Guest Column
Race is not a factor in this election
By Chuck Morse
Americans would love to elect an
African-American as President. When General Colin Powell, who
happens to be black, became Secretary of State in the Bush
Administration the vast majority of Americans applauded. People
may have disagreed with Powell over policy, or because he was
seen as either too liberal or too conservative, but his race was
never a factor. The same is true with regards to Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice as well as with African-American
governors, congressmen, corporate CEO's, and others in positions
of leadership. There was no negative reaction to the Powell
appointment, no Klansmen donning white sheets, no neo-Nazis on
the march.
The fact is that most Americans don't care about the race of
their President. What concerns Americans most are issues such as
the price of gasoline, the quality of their kids education,
Judges who let convicted sex criminals out of jail early, high
taxes, illegal immigration and foreign wars. Americans would
like to elect a president who has a plan and they would prefer a
president who has a life story that includes impressive
accomplishments. If that candidate also happens to be black than
this would be an added bonus.
Members of the liberal media are obsessed with both the race and
the gender of the candidates this year and they insist that the
rest of us share that obsession. Two examples out of the many
that I could site in Boston are the Boston Globe, which almost
exclusively frames the political discussion on race and gender
and WTTK radio talk show hosts Jim Braude and Marjorie Eagan who
incessantly banter on about race and gender. It should be noted
that a liberal magazine chose to publish a cover that depicted a
degrading image of Supreme Court Justice Clarence dressed like a
lawn jockey.
The Obama and Clinton campaigns are fostering a disconnected and
artificial sense of race conflict as they desperately seek to
extract a kernel of justification for their vacuous candidacies.
Every comment or gesture from either side is weighed and parsed
for race or gender bias. The focus of the controversy swirling
around Barack Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright focuses on comments
he made that actually were racist against whites. This focus,
however, side-steps the real problem with Pastor Wright which is
his far left-wing views and anti-American utterances.
At their core, liberals believe that people of different races
and genders actually posess different consciousnesses. This
bizarre construct is being ingrained into the students who
attend many of the elite liberal Colleges and is a particular
feature of African-American and women's studies. While the left
obsesses with false constructs, the rest of the country is
preparing to elect a President who is the most competent in the
field.
Contact Chuck Morse: (617) 271-5044 cmorse@wgamradio.com www.morsescode.com / www.chuckmorse.com
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