A case of pot and kettle and no one being brave enough to call the other black.

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | May 27, 2008

Carolyn Hileman

Name a terrorist country and he is willing to sit down with their leaders and have a dialog, Say anything about Muslim extremist and he is quick to disavow those statements as divisive, complain about illegal immigration and this man will label you a xenophobe, this man who is disgusted by labels, says they are divisive and destructive has absolutely no problem bandying them about when ever it suits his particular speech in the particular genre he is entertaining. He enjoys the greatest of advantages he is black and he is running for president.

You see since he is black he knows most of the white candidates are not going to go after him like they would anyone else, they are afraid to, they might be labeled a racist. He can go around talking about how most white folk in the south are bitter, gun toting Bible thumping losers and not get called on it, he can have a pastor who screams God Damn America from the pulpit and wait and wait until he steps on his toes to finally decide what he said was divisive. To Obama, anything that is said that does not enhance his chances at the White House is divisive.

Hillary doesn’t want to give up and that is divisive, our complaints and quizzing him over his pastor was divisive, the fact that we do not want people in our country illegally is divisive, it is almost like he just found that word in the dictionary and now must find ways to use it in a sentence. It kind of reminds me of John Kerry and his penchant for reminding us every time he spoke that he served in Vietnam. Divisive, to divide, what would you call someone who sets about to divide a country against itself on the issue of safety? The simple matter of secure borders and knowing who was within them, but we won’t mention that it might be divisive.

What would you call a man whose sole claim to presidential fame is that he is black and therefore should not be required to answer any hard questions? What would you call a man who would rather go talk to the terrorist countries than to the people he will be sworn to protect? What would you call a man who labels his own countrymen xenophobes and bitter gun toting, Bible thumpers like that is something to be ashamed of? The sad fact of the matter is this man honestly feels like he would be able to talk to leaders of terrorist easier than his own people, but that is probably divisive so we won’t mention that either.

While he may be enjoying his moment in the sun where no one can touch him and he is the supreme being it will only last until after the election, because the only change he is working for is the change that squelches freedom of speech and basic human rights, the only change he wants is every white person in America to feel guilty enough to usher him in as president. But there in lies the problem, once these people get to the polls and realize that no one will ever know who they voted for there goes that fear of being called a racist and since that is the only real hold he has I don’t see many people actually voting for him.

While he may be the media darling, while they may fall all over his every word, the American people are not. Don’t get me wrong I hope we see a black president one day, but I also hope he or she is one of integrity, one who is not afraid to stand his ground and one who doesn’t use his race to try and divide the people further, and I am sorry but Obama is not that man. I know that just by writing this I will be called a racist by some but I have come to understand that a racist at this pint in time means anyone who cares about their country and wants to see it protected so that label does not bother me anymore, nor does being called a gun toting, Bible thumper, do I dislike the way it was phrased yes, is it true, yes so he can label me that all he wants.

So in conclusion, I have found that for a man who does not like labels, he does so enjoy labeling and for a man who wishes to heal the division in America he tends to be very divisive. I think this might simply be a case of pot and kettle and no one being brave enough to call the other black.

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