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After the drubbing Hillary Clinton took last night in North Carolina and the too close for comfort win in Indiana for her, it appears even she recognizes now Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president.

She has cancelled all public appearances for Wednesday after lending her campaign another 6.4 million dollars. The question she and the former president must be asking themselves is how much of their wealth are they willing to throw to what appears to be a losing cause? Contributions will dry up as she did not have a good showing Tuesday.

I have seen on many blogs people who claim not to be racist actually being racist when they speak of people voting for Obama because he has the same skin color they have.

My question is why don’t they have that right if that’s what they want? I’m part American Indian and I know if an American Indian were to run for president and be seriously considered I would seriously consider voting for him/her (unless the person came from my tribe. I know them too well. LOL)

I might even cave a little on philosophy if an Indian were to run and not agree with me on my important issues, but I doubt it.

I can understand why, though, black Americans are taking such pride in Barack Obama. After a history of slavery and second-class citizenship, civil rights fights and promises that their turn would come they have finally come to the point where they can see the brass ring and it is almost within their grasp.

They feel they have a chance to have a president who truly knows their plight in life and will make it better and this is their best hope ever of seeing it come to fruition.

At least this is my impression upon reflection of everyone pretending not to be racist when they are. That’s why everyone was so thrilled to hear of Jeremiah Wright and what he had to say. It gave them an excuse to say why they didn’t intend to vote for Obama even though the underlying reason was racism. Not for everyone, but for too many I care to count.

I will not vote for Barack Obama but it is not because of the color of his skin. It is because I believe he is a socialist and will take us down a path I don’t wish to follow. It is because he is so inexperienced in politics at any level I don’t want to put him in charge of our foreign or domestic policy for fear of what damage he might cause due to that inexperience.

We were not given a stellar cast of characters in this year’s races for either party to come up with a candidate we could all rally behind and say, “This is the one who should be president.” Neither party has been excited about their candidates if you tell yourself the truth.

Sure, voting for someone who is of your race is a poor excuse to vote for that someone, but everyone has the right to choose their candidate regardless of the reasons for choosing him/her.

A blog I was once associated with is filled with bloggers who are so racist and so southern in their thinking that the Wright flare-up just made the perfect excuse to say why Obama shouldn’t be elected instead of actually saying their true feelings. That is until you go to the comments and read between the lines in some cases and straight out in others.

In no way am I endorsing Obama or getting into the Democratic Party’s race for the nomination, but I wasn’t born yesterday and I can see the writing on the wall for Hillary Clinton. She’s done. Stick a fork in her, and that’s just reality.

You can rest assured when the national campaign between the two presidential nominees actually takes place this blog will stand firmly behind John McCain, but it won’t be because he’s white and Barack Obama is black. It will be because I agree most with his positions on national security, abortion, and his record of fighting pork in the Senate, along with other things.

What we say about either candidate will be factual, backed up by other publications and we will not get involved in race-baiting or rumor mongering.

May God continue to bless America and may the best candidate win.

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