Will the real racists please stand up

When a majority of voters elected the first African-American to the highest office in the land, one would have thought it was a positive sign that racism had been dealt a serious blow.

After all, without millions of whites voting for Barack Obama he would have had no chance of being elected president. John McCain, his white opponent, lost the race, even though the overwhelming majority of voters are white. Hence, if racism were as prevalent as some race-baiters proclaim, President McCain would be occupying the White House right now.

Furthermore, given the fact that approximately 96% of blacks voted for the black candidate, we could make the argument that blacks are the racists in this country. Yet, most fair-minded people, me included, didn't try to make that argument because it wasn't hard to understand the motives of blacks, having dealt with a history of discrimination, favoring the first of their race with a serious chance of becoming Chief Executive.

Although I voted for McCain because I believe his service to the country merited his ascension, when Obama was elected I felt it was a good sign that we had achieved a milestone in race relations... [snip]

While standing up under a constant bombardment of calumny from every wacko on the other side of the political spectrum, Bush had no choice but to take it and continue to do his best to protect this country. He didn't have a cadre of supporters claiming that he was being heckled because of his skin color.

The plain fact is that Obama is taking a lot of criticism and losing support because of his liberal policies, not because of his epidermal pigmentation. Nevertheless, his acolytes would have us believe that any disagreement with him indicates bigotry.

If the day ever comes that a president is impervious to criticism, we'll know we've become a dictatorship...

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