason in itself to vote for Obama. If he accomplished nothing else but a uniting of the races, he would go down in history as one of the greatest men in our nation's history. So, I was going to vote for Barack Obama for a few reasons, but mostly because I thought that he could be the Great Healer that our country so desperately needs. Imagine how strong we could be if we didn't bicker amongst our selves? The ripple effect of a healing of the racial chasm in the Untied States would be immeasurable.
Then two things happened in a very short time. First, that racist rant from Jeremiah Wright was shown on television. I know there are those who would defend Reverend Wright and say that his words were NOT racist...but trust me, I've been called racist for much less than that and I know in my heart that I am not a racist. But as much as other people PERCEIVE what I say to be racist, I too, perceive the Reverend to be a ranting, raving racist.
At about the same time I saw Bill O'Reilly interview Hillary. It was the first time that I saw her sit down and speak to someone for any length of time. I got to watch her and listen to her arguments. She became less of an evil to me. I actually almost LIKED the woman who I have held in contempt ever since the LAST time I saw her sit down and talk. That day she said something about not being a "woman who's just standing by her man". I was so disgusted that I decided she was a nut and I never looked back. But the night she spoke with O'Reilly, I softened my opinion of her considerably.
My opinion of Obama remained the same. Neither incident changed my mind, I was still an Obama supporter. But, something that DIDN'T happen began eating away at that decision.
I waited and waited but Obama never came out and denounced the racist rant for what it was. I don't know what his reasons were and frankly, I don't care. I wanted to hear whether or not Obama believed that our government injected AIDS into the black community. I wanted to know if he believed that Bush was behind 9/11. And, most of all, I want to know if Obama is a student of Black Liberation Theology. That doesn't make me racist anymore than it would make a black person racist for questioning a member of a white church led by a man of questionable character.
Calling me a racist for espousing my sincere beliefs is not only anti-American, it's a sign that you really don't have a reasonable argument against anything that I've said. It's like the bully I used to be married to. He could shut me up by getting angry and emotional but nothing was ever solved by that behavior. Calling me racist is nothing more than verbal bullying and it isn't any more productive than physical bullying.
If a candidate wants this country to put them in the number one position, they have to reciprocate. Their alliance to this nation simply must be stronger than their alliance to any one group of us. To paraphrase James Cone AND George Bush...If you aren't for us, you are against us.
Those are strong words...that's why Cone used them. That's why Bush used them. And that's what I have to say to Barack Obama now. If you're not for us, you're against us. All of us.
By the way, it's not too late. I'm still here and if Barack has anything that he'd like to say, I'd love to hear it.
Those are strong words...that's why Cone used them. That's why Bush used them. And that's what I have to say to Barack Obama now. If you're not for us, you're against us. All of us.
Good for you. Your logic is “Race came in when I thought that it was time for our country to elect a black man for President.” You base your decision on race. You are a racist.
I wonder how the author felt when it appeared an appropriate time, during Pres Bush’s second term, to appoint a black female to the Supreme Court?
“I felt as though he may have been inexperienced, but he was smart enough to surround him with good people, I’m sure.”
Yep, that is quite clear with his association with the anti-american paster. Yep, politics of feelings wins again.
Free ColdDuck for everyone.
The sad irony is that Obama beat Hitlery by being more Clintonian than the Clintons.
He managed to hide the fact that he is so radical he makes George McGovern look like a Bricher.
You mean like Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farakhan, and members of groups that advocated the murder of congressmen and policemen and the violent overthrow of the government?
I prefer Boones Farm, swine! (just kidding)
How quaint...
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