Barack Obama was the worst possible choice for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008? Why? Two reasons:
1 – He’s black.
2 – He won.
Now I fully expect the intellectually dishonest folks among us to stop reading right there and brand me a racist instead of reading on to find out that I’m not. For the rest of you, here is the “rest of the story”…
When Mr. Obama decided to run for President and started doing well in the polls, a huge portion of the American electorate went wild with excitement at the opportunity to finally elect a black man to the highest office in the land. They became so enamored with the idea in fact that they simply chose to ignore all the signs that, if elected, he would lead our country down the road to ruin.
During the campaign he made no attempt to hide his love for Socialist ideals, which fit in perfectly with his background and the friends he has chosen to associate with throughout his life. He pretty much told us straight up how he wanted to “transform” America into a country vastly different from the one that most of us know and love. And with the help of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and others in power he already has.
If he was a white male, Obama would simply leave office some day with the reputation of being among the worst Presidents ever to hold the office. And yes, I sincerely believe that history will soon enough judge him that way. But the problem is he is in the unique position of being the very first black President this country has ever had, which will only compound his status as the country’s worst leader in the minds of the true racists among us. Had he been the type of President who would do the country proud, Obama could have done his part to prove that a black man can indeed be trusted to competently run the country. Instead, he has given the racists an excuse to say otherwise.
I’m glad that our nation has proven once and for all that skin color is no longer a barrier to ascending to the office of President of the United States. It was in fact long overdue. But Barack Obama was the worst possible choice to be the man to crush that barrier. I believe history will show that he was indeed an abject failure at leading the U.S. in the direction in which we truly need to go, and there was simply no need for the American electorate to “settle” for a “first black President” who would turn out to perform so poorly – especially when he gave us all so many signs during the campaign that his Presidency would end up that way.
There are countless black men and women of high character and patriotism who would make fine Presidents, and they will certainly get my vote if they ever decide to run. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Lieutenant Colonel Allen West are two that immediately come to mind. With so many great candidates of this calibre to choose from, it’s a real shame that the opportunity to elect the first black man to the office of President of the United States was so terribly wasted on Barack Obama.
So true.