If you vote for Barack Obama because he is black, you do not believe in a just society.
Some black Americans will vote for Mr. Obama out of a sense of racial solidarity. Racial solidarity was the bedrock of the Nazi movement. Need I say more?
Some black Americans will vote for Mr. Obama as a form of payback for the way that this country has treated black people in the past. While gross injustices were done without doubt, putting a black man in the White House because he is black is the antithesis of a truly civil, equal society. Put him there if you think he will make the best president, not because of his skin color.
Some white Americans will vote for Mr. Obama out of guilt or to prove their "liberal" standing. Both are equally inappropriate, frankly racist-in-reverse reasons for supporting a candidate.
I am white. I voted for Mr. Obama in 2007, but not because he is black. I thought he would make a good president. I was wrong. A black man is just as entitled to be a bad president as a white man, and that is what we got -- a bad president.
On August 28, 1963, another doctor (Ph.D., not M.D.) gave us the compelling image of a society where people would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." The best way to judge someone's character is by what he does, not by what he looks like or says.
What can we say about the candidates' character based on their acts?
A man of character protects his underlings. He does not let them be murdered by terrorists -- viz., Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens -- and then lie about it, putting off the blame off on others. What happened to "the buck stops here"?
A man of character does whatever it takes to protect those for whom he is even remotely responsible -- even to the point of shutting down a multibillion-dollar business to search for the lost daughter of an employee. See the story of Melissa Gay and how Mitt Romney led the search to find her.
Some black Americans will vote for Mr. Obama out of a sense of racial solidarity. Racial solidarity was the bedrock of the Nazi movement. Need I say more?
Some black Americans will vote for Mr. Obama as a form of payback for the way that this country has treated black people in the past. While gross injustices were done without doubt, putting a black man in the White House because he is black is the antithesis of a truly civil, equal society. Put him there if you think he will make the best president, not because of his skin color.
Some white Americans will vote for Mr. Obama out of guilt or to prove their "liberal" standing. Both are equally inappropriate, frankly racist-in-reverse reasons for supporting a candidate.
I am white. I voted for Mr. Obama in 2007, but not because he is black. I thought he would make a good president. I was wrong. A black man is just as entitled to be a bad president as a white man, and that is what we got -- a bad president.
On August 28, 1963, another doctor (Ph.D., not M.D.) gave us the compelling image of a society where people would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." The best way to judge someone's character is by what he does, not by what he looks like or says.
What can we say about the candidates' character based on their acts?
A man of character protects his underlings. He does not let them be murdered by terrorists -- viz., Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens -- and then lie about it, putting off the blame off on others. What happened to "the buck stops here"?
A man of character does whatever it takes to protect those for whom he is even remotely responsible -- even to the point of shutting down a multibillion-dollar business to search for the lost daughter of an employee. See the story of Melissa Gay and how Mitt Romney led the search to find her.
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