I would imagine that BET founder Bob Johnson and I have little in common. He is a billionaire, Black, entertainment executive who supports Hillary Clinton. I\u2019m a middle class, white, stay at home mom who supports John McCain. I know very little about this highly successful man, but as of this morning, I\u2019m a fan. Mr. Johnson is not politically correct, and I find that refreshing in a media mogul. He recently was in South Carolina campaigning for his favorite candidate when he spoke of Geraldine Ferraro and he recent comments which some say branded her a racist.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I believe Geraldine Ferraro meant is that if you take a freshman senator from Illinois called \u2018Jerry Smith\u2019 and he says I\u2019m going to run for president, would he start off with 90 percent of the black vote?\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAnd the answer is, probably not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGeraldine Ferraro said it right,\u201d Johnson added. \u201cThe problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial it is almost impossible for anybody to say anything.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Bravo, Mr. Johnson! At last, someone can see the minefield in which White America must tread. A world in which ever phrase, every look, every gesture is parsed in an effort to get to the \u201chidden meaning\u201d. Why is it racist to suggest that a part of the attraction Barack holds for many voters is because of the color of his skin? Let\u2019s be really honest here for one moment, if we can. Oprah Winfrey may be supporting Obama because she really is a supporter of socialism, but does she really want me to believe that there\u2019s not a small part of her heart that goes pitter-pat at the thought of a black man in the White House? I don\u2019t buy it for a moment. Especially since Ms. Winfrey was a member of Barack\u2019s racist church. Is she a racist? I don\u2019t know, but like Mr. Obama, she is tolerant of them and enjoys their warped brand of Christianity. <\/p>\n
Mr. Obama\u2019s recently gave a speech on race in which he called for a new and open dialogue. I don\u2019t buy what he\u2019s selling for a New York minute. When Mr. Johnson made his remarks, they dismissed them by saying, this was \u201cjust one in a long line of absurd comments by Bob Johnson and other Clinton supporters who will say or do anything to get the nomination.\u201d It doesn\u2019t read that way to me. It reads as someone being honest at last about the role that race plays in politics. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s racist to observe that some people are voting for Obama because of his race, or sexist to say some are voting for Clinton because she\u2019s a woman, or ageist to say that some won\u2019t vote for McCain because he\u2019s old. They are just observational statements of fact.<\/p>\n
The problem with Obama\u2019s campaign is that it wants to be everything at once. It strives to show the historical importance of his candidacy without allowing anyone to discuss why it\u2019s historic. The racial problems he is facing won\u2019t go away until he stops being the BLACK MAN running for president and starts showing himself to the American people as just a guy who wants to be commander-in-chief. A guy who doesn\u2019t have a \u201chair-trigger\u201d about all things racial.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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