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Friday, March 21, 2008
Race is not a factor in this election
Americans would love to elect an African-American as President. When General Colin Powell, who happens to be black, became Secretary of State in the Bush Administration the vast majority of Americans applauded. People may have disagreed with Powell over policy, or because he was seen as either too liberal or too conservative, but his race was never a factor. The same is true with regards to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as well as with African-American governors, congressmen, corporate CEO's, and others in positions of leadership. There was no negative reaction to the Powell appointment, no Klansmen donning white sheets, no neo-Nazis on the march.
The fact is that most Americans don't care about the race of their President. What concerns Americans most are issues such as the price of gasoline, the quality of their kids education, Judges who let convicted sex criminals out of jail early, high taxes, illegal immigration and foreign wars. Americans would like to elect a president who has a plan and they would prefer a president who has a life story that includes impressive accomplishments. If that candidate also happens to be black than this would be an added bonus.
Members of the liberal media are obsessed with both the race and the gender of the candidates this year and they insist that the rest of us share that obsession. Two examples out of the many that I could site in Boston are the Boston Globe, which almost exclusively frames the political discussion on race and gender and WTTK radio talk show hosts Jim Braude and Marjorie Eagan who incessantly banter on about race and gender. It should be noted that a liberal magazine chose to publish a cover that depicted a degrading image of Supreme Court Justice Clarence dressed like a lawn jockey.
The Obama and Clinton campaigns are fostering a disconnected and artificial sense of race conflict as they desperately seek to extract a kernel of justification for their vacuous candidacies. Every comment or gesture from either side is weighed and parsed for race or gender bias. The focus of the controversy swirling around Barack Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright focuses on comments he made that actually were racist against whites. This focus, however, side-steps the real problem with Pastor Wright which is his far left-wing views and anti-American utterances.
At their core, liberals believe that people of different races and genders actually posess different consciousnesses. This bizarre construct is being ingrained into the students who attend many of the elite liberal Colleges and is a particular feature of African-American and women's studies. While the left obsesses with false constructs, the rest of the country is preparing to elect a President who is the most competent in the field.
Chuck Morse
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