With Clintons big win yesterday in West Virginia we were guaranteed another 6 weeks of her attacking Obama. Six more weeks of her puffing and huffing about Iran, Iraq and Rev Wright. Another month and a half of her claiming her first ladyship as “experience”. More of seeing her age drastically on camera. More of the same good ol’ boy bullshit. More of the crap that seems to give McCain another bit of leverage. Six more weeks of the race card.
Watching the news this morning I saw a scroll at the bottom of the screen that said only 49% of W.VA.s white voters would support Barack if he wins the nomination for the Demo’s. I guess thats to be expected though. A lot of the racist sentiment holds to the theory of “better a white woman than a black man”. That attitude was obvious at the polls yesterday and sadly it seems to be all over, not just in the southern states.

I have heard that sentiment at the local Dennys where I sometimes drink coffee in the early morning. The race is a big talking issue with the regular morning crowd there. I was surprised to hear that attitude from just about every one there this morning. I expected it from some there but the youthful hispanic crowd that gathers there every morning was spewing it too.

Being a semi-regular there I have been accepted by all of the regulars and am included in any conversation I choose to join. I think my surprise was greater when a dark brown young man of Mexican heritage started using that old “N” word about Obama.  The old white men who sit at the counter are the ones who usually spew that crap but this time the younger folks were chiming in and joining the old “Christian’s” with their message of hatred. (the ones I call “christians” claim to be. I am not placing labels they didn’t hang on themselves) I was amazed the bigotry crossed all age and race lines of the patrons.

Being a quiet and still unsure supporter of the Obama campaign I didn’t say anything about the presidential race. I did however voice my displeasure of the comments coming from the people I have grown to know there over the past 2 years. Things got quiet for a while then I was called a “nigger lover” and most laughed. I felt angry and for a minute I knew some of the stuff Barack grew up with. While I will never know the problems dark skinned people live with everyday I saw a bit of it today. I just can’t understand it. How do people whose skin is darker than Obama’s call him a “nigger”? How do the people of this land keep pushing the bigotry generation after generation?

And how does the color of a persons skin effect how he or she would lead our nation?

Stumble it!