Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
The United States is on an interesting threshold. The election in the year 2008 has the possibility of ushering a president who is possibly a not a white man, and that possibility alone makes the election interesting. Even if neither Mrs. Clinton nor Mr. Obama get the nomination, that they are even in the running, and that they are serious contenders make it interesting.
CAIN AND ABEL
However, their main opponents are not on the campaign trail. The saddest irony of their hopeful run is that the feminists want to see Hillary trip and the black community wants Obama to become a footnote in the annals of history. The obvious caveat in this is that the communities as a whole do not want them to fail, but a rather vociferous minority that wants them removed from the roster. This is analogous to Cain being jealous of the praise heaped upon Abel, as it was hoped that others would be the first to make the march to presidency. General Colin Powell was believed to be the first negr, and any bet for first woman would probably not have been for Mrs. Clinton. Because the first to run were not those that there were expected, they have harvested a heap of scorn.
OF DEBORAH AND LEADERSHIP
Mrs. Clinton has a number of issues against her, all of those unique to her. Due to her congressional history, specifically of that if voting for the recent conflict in Iraq, she is having a problem with that segment of the citizenry that would have preferred the United States to have remained at home. That is a common enough complaint, and every potentate needs to deal with that issue; how Mrs. Clinton deals with it will perhaps say the most about how she will do as president. Beyond her voting history, she is also in the unique situation of being the wife of a former president, and there is the fear of her husband counseling her in an improper fashion as regards her role. As she has proven to be a strong woman, and has deviated from what Mr. Clinton would have preferred, even while he was president, this may prove to be an inappropriate and misplaced fear.
However, there is the outrageous belief that as a member of the fairer sex that she will not be able to do the position proud and that sadly that this opposition comes from the very groups that would seem to be her supporters. It is obviously apparent that those groups wish to separate themselves from her as wheat from chaff in the event that she should lose, and this fear is the cause of so much hate. I believe that this hatred needs to cease, and not to support Mrs. Clinton myself, but rather that fear of losing something is usually the reason that it is lost. Even if she loses, or is not even nominated, the cause of the suffragette has not been lost. That a woman has been able to make a serious campaign for the highest role in out beautiful and bounteous land says a lot, and makes a serious point about women’s changing role in our society.
OUT OF EAST AFRICA
Obama has a more interesting issue that must be dealt with. Most sadly of all, he must contend with those of his own color attempting to strike him down, for not being of their same background. Being dark is not enough, but that he must also be from West Africa and have been raised in the inner-most urban jungle as well. Again, fear becoming hate is at work yet again, as Obama is just different enough from his fellows to be not be of the same stock, and that difference makes his fellows nervous as does anything unknown, and that bit of fear creates hatred. It will be a great day when the petty fears of all people are forever banished and Obama’s charge to our nation’s capital is part of that banishment.
FOR THE SEAT OF A NATION
The winner of the campaign for the presidential does not ultimately matter. All intelligent people ultimately make intelligent decisions, and hopefully our next leader shall demonstrate that. It is an interesting statement on equality that a woman and a negro are both despised by segments that one would think that would fully support them. Only in a truly free society would such dissension appear when they would have been fully supported in the past. Nonetheless the dissension is for the wrong reasons and one can only wait until dissension is based on the actual merits of the situation and not some ridiculous reason as gender or race.
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