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Welcome Fellow Bigots (You Didn’t Know You Were A Bigot? A Democrat Will Tell You Soon).

-By The Reluctant Republican

I suppose it was only a matter of time before Obama’s race became an issue in the general election. As usual though, it is the liberal who wants to focus on it. In this case, Obama himself. On Friday in reference to the upcoming campaign he said (full article here):

“We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid. They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”

What???!! Obama is black?? Why hadn’t anyone told me??? Let’s start at the end of the quote and work forward. “Did I mention he’s black?” How could it even be possible for anyone who isn’t blind to NOT know Obama is (at least partly) black? Obviously issues of race are still very divisive in America. But it is ridiculous to suggest that the Republican party, even as out of touch as they are most of the time, would actually point to Obama’s race as an “issue” and attempt to emphasize something so obvious. No, as I recall, the only person to do that so far has been a fellow Democrat; Hillary Clinton. Are there racists left in America for whom Obama’s race will be an issue? Absolutely. But to lay that at the feet of the Republican party and assign blame is ridiculous. Those people will have been racist before this election began, and they will probably still be racist when its done, and the Republican party will have very little to do with that on any level.

Let’s have another short history lesson here. It has been the Republican party that has nominated the ONLY two (this guy and this guy) African American judges to the Supreme Court, and Republicans who have had the highest ranking African Americans (one man and one woman) in their Cabinets in US history. No Democrat President has even come close to matching these appointments. This drumbeat that Republicans are racist wears thin very quickly.

Moving on, a “funny name”? A cursory search of the internet will provide you with enough conspiracy theories about Obama’s upbringing and allegiances to last a lifetime. They vary in believability depending on how conspiratorial you are yourself, but set that aside for a moment. Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim name and his father was, in fact, a devoted Muslim. The fact that the largest attack on US soil in history was carried out by followers of radical Islam and that we are currently engaged in a long and costly war against similar radical Islamists and that the next emerging threat is from a radical Islamist, makes the question of Obama’s moral, spiritual, and political allegiances a legitimate one. That is not to say that the Reluctant Republicans believe that Obama is masterminding some sort of Islamic takeover of the country. It is simply to say that some questions ARE legitimate regardless of how politically incorrect they may seem.

He’s inexperienced? Well, yes, he is. That speaks for itself. He hasn’t even completed his first term in elected office, has no military experience, no foreign policy experience, and won his seat in the Senate after his heavily favored incumbent opponent withdrew from the race in June in the midst of a sex scandal.

“They’re going to try to make you afraid.”  Well folks, you should be afraid. Not because of his race, not because of his father’s religion, and not because of any other straw man or red herring Obama can throw out to try to divert from the truth. Instead of listing all the reasons here again, I’ll just point you to the Reluctant Republicans Obama page. Try not to read it right before you go to bed though. we don’t want to be responsible for any nightmares.

Tags: Muslim, Obama, racism, republicans