Presidential...Race?

Came across a good article today in the Wall Street Journal. I must confess as a person who always has voted primarily republican in the past, I did vote in the Democratic primary this past spring and I am intrigued by Barack Obama. I am not a big fan of John McCain either, so I am basically still undecided at this point before the November election. Throughout this whole process I could see things like this coming:

"Call me crazy, but isn't it possible, just possible, that Obama's lead is being inhibited by the fact that he is, you know, black?" wrote John Heilemann in New York magazine earlier this month. "What makes Obama's task of scoring white votes at Kerry-Gore levels so formidable is, to put it bluntly, racial prejudice."

By saying if Obama drops in the polls, Americans are racist is dumb. What if Obama wins? Does every white person in America have to agree with every decision he makes lest the be called a racist? I for see some bad times ahead if that turns out to be true.

I hate racism and I hate the fact that even more that people think racism does not know color. Racism works every which way you can think. Look up the definition in the dictionary. I don't see a color listed.

Part of what makes this country great is the opportunity to disagree with your fellow citizen. I fear the repercussions if people will not be able to disagree with a President Obama.