Race is Always the Issue

     Being a conservative like I am I know that I have bias. We all do. If you don't think you do then your probably one of the people I'm addressing in this article. But what amazes me is that so many liberals (political, not theological) can't see they are often more guilty of what they accuse conservatives of than we are. For example, while it is so fresh in my mind, I was accused by a liberal of being hateful for my article called “Why I don't support Barack Obama”. The main thrust of the article is because I'm a Christian and because Obama supports abortion, I can't support him. I will admit to using some harsh language in describing those who support abortion. I was accused being hateful and judgmental. This amazes me in light of the fact that they blame President George W. Bush for everything. During the inauguration of President Obama, the extremely disrespectful crowd, with no respect for the office, booed Bush and Cheney when they entered the stage. No hate there.

     But the issue that gets me most and the thrust of this artical is that of race. One might think, if you watch the main stream media, that conservatives are racists and liberals are lovers of all man kind. Not only do I think that this is more accurately judged on an individual basis. But also, I think if anything it is the opposite. Let me take a shot at explaining my point.

     Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person to serve in the United States Congress (U.S. Senator Hiram Revels was the first) and the first African American to be directly elected to Congress (Revels was appointed). He was elected to fill a vacancy in the Forty-first Congress of the United States as a Republican. He was reelected four times. As a Congressman, Rainey was dedicated to passing civil-rights legislation.^a

     Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1822 – January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Since he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in the U.S. Congress as well. He represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kate Asante listed Hiram Rhodes Revels on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans. Republican.^b

     Brooke, Edward William, 1919–, U.S. senator (1967–79), Admitted to the bar in 1948, he served (1963–66) as attorney general of Massachusetts, where he gained a reputation as a vigorous prosecutor of organized crime. Elected (1966) as a Republican to the U.S. Senate, he became the first African-American senator since Reconstruction.^c

       BRUCE, Blanche Kelso, a Senator from Mississippi; born in slavery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., March 1, 1841; was tutored by his master’s son; left his master at the beginning of the Civil War; taught school in Hannibal, Mo.; after the war became a planter in Mississippi; member of the Mississippi Levee Board; sheriff and tax collector of Bolivar County 1872-1875; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881; was the first African American to serve a full term in the United States Senate.^d

     There have only been five African Americans in the U.S. Senate. If you've lost count, three of the five were Republicans. I can hear the objections already. That was then, and this is now, and the Republicans have changed a lot since then. Well, the Democrats haven't. They are still oppressing minorities today. Keeping them poor and dependent on the government with all of their social programs. Teaching them a poor work ethic by giving them affirmative action. Of course, today if a black person is successful in the Republican party he is labeled an “Uncle Tom”.^e After all I don't remember the same tears of joy when Clarence Thomas was nominated to fill the seat of Thrugood Marshall. I don't recall Oprah or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) dancing in the streets when President Bush nominated Collin Powell as the nations first black U.S. Secretary of State. And we mustn't forget the amazing Condoleezza Rice, first black female U.S. Secretary of State.

     Yes, there have been democrats in there as well. But the Republican record is pretty impressive. Let's not forget the very first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln. The great emancipator himself.

     So the problem I have is that I believe that this election for many democrats is, it's all about race. Obama was the junior Senator from Illinois. Why all of this confidence that he can run the country? I believe the answer is in what happened on election night. People were crying and repeating over, and over; “What an historic moment”. What? The only thing that makes it historic is that Obama is the first U.S. President who is half white. I mean half black. I mean African American. Sounds like some pretty shallow people. Wasn't it Martin Luther King Jr. who said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Only words.

     I will end with a few questions from a typical white person, like Obama's grandmother. Is Obama torn between hating his white half, while loving his black half. Is it wrong for me to be proud of being white? If this election is historical just wait until we get someone who is all black. 

I wouldn't be rejoicing if a white liberal got elected as President. So why should I put aside all of my views and convictions just because his skin is a different color?

      No matter which way I look at it, it seems that to the liberals, this election is all about race.

a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Rainey

b http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Revels

c http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0809073.html

d http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000968

e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom