I found November 4^th to be a relatively sad day; not just for me necessarily, but for America. Sure, it was historic- and I congratulate Barack Obama on his ascension to King. But what I find so sad is that the country elected a new President -one with no discernable history other than one that was vastly different from his campaign message- based on a solitary issue. Race.

I’m no historian, but can someone please tell me if any other President, less maybe George Washington, was elected by a majority of the electorate regardless of his political agenda? I have seen many of the post-election news reports, exit polls, MSM confessions, and ‘man-on-the-street’ interviews and clearly, the overwhelming issue for promoting and voting Obama was the chance to make history and put a black man in the highest office. Noble as that may be to some, I can’t justify installing anyone as Commander in Chief and Leader of the Free World, just because of skin color. In fact, if you asked Martin Luther King, Jr. he might agree with me. For it was that revered leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, and the instrument by which Barack Obama’s rise to national prominence was made possible, who said the following: “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.” What is striking to me is that Barack Obama, this obviously intelligent, likable, charismatic, quintessential politician was in fact judged by the color of his skin and not by the content of his character. To me, that is sad. Sad and irresponsible- voting for someone because of the color of his skin is as irresponsible as not voting for someone because of the color of his skin.

I wonder now, if those who voted Obama somehow feel a sense of relief? A sense of ‘finally, I was able to do the right thing.’ Or, will it in short order have the opposite effect? Will those who have harbored this ‘white guilt’ that was so expertly preyed upon during this election cycle, take a different view of minorities in this country? Will they realize that the inability to succeed in America can no longer be considered race-based? Will they, in fact, become more conservative in their thinking? And what will that mean going forward?

Now, for anyone reading this and thinking that I am somehow racist in my thinking- consider this... Had the GOP ticket been Michael Steele/Sarah Palin, I would have voted that way in a heartbeat. As it was, I still voted McCain/Palin, because I believe republicans in general have a better plan for America than democrats; at least the democrats that control the democratic agenda. Barack Obama’s skin color- white, green, purple, black, orange, or any combination thereof, made no difference to me; he’s a far-left ideologue who will likely have a lasting negative effect on this country. But, maybe, just maybe- this election will finally close the book on the affirmative-action era and people of all races, gender, religion, and sexual orientation can finally be- in the words of MLK Jr., judged [solely] by the content of their character.

I have my doubts…