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Earthbeat, nice to meet you. thanks for the well-thouvght out
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posted by
kingmi
on May 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM
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Obama's In
My record of predicting elections is poor, but stopping short of anything except the slicing and dicing in Florida that gave Bush his first term, two things seem clear:
- Obama will be the Democratic Party nominee.
- Obama will be the first Afro-American president of the United States.
All of which is good, plus he may be the best candidate. My only concern is that beneath the charisma, the skin colour, the pre-sound bite makeup in the green room, etc. most politicians are essentially the same.
For the dream to be truly alive Obama must have the substance and the courage to stand for what Martin Luther King stood for, and to stand against the various unholy power alliances that make integrity sound like Mission Impossible. And history shows that it was many ordinary men who spread the notion of the dream 24/7 back and forth across America for many decades -- the Afro-American sleeping car porters whom the white racists often called George, in keeping with the tradition of calling a slave after his master, the master in this case being George Pullman. It was at a rally of sleeping car porters where Martin Luther King made his dream speech.
And the greatest fear of all, is that the first Afro-American president could be assassinated, because some people just aren't ready for a black president. May God prove me wrong on this last point.
Earthbeat
posted by
Earthbeat
on May 14, 2008 at 4:58 PM
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jmh256, Thanks for stopping by! Will do...
posted by
kingmi
on May 13, 2008 at 12:48 PM
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Another interesting post. Keep writing.
posted by
jmh256
on May 12, 2008 at 4:43 PM
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