implicit art

In the guise of a seer who has some sort of zeitgeist on the times, many cynics (mostly liberal ones, often people of color) keep posing the question, “Is America ready for a black President?” (Or just answer “no” when asked.)

I’ll Answer that one: of course we are.

Look at the polls.  And a lot of these people are answering no, even tho they would vote for a black candidate (they just think everyone else is beneath them, less evolved, wouldn’t do so). Yes, there are some who won’t vote for a black man as the Commander in Chief, and there are some who may vote for him (implicit “him”: Barack) for no other reason. And these numbers may or may not cancel each other out (especially given that we need to consider who might be mobilized to vote in such an election).

But I have bigger issue with the question itself, given what it might lead to in my own party (er, the party I’m currently registered for). Voting for “who we think can win” in the Democratic primaries led to the last boring candidate. We need a leader. Someone who had vision on Iraq from day 1, can bring people of faith back to the party they belong in, wants us to end poverty and bring Universal Health instead of just making the rich richer. Do you really think that someone who would vote for Rudy or McJohn over Barack, for issues of race (consciously or unconsciously), would vote for Hillary or JohnE instead? That’s just silly.

If we don’t get Obama for president, it’s not cuz America is not ready, it’s because the Democrats aren’t – the primaries will decide, not the general election. I’m more and more impressed with this man every single day (that link on Iraq above, his foresight – wow. And please also take a look at his announcement speech…). Take him seriously – and do not discount him with a pretense of knowing superiority; you do yourself, and America, a disservice.