Those of us who opposed his candidacy from the outset were written off as
racists by his supporters.  Instead of listening to us and considering our opinions, they brushed us off as ignorant red necks who hated black people. They never were broad minded enough to take our criticism seriously.

We pointed out that Obama had leaped from one elected to position to another with the help of powerful patrons, and that he had not done much in any of his positions. We worried about placing someone with no executive decision making experience into the nation’s highest office where all he would do was make executive decisions. We pointed out how he was all things to all men – a cipher that eventually would be forced to reveal himself because there was simply no where else for him to go. There was no higher office than the one he coveted, so he would finally be forced to perform the job he was hired to do.

His supporters were caught up in the symbolism of electing a black man to the nation’s highest office. While they called opponents like me racists, they were the ones focused on race. They weren’t in love with Obama’s policies; they were in love with themselves for supporting a black man in his quest for power. It alleviated the guilt they have carried throughout their lives for being born white.

Head over and read the rest.  The nation is slowly but very very surely waking up as to what has happened, and is working to correct the mistake.  We’re going to be fighting the government, the media, and pop culture, but we’re making gains every single day.

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