Which Way Will We Turn-Towards Martin's Dream or Into a Nightmare?
Written by Eric L. Wattree Sr., (Columnist), on 11-08-2007 14:14
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If someone wanted to come into the community and gerrymander some of these districts to bring in more White voters, these very same Black politicians, who are so casually turning their backs on Obama, would be going to court and having a fit—and the reason they’d be having a fit is because they depend on the support of Black voters to keep them in office. That shows you what hypocrites they are. How can they depend on Black voters to support them, then turn their backs on Senator Obama? But these people are so self-serving that they don’t even see the hypocrisy in that.
Finally, I want to make it clear that I don’t ordinarily advocate that Black people vote exclusively along racial lines. One should vote for the best qualified candidate. But Senator Obama is, in fact, the best qualified candidate, by any indicator. Therefore, I’m certain that the importance for Black people to rally around Obama won’t be lost on the White citizens of this country. Surely they’ll understand the symbolic importance of this election to Black people, and the nation as a whole.
I’m sure they’ll fully understand that when we walk into that voting booth in the coming election, we’ll be walking in there with Martin, and all this nation’s founding documents, to be co-signed and ratified; and when we walk out, we’ll be leaving all of our shackles behind. I’m sure the White citizens of this country will understand that—in fact, they seem to understand it better than some of us.
The article, while well written only discusses Obama's personality and what he thinks will be his traits. He cites nothing on which he can hang his hat. There are no Obama beliefs or values on which the reader can base an opinion. In the end we know no more about Obama than we did before the article.
