Posted by
James Bell on Monday, July 07, 2008 2:44:06 PM
Barrack Obama's candidacy has taken on schizophrenic proportions in recent weeks. He appears to be marching his platform away from the far left and more toward the center, but failing to inhibit his natural tendenicies toward radical liberalism. The evidence lies in his flip-flopping on core issues such as gay marriage and the Iraq War. This African-American urges my black sisters and brethren to reconsder their blind faith in this politician.
Obama has seemed to move closer to Clintonian politics . He realizes that nurturing the far left, as he did in tthe primaries, won't get him to Pennsylvania Avenue in Novemeber. No presidential candidate can take the White House without being more of a centrist as the Clintons demonstrated. Obama's success running on the convoluted promises of change won't be enough during this geneal election noespecially when Senator Mccain starts to take the gloves off.
Not unlike a chameleon, Obama has declared that he is no longer supporting unconditional withdrawal from Iraq. He has stated that he will consult with the military generals on the ground and accept their recommendations. Obama has taken up the torch in support of faith-based intitatives in an attempt to woo Evangelicals. This will be a futile attempt, given his unwavering support in the past on partial-birth abortion and new found support for gay marriage. Obama has done an about face with his position on whether gays should be allowed to marry. He took the position that mariage should be defined as between a man and a woman. He now states, that not alllowing gays to be married is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Obama supports the recent California Supreme Court's overruling of the people, paving the way for gays to marry in that State.
Another political identity manifested itself during a July 2, 2008 speech,Senator Obama gave on community service in America. He declared that he would mandate community service with academic curricula at the high school and college levels. High school students would have to complete 50 hours of service in order to graduate. College students would have to complete 100 hours of service in order to receive federal aid. The community service would be subject to federal approval and oversight.
Obama's current rhetoric is frightening and fascist. Every freedom loving American should have gotten a chill after hearing Obama speak. The liberal media's relative silence on theses issues and on Obama's mutliplicity are noteworthy but unsurprising. He has been a "media darling" from the beginning of the primaries. Nevertheless, Obama's thirst for massive federal intervention is staggering even for a Democrat. The taxpayers pockets will be the target of his appetite for massive government.
Obama's supporters, especially those within the black community should wake up and see this man for what he is. As a black man, I say, get over the historical euphoria of having the first black president. What is too high a cost to see this to fruition? What is Obama offering the black community? He could sway my support if he would advocate black self-awareness. It wasn't enough for him to speak about being a responsible parent at a church on Father's Day. If he would hold a mirror up to the collective black condition and urge old-fashioned hard work and cooperation with the elimination of black on black crime. If Obama would promote educational intitiatives with emphasis on literacy, denouncing big governement programs that lead to dependency instead of providing tools used to lead to self-sufficiency, he may get my vote.
I am disheartened to suggest that Obama would never be a positive agent for change within the black community, even if he was so inclined. This would be a courageous endeavor because he would face more than his share of criticism and outrage from some blacks.He would undoubtedly be labeled an "Uncle Tom," not unlike the reception Bill Cosby has received in the past for addressing the ills of black society while calling for personal responsibility. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has exploited this for years and will continue to do so in order to receive the majority of the black vote in elections. Thank God, that I saw the light and became a Black Republican.
Barrack Obama is a danger to democracy and freedom. His support of the judicial activism of the California Supreme Court is a direct attack on democracy, the consensus of the people vis-a-vis voting. This is the kind of action that takes our society on a path to dictatorship. Obama also supported the Federal Supreme Court's decision to give enemy combatants the right to "due process," as if they are American citizens.This is just another example of the insidious way Americans' can lose freedoms and national soverignty. Obama is nothing more than a typical politician that craves power. He will say or do anything to seize hold of it. He is a unique animal, however. Obama is highly educated, shrewd, eloquent, and manipulative.