Are we ready for a liberal, black president?

That is what is really at issue. America is more than ready for a black president, and even a woman president. What Americans ought to find speculative is not the color or gender of the candidate - but their politics in of itself. Currently, Barack Obama is the only serious black contender for the Presidency; Democrat, Cynthia Mckinney, and Republican, Allen Keyes, aside, (and hasn’t their bid for the nomination really been nothing more than an aside?) Both Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have tried; but each was, and is, so overtly and blatantly divisive and controversial in everything they espouse, going back decades, their bids never could have been taken in earnest. The only other major black candidate to run for U.S. President was Shirley Chisholm, in 1972. And she was also a woman. She didn’t win, of course; but she did manage to pick up 152 delegates, which ought to be considered somewhat impressive, considering she was both black and female, and it was back in 1972.

So what does this say about Americans and how they vote? Other than being black, the only other defining trait worth mentioning for which all the afore mentioned candidates had in common was the fact that they are liberals. (Were, in the case of Chisholm; R.I.P) In other words, are Americans turning away black Presidential candidates because they are black - or because they oppose liberalism and everything it stands for?

Barack Obama stands for that liberalism people like myself oppose, not his color. It is his ideas and his ideology that are dangerous - including the scores of billions of dollars in new social initiatives he has proposed; initiatives that would further expand the size, scope and function of the federal government in ways it was never originally set up to undertake. All of which he plans to pay for by rolling back the Bush tax cuts, which raises taxes on all of us, black or not. Which ought to be more of a concern to us, the fact that Obama is black, or the fact that he wants our paychecks to be even more “lightener”?

It is also Obama’s support for abortion that is dangerous; his advocacy for broadening those laws that cover abortion, thereby making it easier for more women, and young girls, to obtain abortions, without parental consent; his loyalty to an agenda that its own founder, Margaret Sanger, promoted as a way to reduce the population of the “less desirable, less fortunate” - which at that time was meant to include blacks. And we are to accept that Barack Obama is intelligent and courageous enough to be our next President?

As dangerous as the ideas are, for which Obama props up and grandstands; ideas that have left, and will continue to leave, American blacks in perpetual poverty, misery and government dependence, he is still held in higher esteem within the black community, and among blacks in general, and he has a greater, more realistic chance of winning the nomination as a liberal, than if he were a conservative.

Think about it!

As a black, liberal Obama is a sell out, just like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Everything he wants to accomplish as President - higher taxes for blacks, more government programs to keep blacks poor, more government intrusion into the lives of blacks, less personal protection so black gun owners can protect themselves and their families, more abortions for young, unmarried, pregnant black girls - it all goes against the grain of common sense.

And yet - a black, conservative would fight to lower taxes for blacks; fight to lift blacks out of the misery and despair other liberal blacks were responsible for creating, and continue to perpetuate; fight to ensure more personal freedom for all blacks, and less government intrusion into the lives of blacks; and fight to lower the pregnancy rate among young black girls by promoting abstinence, rather than abortion.

It’s a marvel! A black, conservative will stand up and fight on behalf of all blacks - and for all his effort, be labeled an Uncle Tom. A black, liberal - like Obama - will merely pander to blacks, and promise more money for the very programs that keep them locked in never ending poverty - and he is an agent for “real change”?

No - America is not ready for a black President. Not if he is also liberal.