Claims
about freedom and democracy notwithstanding, will the psyche of the American
people permit a negro citizen access to the presidency
and mastery of the White House?!
Barack
Hussein Obama, a senator born to a Kenyan Muslim father, is striving to attain
this position … that is the position of master of the world, since America is
today the most powerful country on earth.
Although
his father was a Kenyan-born Muslim, America is a Christian nation … Therefore,
Barack joined the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago before studying
law at Harvard university.
There
is a strong ring of support around the senator. As the youngest presidential
candidate (46), he is a favorite among younger voters. And famous television
hostess, Oprah Winfrey, who has a program under her name, has stood by Obama
throughout the campaign. With Oprah's help, Obama rallied 18,000 voters in
Iowa, where Barack had a surprise first-round victory against his powerful
Democratic rival, Senator Hillary Clinton.
There
are also a bevy of Hollywood stars coming out for Obama who helped raise $25 million
for his campaign, falling just short of the record amount raised by Hillary by
a mere $1 million.
Youthful
and vigorous, Obama has campaigned under the banner of American renewal and
unity.
Recently
in an unexpected move, the man who ran against Bush in 2004, Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry, who still enjoys considerable influence
within political circles and among the American people, joined Obama's campaign.
Kerry
chose an Obama rally in the city of Carlston South
Carolina to announce that Barack Obama can and will be the next president of
the United States.
Every
media outlet is talking about this historic opportunity for a Black to reach
the presidency of the United States. … Can this happen?
This
leads us to reiterate our opening question: Is it possible that the
psychological and demographic makeup of America would allow such a thing to
take place? Will conservatives and Christian fundamentalist fanatics allow a
Muslim-born Negro to occupy the highest office in America?! Is Obama
sufficiently eloquent to enable him to ascend to the throne of the world's most
powerful nation?!
And
then there is this: Will the American psyche permit the election of Hillary
Clinton as the first woman president? Or will John Edwards, the third
Democratic candidate, mount a not-unimaginable surprise?!
