Wednesday, November 5, 2008
What Would King Think?
One of the interesting things about the election of Mr. Obama is the media's proclaiming this the "fulfillment" of Martin Luther King's dream. While I do not doubt the significance of this election, one of the better comments I heard this morning disavowed this the fulfillment of the dream. For Dr. King's dream was that all people be judged not on the basis of the color of their skin - but far too many people these past fews days proudly stated that they voted for Mr. Obama because he is black. Is this what Dr. King would have wanted?
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Dr Veith wrote - I think it was him, I've read too many blogs - might have been Rich Galen - anyway, whoever it was... wrote that they hoped for two things
1. that no one voted for him *because* he's black
and
2. That no one voted against him *because* he's black.
I think, as long as we're on this cursed Earth we'll get both.
Interestingly the town Dixville (the one that votes first at midnight Mon night every time) voted 16 Obama and 9 McCain all 111% of the registered voters in town voted. Hmmm, proportionate to a bigger city - I'm beginning to think voter fraud is rampant!
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