Historic Day...Just how historic?

There is not a channel available on my TV that is not covering the events going on in Washington, DC, today. I am boycotting TV, radio, and news websites. I prefer to talk about it right here, and nowhere else.

Martin Luther King, Jr., I think, in my humble opinion, would be proud of what is happening today, but also would feel saddened.

The Reverend Dr. King preached on "content of character" and not getting ahead by "color of skin." He would celebrate that an important part of Americans have not only earned the right to vote, but have a representative in the White House. I think Dr. King would love that idea...and would love to see how far the Civil Rights Movement progressed. Then, at the same time, he would ache for the thought that President Barack Obama won because of his color, not so much the content of his character.

My case in point comes from one simple question I have asked several people, both on the left and on the right, about our new President. I asked this simple query, to which everyone responded to the negative. The question: "Would Barack Obama have won the Presidency if he were white?" To a person, everyone said, "no."

As soon as Obama spoke at the DNC in 2004 and became somewhat of a household name, there has been a movement within the media, the Hollywood left, and in the major metropolises of the United States. This movement was to get a black President, and Obama represented the best chance because he is articulate, charismatic, young, and, just for insurance, is half white.

No matter what the controversy, nothing could stick to Obama. His minister of 20 years is a zealot, bigot, and unpatriotic...from the pulpit! Doesn't matter. His political career took a major step in the living room of William Ayers, a man for whom Obama wrote an endorsement for Ayers' book. Doesn't matter. No investigation. Obama has business and real estate dealings with a now-convicted criminal who committed real estate fraud, Tony Rezko. Doesn't matter. It's in the past. Rod Blagojevic commits fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and commit quid pro quo to sell a seat in the US Senate. Obama has spoken on the campaign trail for Blago, and vice versa. Rohm Emmanuel, a top advisor to Obama visits with and speaks with Blago on multiple occasions. Obama vehemently denies any advisors or emissaries had contact with Governor Balgojevic despite Rohm Emmanuel's contact with Blago. No one in the main stream media questions Obama on the inconsistency. Nothing sticks to this guy.

Time and time again, Obama is shown to have poor judgment in his associations. Yet, no one cared.

His character was shown in how he lied and changed his mind on the campaign finance issue, allowing him to accept record donations and outspend McCain on the campaign by more than $2 to $1. His voting record is suspect. His support of the military is suspect as he cannot give them an inkling of credit for the work they have done in Iraq. His grasp of right and wrong in the Russia-Georgia conflict was questionable at best.

His refusal to speak out when unfair, and often unethical and immoral, shots were being taken on his behalf against John McCain (ads making light of McCain's health and attacking the fact that McCain is a cancer survivor, pictures of McCain that were published by an magazine that demonized McCain with unflattering light that enhanced McCain's war scars and cancer scars) and Sarah Palin (attacking Bristol for being pregnant, attacks against the Palin family accusing Todd Palin of incestuous relationships with his daughters, questioning the legitimacy of Trigg Palin's birthrights) also raises a question, or two, about his character. Why not speak out when a 17-year-old girl is being attacked by his party and his supporters?

We know nothing for sure about this man, other than he talks well and is 50% black. But, the giddiness of the media and the lack of vetting done leaves this country wide-open for problems for the next four years. We do not know for sure what lies in this man's heart. The conclusions one can infer from his actions during this campaign lead one to believe that Dr. King's dream is not quite realized with this election.

I truly believe that this Inauguration is not about Dr. King, President Abraham Lincoln, or the end of racism. It is about how pop culture and the patronizing of black people by the left elected a young, inexperienced black person to the White House. Obama does not have the political capital to make change. He will be a puppet to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The Democrats never do anything to help black people; they only talk a good game at election time. They helped a black man get into the Oval Office, but he is not strong enough to do this job on his own. Like with every other Democrat-based promotion of a minority to a position high on the food chain, there will be white masters calling the shots.

Barack Obama might prove me wrong. For the sake of my country, our troops overseas, and the future, I hope he does. However, until we can assess how well he performed his duties, stop the Abraham Lincoln and Dr. King talk. This man was NOT elected on content of character. He was elected because it was the cool thing to do this year.

Hopefully, America will make him earn his spot for re-election, and not give him another free pass in 2012.