All the King's Horses

I know it was only a matter of time. But the country came to the realization this week that Barack Obama is a black man. Or, if you prefer, they made a black man out of him.
It was not too long ago that Barack Obama was not a black man at all. If he was black, he certainly was not black enough. Just this past summer it was commonplace knowledge that Barack Obama was not an African American. That is, he was not black.

There is no mistaking that he is black now. Once you are black, or you are painted black, or public opinion decides you are black (use whatever politically correct or incorrect terminology you feel comfortable with here) you are all black. And you are black forever.


So this week I made a decision. I actually just typed, "So this week I made a very important decision", but then decided better of it.

I am going to vote for Barack Obama. I am going to vote for him in Oregon's Democratic Primary. And I am going to vote for him in the national election in November. I am going to do so regardless of the outcome of the Democratic National Convention.

I am voting for Barack Obama because he is black.

I had been oscillating between Obama, Kucinich, Nader, Kennedy and Castro for some time. To tell the truth none of them excited me terribly. And I have been putting some real consideration in giving up voting. The hypocrisy of offering legitimacy to the Republic in this manner has been weighing on me of late.

But I am going to give it another go. Perhaps this will be my last hurrah. But who really knows where I will be in 4 years time.

I am voting for Barack Obama. I am doing so because he is black.