Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:50:25 AM
The Obama Coronation.....er Inauguration exposes the inherent racism of the left and liberalism. Nearly everyone left of center and much of the country got misty eyed during the Inauguration last week. Everyone agreed it was historic and a great moment. Was it a historic and great moment because he was the most qualified to hold the office? Clearly not. He may not be qualified to run his kids PTA. The things he has run, namely funds from the Annenberg Foundation, he has run into the ground. Is it because he is a great speaker? Not really, Alan Keyes would be President if that were the qualification. Is it because of his ideas? Not really. Because the few you are able to pin him down on and that he hasn't flipped flopped on are hard left and not in step with 75 percent of the country. When you hear them speak however you quickly realize the only thing historic was that he is black. Now agreed our country has had a history of slavery, Jim Crow, and general poor treatment of blacks. But it isn't fair not to acknowledge the progress made by the country. To me, it was only a matter of time that a black person would be elected President. I was hoping he'd be a Republican but that would have guaranteed it would not be "historic." The Bush administration had the first two and now only two African Americans to serve as Secretary of State. No one seemed to care. To those of us on the right, the only concern was the qualifications of the people, the content of their character if you will. To those on the left, they will always be Uncle Toms and sellouts. Right now the top two candidates competing for chairman of the RNC happen to both be black. No one cares. Michael Steele and Ken Blackwell each have supporters within the party and no one gives a damn that they are black. With blacks voting 90-95% Democratic, Republicans aren't trying to shave off 5 percent or so by picking a black chairman. For the record I like both but would probably prefer Ken Blackwell as a stronger voice for conservatives within the party. Back to the Coronation, my child got to watch it live on television in her preschool because it was historic. I am sure the same would have not happened for President McCain. So now my preschooler knows about the historic moment but doesn't know why it is historic and I won't tell her. To tell her is to explain that black is something different and should be treated differently. It isn't and I want to keep my children as innocent as long as possible. I'll leave it to the liberals to tell their kids that black is different. I'll stick with MLK's idea about the content of their character.