(Source) Opposition Chief Whip Kassiano Wadri said he woke up at midnight to listen to BBC, and was overjoyed when the news of Obama’s victory broke.
“For the first time a black person has taken the US Democratic Party’s primary.” He said although American democracy was over 300 years old, none of the 43 presidents was black. “Africa should be proud that one of our own has moved nearer to the presidency.” He said Americans should also be happy that their nation was no longer ethnic but able to recognise quality leadership. “I wish Ugandans could emulate this.”
In other words, Republicans would rather have a dead or near dead white guy serving as their chief executive than a man whose roots go back to Kenya, which is in Africa - even if American democracy isn’t quite 300 years old as the African chief so boldly proclaimed. He at least got it right that none of the previous presidents have been black (if you don’t count Bill Clinton).
When it comes to racial politics, there is a clear dividing line in the U.S. There is no gray area. It’s all black and white. And while there may be a few black Republicans in the mix, there are a lot of more white Democrats. And they will likely vote for Obama. But add up all the Republican prejudices against Obama - he’s black, he’s potentially Muslim, he’s black, he’s been educated in another country, he’s black, he’s “unpatriotic” (meaning he isn’t white), and he’s black - and it spells out so clearly that John McCain would make a better president. Even if he dies while in office. We’ll just prop his old dead body up against the Lincoln Monument and play speeches of Ronald Reagan to inspire us. And pray that his term of office doesn’t expire before rigor mortis sets in and turns his skin - aaaaaaack! - black.
