First Published September 16, 2008 [sobe/cabe] Felons Can Vote ~ Voting for McCain Just Because He's White!
Voting for McCain Just Because He's White!
by Pearl Jr.
When the heck have White people told other Whites NOT TO VOTE for a person just because they are White? Has anyone dared say that to a crowd about John McCain to any White audience? Just today, there was a story in EURWEB.com that reiterated Marlon Wayans' comment to a group of college students to vote, but "don't vote for Barack just because he is Black", even though Wayans is an Obama supporter. That's a direct insult to Black decision-making that must be voided.
It's ironic that the very people who have voted for themselves (Whites) time after time are NOT under suspicion of race preference, but the people who have voted outside of their race (Blacks) are being treated as if they have a track record for exclusively voting in Black Presidents in the White House when the truth is exactly the opposite.
Barack Obama isn't Lil' Wayne for goodness sake! Barack Obama is a highly educated attorney, experienced community organizer, taught constitutional law, state senator, the only Black US Senator today, and has been the EXECUTIVE of the most successful preside ntial campaign in history. It's daring to accuse Blacks of such an outrageous, unfounded indictment, as if Blacks are stupid enough to elect someone who isn't qualified on the sheer basis of race and race alone?
It's White people whose biases should be under suspicion, not Blacks when it comes to electing Presidents. All 43 Presidents in the history of the United States have been White, without exception, and three out of four of this year's candidates are White. Twisting this reality and putting Blacks on public accusation for racial favoritism is racist manipulation at its core.
McCain and Palin don't add up when it comes to education; Obama/Biden both have law degrees and together have more political experience than their opponents. McCain nor Palin have a graduate degree, just undergraduate degrees. McCain entered the US Senate in 1987, while Joe Biden has been in the US Senate since 1973. Palin was the mayor of a town with less than 9000 people, while Obama has had more people watch him play basketball. But McCain/Palin are both White, therefore if they steal Obama's message of change, apparently, Whites will vote White, even when it is obvious the McCain campaign has put White faces on a Bla ck man's ideas and imagery of celebrity as with the selection of Sarah Palin, who has peaked too soon.
Everyone MUST stop promoting ridiculous ideas like, "don't vote for Barack because he is Black"—it's pure nonsense. Black people have voted nearly 90 percent democratic for decades, despite the ethnicities of the candidate. After all, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Carol Mosley Braun didn't win and Cynthia McKinney isn't raking in the Black vote either.
A majority of Whites are the ones that must prove they are capable of voting for someone other than a White person. Everyone needs to tell Whites not to vote for John McCain just because he is White, because that is the only logical reason why a large group of people would vote for someone who has been attached to the most disastrous administration in American history whose policies are leading the USA towards socialism and have increased corporate welfare to levels never seen before. In addition, early on and during the set up of this financial downturn, John McCain was the Chairman of the Commerce Committee and has admitted that he is fundamentally against governmental regulations.
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In my honest opinion, it is truly time for a change in the ""White" House (which incidentally was designed by a BLACK man) and we have had enough of the same self serving government that has eroded the financial core of this country!! Contrary to popular belief, we have already had several Black presidents (one of whom was Lincoln whose great grandmother was Black) so what is the problem with finally having a president who represents the American ideal....that is, the imitation of blackness by the "melanin challenged" so much that mainstream America has adopted the talk, the clothes and even dare I say the swagger of Black (Urban) America!!
The change Obama offers to me is an opportunity to finally see my dream actualized...As a child, I wanted to be president but was told that that wasn't likely to happen but dream big because you never know...Obama is what this country needs...a fresh perspective from a younger, more in sync individual...Don't get me wrong, I do actually like McCain but I feel he is definitely out of touch (along with his running mate Palin) with the rest of the country...With privilege comes a certain level of ignorance to the plight of the poor and they are no exception...
If we are to believe that we really do live in a colorless society then our sociopolitical actions must also change to reflect that. It is time to add some color to the WHITE house...
