I Didn’t Vote for Obama in 2008, but I’ll be First in 2012

[jaxx]

Friday, May 25, 2012
I Didn’t Vote for Obama in 2008, but I’ll be First in 2012

During the campaign, I was thousands of miles away, but as I watched it unfold, it was painfully obvious to me that America is nowhere near being post-racial and the southern strategy is not dead. I knew, that if elected, Barack Obama would become the object of the keenest scrutiny any President has ever been subjected to and his race, birthplace, indeed birthright and religion would dominate social concerns. America has not disappointed me.

It is sad to hear “disappointed” supporters wax naively about the President’s failures like political professionals who know everything about foreign policy, legislative bargaining and the government budgetary process. More often than not, I find they’re armed with little more than talking points, an entrenched ideology, reflections of an impossible ideal that borders close to God-like or are just plain old racists.

<..> 7. I’ll vote for Obama because I know history. After Blacks won office in 1875, many whites reacted in much the same way so many reacted after Obama’s election.

Like the Tea Party, opposition groups were formed. They changed the voter registration rules, employed gerrymandering and wrote new laws. It was called the Mississippi Plan and Jim Crow was born. History is repeating itself.

http://www.thepragmaticpundit.com/2012/0...t-ill.html

This is a very good article. The reasons the author will vote for PBO are well thought out and linked to the obstacles he has faced.

[OptimistesMaddie]

I think there are many others out there with the same thoughts. They may not be vocal but their votes will say it loud and clear.

Romney and the Republicans are going to stoop to lows so disgraceful that they will doom the Repug party for years, perhaps even decades.

[janedrake]

That piece is EPIC. Thanks for posting! He had me at:

Quote:It is sad to hear “disappointed” supporters wax naively about the President’s failures like political professionals who know everything about foreign policy, legislative bargaining and the government budgetary process. More often than not, I find they’re armed with little more than talking points, an entrenched ideology, reflections of an impossible ideal that borders close to God-like or are just plain old racists.

A-to-the-men!

[jaxx]

Glad you two liked it, I thought it was great. This is the stuff the voters need to see.