Sowell Random Thoughts
The
article below was written by syndicated columnist, Thomas
Sowell, a black man. He wrote it in a humorous way this
past week in a column titled 'Random Thoughts' and published
it in newspapers nationally, so maybe you've already seen
it. If not, be my guest:
Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him.
Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote
for McCain. After long and serious thought, I have decided
to endorse Senator John McCain for President.
I have always voted for the person and have not voted for
anyone because some political party was telling me who I
should vote for. We all know the choices by now and, that
said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief
executive is deeply flawed. The words 'money' and 'special
interests' come to mind, among many others.
Here's the way I see it:
Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an
extremely liberal Senator from the State of Illinois , which
has a long and rich history of political corruption of the
first magnitude. You are indeed a child of that system. You
have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity
to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with
your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to
finally have an African-American for President. What a great
statement that would be to the entire world that we are
indeed the greatest country on earth! But, unfortunately,
General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man
for this job !
Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never
heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Right Reverend
'God Damn America' Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record
that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a
matter of record that you were married there by this very
pastor, and that your children were baptized there. The good
Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to
give a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all
people.
We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the
airwaves by now. And you have publicly stated that this man
IS your 'spiritual mentor.' BUT, your pastor is NOT the
reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing
enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen
jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background
that disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you
attended church there and never once heard a 'discouraging
word' in the 20 years you attended there. Don't tell me,
that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not
having anything to do with all those other people seen
hooting and howling out in the audience in the background of
his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and
walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still
she did the right thing.
Now YOU look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you
never heard such language in all the years you attended
there! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of
Klan rallies and never once heard the 'N' word. Yep. And
Bill Clinton 'did not inhale'.
Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid
things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to
believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are
telling me that I am just stupid enough to believe you. THAT
is the main reason that I will never vote for you.
I am deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously
talented African Americans who would make a good President,
that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic
and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute
the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid you
ever get near the Oval Office.
Which leaves us with Senator John McCain. John, you are a
flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit loony, and you have a
notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my
humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT
your trembling hand on the nuclear button.
Think about it. We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad
all running around like lunatics, threatening America and
threatening to plunge the world into nuclear Armageddon. We
have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their
sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I
want him to be really ticked off at all these other nut jobs
around the planet.
John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval
Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down
and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the
drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the
whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want
ALL of these 'world leaders' to lay awake at night and to
break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing
with the United States of America . I want the nuclear
button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night
stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran , Russia ,
China , Venezuela , Cuba , Libya , Syria , Pakistan , and
those other dopes in the sheets, the Saudis.
On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across
the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to
compromise and to get the Congress to do something. You may
not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all
his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a
basket. The liberals are ticked at him and the conservatives
are ticked at him. Just my kinda guy.
I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his
running mate. Good choice. I want a Jew whose memory of the
Holocaust is still fresh in his mind and who is royally
ticked off at all of these towel-headed morons in the Middle
East to be the next in line if something should happen to
John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the
Oval Office.
Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it
is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others
die, right in front of you, for their love of America . When
you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was
'nothing special. ' Even more incredibly, he states that ANY
American who truly loves his country would do exactly the
same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard
time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain
believes that about the 'average American,' and that, dear
friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot
for on election day for John McCain -- warts and all.'
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