Looks Like the RACE is On!

JEEZUSSS PEOPLE!!!!

News flash!  Barack Obama is BLACK!  Or African American, or whatever the most inoffensive politically correct flavor of the day is!  GET OVER IT!  This means all y'all! 

You friggn' backwards ass rednecks who judge a man on the color of his skin need to get a life! Or better yet, just go away all together!

You Arian Caucasian Liberal Elitist Apologetics, sipping your Gin and Tonics claiming "It is about time an African American became President... yada yada yada..."  need to get a life, that doesn't pretend to mimic the last episode of Sex in the City meets the Sopranos!

And (reaching toward the third rail here) all you all of color need to stop with this Victim Based, "I can not gain any ground because..."  insert favorite "Because of the MAN" metaphor here!  You're no better if you are judging me, on my color too!

I was taken aback by a number of articles I read today about RACE in the current campaigns.  Unfortunately I think we're going to hear a lot more of it!  In one case reported in the Washington Post, Obama campaign workers were shocked at the blatant racism displayed by many white people approached... now understand, many campaign workers were themselves "white."

..."The first person I encountered was like, 'I'll never vote for a black person,' " recalled Ross, who is white and just turned 20. "People just weren't receptive."

and another

...Victoria Switzer, a retired social studies teacher, was on phone-bank duty one night during the Pennsylvania primary campaign. One night was all she could take: "It wasn't pretty." She made 60 calls to prospective voters in Susquehanna County, her home county, which is 98 percent white. The responses were dispiriting. One caller, Switzer remembers, said he couldn't possibly vote for Obama and concluded: "Hang that darky from a tree!"

If an accurate recounting of the experienced faced by these campaigners (and I have no reason to doubt, other than my usual filter of skepticism in the face of any political victimology represented that may benefit a candidate) it is telling and despicable!

In another article it is reported that a Cobb County Georgia bar is selling "Questionable" tee-shirts:

...Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past.

Again in my view, satirist attempts at humor such as this are disgusting, degrading, and downright dehumanizing!

Grow up!  I'm a white guy!  I happen to be white by either luck of the Darwinian draw,or because GOD saw fit to torture my parents with a dude like me!  And hey wow!  Two Caucasian parents usually conspire to make a Caucasian offspring!  I had nothing to do with it!!!!  And neither did you in your color choice!

Your color is simply that!  Yours!  You can chose your life and what you do with it!  You can associate with others who are of similar color or other attributes or not, and if someone gives you grief for it!  Tell them to pound salt! 

Racism is all about doing something or judging someone based on their color!  It is not about who has the power to oppress!!!  That in America is archaic! Black, White, Yellow, Green, Purple no matter you can all be racists and once we recognize that!  Well hell, we might begin to gain some ground on this bastard RACISM!  Until that time, if you consider yourself immune from racism because you are a person of ... well... race!  You're an idiot!  And that is certainly not because of the color of your skin!  Its because of the color of your mental filters!

Do I judge people on appearance?  You bet I do!  Usually based on what you're wearing and how you wear it! Am I always accurate in my assessment of a person's character based on this visual judgement... nope!  But I continue to have my opinions, however, I make a concerted effort to not base my judgements on race, sex or age... but honestly it is impossible to dismiss recognition of any of these traits in another... it is what you do with that information that is important!

Which brings me to my point... FINALLY!!!!... I know!

Voting for any of the candidates because of what color he is, what sex she is, or how old and what color he is!  IS COSMICALLY STUPID!!!!  I feel I get dumber every time I hear someone utter She should vote for Hillary because she's a woman!  Or that "I'm going to vote for Barack, because it's time for a Black man to be in the White House!" 

Uh... Why? Because he's Black?... Now there's a credential.  Um... so I leave you with the following... who below is more qualified to be president?

Seriously!  Where does he stand on the issues?  If he aligns with your interests in National Security, the Economy, Foreign Affairs, Taxes, and Domestic Programs... Great, vote for him, but if you don't know crap about his positions on issues and you vote because "Its time for a "Black Man" to be in the White House!"  You're a fool... besides he's 1/2 white!

And the same applies if you "Refuse to Vote for a Black Man!"  because of his color!  You're a fool too!... besides he's 1/2 white!

But if you do not, agree with his policies and you are any color... don't vote for him out of guilt about, or obligation to race.  It is time we moved on from our obsession with race!  For every idiot in a race group I can show you brilliance!