Watching a caucus out of Wyoming on CNN this afternoon, a shot of an auditorium, mostly empty, but I was intrigued by the separation of the seats. In one section only African Americans were seated, and the other sections, white and other Americans. That seems to be the theme of this Presidential election,and frankly, I think it stinks. Somehow this election has become a racially based contest, especially when I saw poor Congressman John Lewis, who had been a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter announced that he was throwing his support to Obama. He was so distressed making this announcement, what I had suspected seemed to be so. Even Donna Brazile who for many years was a personal and professional friend of the Clintons, recently withdrew and claims she is neutral. Before that public announcement from Brazile was made, a news clip said she is abandoning the Clinton team and switching over to Obama. During this campaign, I have seen many such defections from heretofore strong friends and allies, in the African American community, of both Clintons, and this switch, en masse, indicates this is a racial campaign. Knowledge of, and experience in, the workings of Washington and the diplomatic scene that desperately needs repair, does not seem to count. Just the skin color. That scares me. The media is giving the Clintons a rough time, the negatives being dredged up that were settled during the Clinton administration, are suddenly rearing their ugly head again, and there is no shortage of Obama allies who continue to drag this trash through the media. Obama must be undercover. He only appears when making a speech, or giving a press interview. All negatives are either surpressed or glossed over, for instance his affiliation with a supposedly Christian church, whose pastor is a former Black Panther. Louis Farrakhan an avowed anti-semite and anti-white received that church’s highest honor, and supports Obama as well. And Samatha Power’s ‘monster’ remark is now, after two days, dead. And we mustn’t forget Tony Rezko, on trial now for corruption and other crimes, who financed Obama’s campaigns, helped Obama buy his $1.35 million house. If screw ups attributed to the Clinton that are more than 20 years old have surfaced again, how come current negative events in Obama’s life are glossed over. That’s why I think this campaign is deliberatly manipulated to score the racial issue, and the media mavens are eager to perpetuate this method of conducting a political campaign. I wonder what the rest of the world thinks of us.
