OBAMA

Well, it looks like Barack Obama will be the democratic candidate for president, which means he will probably be president. I just can't see our country voting in McCain, who echoes President Bush's policies. With the war, gasoline prices and the downturn of our overall economy, I can't see a Republican, any Republican...winning again.



I have listened to Obama's speeches. I have to say he's very inspiring. But, what are his real beliefs? I haven't heard anything specific from him as to his policies. Yeh, our country is ready for a change....but it must be a change TO something better.



At the risk of sounding racist, which I really hope I'm not, I ask myself....is our country ready for a black president. More that that, are our black citizens ready for a black president? I have some fears about that. I have had a few black people whom I could call friends. Yet, when these same people got in a crowd with other black people, they turned militant...even towards me. Its my opinion that black people don't want equality...they want dominance.



My compassion for black people only goes so far. I did not, nor did my ancestors, own slaves. In fact, my people were so poor they probably wished they were slaves so they would at least know where their next meal would come from. When I was in Florida for a few months in the late 50's, I did feel very sorry for black people. It wasn't right that they had to drink from a separate water fountain in the drug store where I worked...or use a separate bathroom. Or sit on the back of a bus, or give up their seat on the bus to a white man. But they don't have those problems anymore. Today, Blacks and whites work side by side on assembly lines, making the same pay. I do wish and hope we eventually get the poorest schools on a par with the schools in more affluent areas....for both blacks and whites. I don't think the school inequality is a race problem, I think it's a poor people problem.



Anyway, my point here is that I believe black people should just get over the slave issue. That was 150 years ago. It happened and it's too bad. We can wish it didn't but we can't undo it. But blacks are still hostile to whites. Oh, not one on one...but in groups they feed on each other's inner hostilities and resentment. I worry that this militancy will escalate under a black president.

I also have problems with a man going to a church for 20 years and having a close friendship with the minister...and can still say he doesn't subscribe to that minister's beliefs! If I don't agree with what is being preached from the pulpit, you better believe I'm going to find another church that reflects my own beliefs.

All we can do is pray. Pray that Obama will be a good christian leader. Pray that race relations will improve..not get worse. Pray that our economy will improve. Pray for all the people who are losing their homes to foreclosure.