Once upon a time in America, the GOP was in such disarray that the best candidates for president and vice president they could come up with were an old, ailing, IQ-challenged man with a bad temper and a history of selling get away plans to robbers who stole from the poor and gave to the rich, and a woman who graduated near the middle of her special ed class.
Intellectuals, both near and far, wondered aloud why so many intelligent men and women had been passed over during the selection process, and grew gravely concerned about the prospect of another four years of loose cannons in the White House blasting point blank holes in our Constitution.
Others questioned the wisdom of pitting a guy who finished 5th from the bottom of his Naval Academy class and a woman who thinks being able to see Russia on a clear day is sufficient foreign policy experience against a Harvard scholar and a respected Senate veteran.
But the GOP pushed on, full speed ahead, undeterred by logical predictions of disaster.
They knew from experience that facts will trump logic every time.
And they were heartened by the fact that a sizeable number of American voters and vote counters would rather have a mentally deficient, morally challenged white man in charge of their lives than an intelligent, black family man any day of the week.
To be continued...
An African American ~ President in the White House
When Barack Obama our 44th President (2009-2012) and his family members, descendants of slaves move into the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, DC – they will not be living in the rooms in the basement. The White House is their home for the next four (4) years.
African American ~Slaves in the White House
When George Washington was President (1789-1797) he lived in New York and Philadelphia. He brought cooks, maids and coachmen from Mount Vernon — all of them slaves — to work at his house alongside white servants. The Presidents in the early days were expected to hire and pay for their own staff. Since many of the early Presidents were southern planters, they brought their slaves to work for them in Washington, D.C.
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) brought slaves from Monticello. During President Jefferson term, (The Second Child Ever Born in The President’s House Was Born to His Colored Slaves, Fanny and Eddy living in the basement rooms).
Enslaved craftsmen helped build the White House. Colored servants helped save documents and art when the British burned the structure in 1814. Most of all, African Americans made the President’s household operate efficiently.
As an African American Woman (Birth Certificate reads Colored Person) I am proud and over whelmed with happiness in my heart and soul. It gave me great pleasure to be alive and witness this Historical Presidential Election on November 04, 2008.
God Bless America!
Signed: Drevelyn Matilda Minor
Posted by: Drevelyn Matilda Minor | November 09, 2008 at 07:25 PM