Whites Only for President?
by Big Dog on Jan 22, 2007 at 10:32 Political
As many know, Martin O’Malley beat Robert Ehrlich to become Governor of Maryland. When he assumed office his spot as Mayor of Baltimore was filled until the next election. Many candidates have lined up on the Democratic side in order to take a shot at that office. A prominent black lawyer in Baltimore sent a letter to the handful of black candidates and urged them to drop out and unite around one candidate or a white person will win the office.
Being a lawyer he immediately said that it would not be a bad thing for a white person to win but that a black person would be more responsive to the needs of the predominantly black community. Can you imagine how it would look if a Republican sent out a letter saying that Republicans needed to rally around one candidate or a black guy like Obama might win? In law, a side is allowed to pursue things that were addressed by the opposition. So, since this lawyer opened the door, let us investigate more closely.
In America white people are the majority of the population. There are more minorities collectively than whites but as an individual demographic, white outnumber all other races. So, using this lawyer’s logic, is it fair to say that the President should be white because a white person will be better able to address the concerns of the white community? Forget that most of Congress is white because most of Baltimore’s City Council is black. The fact is this guy believes that it is important to have a person that is the same color as the population representing that population. Given that sentiment, our presidents should always be white so black people should not run and we should never hear some silliness about discrimination when they are beaten.
I found something really telling in the article. When O’Malley ran for Governor all the city folk supported him. All the political leaders came out of the woodwork to endorse him, to say what a great guy he is and to say what a wonderful leader he is. This, as it turns out was a bunch of political tripe and these people were not really looking out for their interest of the state. You see, they lied about what a great guy O’Malley really is:
She also says that Brown’s views are common among some African-Americans and reflect what she believes is disappointment with former Mayor and now Governor Martin O’Malley.
“There’s more of a move, or a sentiment against a white mayor, because of many people’s dissatisfaction with the previous one,” Carter told WBAL’s “Bruce Elliott Show.”
On the same program, former Delegate Neil Quinter, who campaigned for O’Malley last year said O’Malley captured a large number of African-American votes in bids for mayor and governor.
“Factually, he did win a majority of all of the voters, and the exit polls show he got a significant chunk of the African American voters too,” Quinter told WBAL’s “Bruce Elliott Show.” WBAL
Here we have O’Malley getting the support of the politicians of Baltimore and a vast majority of the black vote in Baltimore but we have this assertion that he did not do good job for them. This might be similar to those in Arkansas who wanted Clinton as President so they could get rid of his “leadership” in that state. Maybe the City residents figured that if O’Malley won he would stop messing up the City. In reality, the City has been messed up for a long time (and has been run by Democrats forever) and it is unlikely that the school system or crime will change at the hands of a black guy. O’Malley succeeded a black guy who failed to fix the problems of the City. The reality of the situation is that people in Baltimore City have been trained to vote for the person with the D next to his name. It does not matter if the person is a murdering, child molester, so long as there is a big D next to the name, that person will get the vote.
Maryland’s major city and its surrounding counties are densely populated with people who expect the government to wipe their butts when they are done. They vote by habit and indoctrination rather than by taking intelligent choices. I imagine a bunch of non-human primates could be trained to vote in a similar fashion (and probably other animals if they had opposable digits).
In the Army we had this saying; Screw up, move up. Looks like that is what the City allowed O’Malley to do. I am now, more so than ever before, convinced that people should have to pass a test before they can vote.
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