JoshC – For not being an American, you are very observant and right on the mark. While not being terribly excited about the Republican’s in this race, they have gone out of their way to make sure that race is not an issue and have condemned every attempt to inject race into the debate. Obama and his cronies have made multiple references to the imaginary racism of the Republican’s and I frankly find it disgusting.
Boris – It is McCain’s official position not to use Obama’s middle name as an invective, or to accuse Obama of being a Muslim. Sure, there are some comedians that like to point that out, but they are not part of the mainstream party. As to “white-washing” our past as Americans, sure, we’ve had injustices in the past, no one is trying to run away from that. We have, as a country, made more effort to make amends for our past then any other on the planet. If you can name another that has made a similar effort to overcome these issues, I’d like you to name it.
As far as reparations are concerned, that would be complete PC madness to it’s furthest extreme. Who is going to be paid, who is going to do the paying, what is a payment going to do for anyone other then buy big screen tv’s? Can someone please explain how the 5th or 6th generation decedents of slaves would be made whole again by a payment of a few thousand dollars? Can someone explain why it’s fair that someone who had nothing to do with slavery would need to pay money because of it? If our government goes down that road, I’m opting out of paying taxes anymore.
