With all the anguish over the supposed racism of America, I actually think race is the least of Obama’s problems. A thought exercise: Ask yourself if Colin Powell would act like Obama. Of course not, and even on things where you didn’t agree with him, you could see he had arrived at his view through experience.
Would he ever act in this silly rock star way, doing photo ops for the European press? Sending his kids on TV and then regretting it? Doesn’t it make you cringe? Would he provide people with an opportunity to ridicule him for being pretentious? No. He spent 35 years in the military, becoming a 4-star general and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, before being secretary of state. That is, he had a real life of service to the US. No Harvard Law degree: geology at CCNY and an MBA from George Washington University. In my own old-fashioned way, I’m going to call him an all-American guy.
Now, if Powell were running … how many people would seriously care about his race? For all I know, he’ll be out campaigning for Obama. But not the point.
