Posted by
INTHENOW on Monday, January 19, 2009 5:31:35 PM
I just noticed something on the TV program schedule regarding the ongoing coverage of the inauguration; “We are one” seems to be the theme for the upcoming canonization.
Is it me, or does anyone else find it odd that the emerging mantra from the incoming administration is morphing before our very eyes from “change we can believe in” into “we are one”. This from a candidate who won the presidency in large part by mercilessly berating a sitting President and emphasizing his own skin color. Well, to be fair to Obama, the liberal media was doing the shouting; he was just throwing fuel on the fire.
We are one. That’s interesting. Then why all the rhetoric during the campaign about race? Race emphasizes our differences, not our oneness. If skin pigment truly isn’t an issue, if we indeed are one, why is it that only you sir, and the Democrats put color in the forefront? That speech on race and all the talk about your white grandmother…for what? To bring us together? If we are one, why would anyone’s skin color matter? Why bring up the issue at all? And when mentioned, why not shrug it off and simply say insignificant…not a concern.
The fact is the majority of your constituents don’t have a clue about government policy or your “change”, other than the little catch phrases fed to them by the Obama network (a.k.a. MSNBC) and 30 second campaign commercials. But they do know you’re black. And the numbers show minorities voted their skin color. That’s making us one? And the smaller percent of your voters, the “educated” liberal elites that carry your water, are so eaten up with white guilt, all they see is skin color.
Here’s the official line: “There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America.” And here’s reality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjRfKVwRUds
Is it a big deal that we now, for the first time in history have an African American in the White House? Only if race is important to you. Personally, I could care less. I don’t care if the next 50 presidents are black. Not an issue for me. But you won this election (and you know it) by accentuating America’s diversity, not our oneness.
And now, having used our differences to your advantage…after demonizing the opposition and driving a wedge further into America…NOW you want us all to be one.
How nice.