One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
500 Pound Gorilla
With a woman and a Black man vying for the presidency, the leftist media and nation’s Liberals are on heightened political correctness alert.
Almost daily, along with the usual rough and tumble of election year politics, some notable has blurted out something for which he or she felt the hot knife of political correctness. They boldly committed truth-telling. Iowa Congressman Steve King is in deep yuck because for saying that terrorists groups would be glad to see Obama elected. This is of course true, but the P.C. police are unmoved by the facts. Obama said he would meet with any group without any preconditions, that he would not continue to support our troops with funding, and that he would bring our troops home (surrendering Iraq to the terrorists.) The PLO, Hezbollah, and Iran, the groups who have vowed to destroy Israel have publicly announced their preference for Obama. Clinton campaign official and former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro pointed out the 500 pound gorilla in the room by saying that Obama was in his current position because he is Black, and Clinton fired her post haste. Pundits are blaming some of these outbursts of truth for turning the campaign into one of race and gender. Baloney. It has been racist, as well as sexist, from the first day that Obama became a serious contender. A steady string of Black callers to talk shows openly stated they would vote for Obama without regard for his position on the issues. They didn’t know or care that he was ranked the most liberal senator in Congress. Yesterday, news outlets were printing and playing recordings of speeches of Obama’s minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, with whom Obama has been associated for 20 years and who has joined Obama’s campaign staff. They were the most anti-white racist remarks I’ve heard since the days of the Black Panthers. ABC reported quoted Wright: “The government gives Blacks the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three strikes law and then wants us to sing 'God bless America,' No, no, no, not 'God bless America,' God damn America.” The most jolting irony of the harsh treatment of King and Ferraro, and others before them, is that it is a clear case of reverse racism.