Historic eras in America are all important, but the big ones are few in number: Independence from England, the slavery era, the end of the slavery era, women’s suffrage, the black vote, and the various wars. Those are the biggies. And now, a black president.

This worship of all things victim related is ridiculous. Electing “the first black President” is interesting for TODAY’S papers but is wholly unimportant in the big scheme of things. Slavery hasn’t existed on this continent for a century and a half and black people have had ALL of their rights (and then some) for a sufficiently long time as well. Barack Obama was elected because his positions appear to be far far more advantageous to more Americans than the positions of his opponent. It really is that simple. America is not, and never was, Nazi Germany. Obama’s election has nothing in common with the plot of The Great Dictator. People who voted for him (with the exception of Berkley liberals and many African Americans) voted for him because of the issues (though many of us far preferred Edwards or Hillary), and people who voted against him (with the exception of a few Nazi nuts somewhere or other) voted against him as well ON THE ISSUES. To refer to yesterday’s results as events of of world-changing significance is to call Americans backward racists. Which we are not (unless of course your definition of “racism” is as broad as I imagine it likely is, based on what this post says about your educational influences).

The various major happenings surrounding the creation of the country are history worthy, the Civil War is history-worthy, the abolishment of slavery with enfranchisement of blacks in America is history-worthy, WWI is history worthy, The New Deal is history worthy - but so are the publications of books by Mark Twain and HL Mencken, the discovery of the polio vaccine by Salk and Sabin, the write-in MILLLION votes won by the imprisoned socialist Eugene V. Debs, etc, etc.

With all due respect to Harriet Tubman - and plenty is due - Tubmania is a disease in the National Mind that needs to be eradicated, not acquiesced and submitted to by a “Girl On The Right”.

mnuez

However, I’m not going to attack him on his color, and I’m going to take this moment to congratulate America for this historic choice.

If you don’t like what you read here, you have the option of heading over to Canadian Cynic, where he is currently calling for the gassing of conservatives, Hitler Style.

RG

As a supposed ‘right wing’ blogger, you sure are giving Obama and his leftist peons far greater respect than they would ever give you or George W.

They were and are relentless and merciless in their attacks on conservatism, traditional values and self reliance. While we, it would appear, are far less so. Even to the point of being civil and respectful of democracy when it does not yield the results we want.

Rae was elected in Ontario. Conversatives shrugged in exasperation and muttered “whadaayagonnado?” Harris got elected and the leftists politisized the classroom, rioted at Queens park and refused to be civil about their loss.

That’s why they are winning and will eventually be successful in creating their socialist new world order.

You give them quarter when they deserve only a renewed attack.

And if you can’t muster the resolve to attack, who then can we turn to?

So I apologize for not hearing that, in my own anger. If anything good is going to happen, it has to start with letting go of some cherished, and may unexamined, resentments, so I’ll try to let go of some of mine.

Good post, and a good thought. Cheers.

I don’t know what Lincoln would say, but King said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Looks to me like he was judged by the colour of his skin because the content of his character is sorely lacking. Sad.

In reality, it may not be so much that people wanted Obama - they were just rejecting the Republicans because of their Bush hatred.

If anything is historic it is America electing its first Marxist to the presidency.