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I have seen enough. This primary season we have seen an enormous amount of bigotry spewed and I am not going to be quiet about it. I am not one of those people that screams racism or sexism at every criticism made of Obama or Hillary, in fact I have criticized both of them on a number of issues. But when I see people attacking Obama on the basis of his race or I see people attacking Hillary on the basis of her sex I am not going to put up with it and I am going to call people on their bigotry.
All those who say that Obama got where he is today because he is black are racist, and not only are they racist but they are completely ignorant of history. If being a black man were such an advantage for Obama it seems that we would have seen many black Presidents come before him as they would have been able to use their race as well. If being black were such an advantage in a campaign the Senate would be filled with blacks, but the fact is blacks have historically been underrepresented in every branch of government throughout this nation's history.
It was only a few months ago that we were hearing that Obama could not win because this nation was not ready to elect a black man President, now we are hearing he only got where he was because he was black. First we hear he is behind in the polls because he is black, now we hear he is ahead in the polls because he is black. If he is successful it will be said to be because of his race, if he not successful it will be said to be because of his race. There is no way of winning against racist attitudes, you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Then there is this whole question of "Is America ready for a black President?" or "Is America ready for a woman President?" The answer to that question is of course America is ready, we wouldn't have to change a thing. An African American or a woman could use the same system the white men have always used, there is no new preparations our nation would have to make. The question is not whether America is ready because we don't need to do anything to get ready, the question is "Will bigots vote for a black man?" or "Will bigots vote for a woman?" It has nothing to do with America as a nation, it has to do with bigots and we can not frame the question in a way that glosses over the bigotry in this country.
Then then are those who have chose to focus on Obama's "Muslim background", of course Obama is not and never has been a Muslim but even if he was it would only matter if he was trying to bring his religion into his politics. Yes his middle name is Hussein, but the question is "why the hell should we care what his middle name is?" If you believe his middle name is a reason to vote against him, you are a bigot. Period. End of story. Hussein is a very common ethnic name, and to suggest that the millions of people who have that name have something in common with terrorists is bigotry.
We keep hearing about Obama playing the "race card" or Hillary playing the "gender card", but how often do you hear about the white male candidates playing the race card or gender card? Virtually never, because they don't need to play that card it has already been played for them. Our government has been dominated by white males since since our nation was founded, they have always had an unspoken advantage, and yet people only seem concerned about this "race card" or "gender card" when a woman or minority happens to be running. The very notion that race or gender can be played as a card to give a minority candidate an advantage is a false notion, anyone who knows even the basics of American history should know that this so called "race card" or "gender card" has never been effective at getting women or minorities elected and in fact race and gender have been used against non-white males since the founding of this nation.
There are plenty of criticisms that can be made of both Obama and Hillary without resorting to this disgusting line of attack we have been seeing. Everyone who resorts to these sort of attacks needs to be called on it. They can scream about political correctness all they want, but we know they are not politically correct they are politically wrong and they need to be called on their bigotry.
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