He really said it. If I hadn’t seen it myself, I’d have thought it was one of those deceptive Internet videos trying to discredit Barack Obama. But I saw him say it himself during coverage of a campaign stop a while back. Barack Obama said we need Supreme Court justices that have “the empathy to […]
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Race Card Redux
As noted previously, for many people, this presidential election is all about race. The Race Card is being played often. On the CNN web site, Campbell Brown writes: “How much is race really a part of this race? Can we even know before Election Day, before the votes are cast and counted?” Kinda sounds like […]
The Race Card
As I wrote on September 13th, for many people, this presidential election is more about race than politics. This morning I was watching the news and the Big Question was: Why isn’t Obama way ahead of McCain in the polls? The statement was made: If Obama were white, he’d be way ahead of McCain in […]
It Will Make History
What will happen if people reject Obama’s socialist politics? What if people don’t vote for him because they judge him too inexperienced? What if voters deem him too radical because of his long association with Reverend Wright? What will happen if Barack Obama is not America’s First Black President?
On Race
Dr. Martin Luther King once dreamed of a future where people would be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. And here we are, 40+ years later, declaring that the election of Barack Obama would be momentous, not for his character, but for the color of his skin.