Posted by
Katherine Harms on Monday, September 01, 2008 10:21:08 AM
I had a most puzzling conversation this morning. I am a conservative who votes Republican. I was talking with a liberal who usually votes Democrat. She, however, became completely disappointed in the Democrat party after Hillary’s loss in the primaries. She was most upset about the loss of her vote in the Florida primaries. She told me in June that she would be voting for McCain.
This morning, however, she has gone back home, although she does not feel at home. McCain’s choice of a running mate has sent her scurrying back to the Democrat fold, but she is still upset. Her vote was disrespected. Hillary was disrespected. However, I learned this morning that the crowning insult is that Barack Obama is not a real fulfillment of the Martin Luther King dream. Barack is not a real black man.
What? That entire coronation scene in Denver with the temple and the parade of celebrities bearing gifts was about the celebration of the MLK dream. The timing, the words. Not a real black man?
I was made to understand that since Barack Obama’s mother was white, he is not a real black. Since his father was from Kenya, his black heritage does not stretch back through the years of segregation in the US. Barack spent more time around white people when he was growing up than he spent around black people.
This notion really is amazing. A dyed-in-the-wool Democrat like my friend rejects Obama, because he is not black enough. And my friend isn’t even black!
Shocking as it seems, I believe that this issue may underlie a great deal of the Democrat disaffection with the Obama/Biden ticket. Whoever tells Obama what to say and what to do and what to wear is doing a great job of covering up the deep truth that Obama is not really black. He didn’t grow up in the hood. He never really experienced segregation. He is a great big fake.
Well, I think he is a fake, too, and I don’t really care if he is black or purple. I think John McCain needs to find a subtle and diplomatic way to recruit the Democrats like my friend who don’t feel that Obama really fulfills their hopes and dreams. The best way to tell the party what they think is to vote for a real white man.
Actually, this is all madness isn’t it. Why do we even care what a candidate’s race is? I want a candidate who will support small government, low taxes, free enterprise, and personal freedom. That is what really matters when I decide who I will vote for. The color of skin or the ancestral DNA are completely irrelevant to my choice.