"Just Another White Guy!"

Since the foundation of America, we have had over 40 different men serve as President and Vice-President. Some of those men were tall, some were short, some were thin and some were stout, some handsome, and some not easy to look at, yet, all served their nation. I know our Constitution doesn’t have a clause that disallows any natural born citizen from holding either of the above mentioned offices; gender has nothing to do with the qualifications for those offices, and neither does race, creed or national origin. We now have a President whose background is African; this has been a big issue since Mr. Obama has taken office. Many cheered on Inauguration Day as Barack Obama took the Oath of Office and many people said it was a great victory for America. I’m sure many Black Americans felt proud that day, as a barrier has been crossed in American history. This being said, we must ask a question; is race a key factor in choosing someone to elected office? Has skin color anything to do with the ability to lead the greatest nation on Earth? Is skin color an excuse to deny mistakes and inability to be an able leader?

Over the course of the last 44 months, Barack Obama has said and done things that have done more damage to America than I thought could have been possible by one man in so short a time. Whenever Mr. Obama’s ineptitude is brought before the American people, those who reveal it have immediately been labeled as racists by the liberal media and leftist groups. Racism seems to be the “go to” phrase when Barack Obama is criticized.

I have NEVER used Mr. Obama’s skin tone as a reason to point out his inability to execute the office he holds. If one listens to any credible sources that criticize the President, the words black or African-American are NEVER used, because that is a “FOOL’S LOGIC” and holds no truth. A man is either qualified for his office, or he isn’t.

Last week, Mitt Romney named Wisconsin Congressman, Paul Ryan, as his choice for Vice-President when he gets the nomination at the Republican Convention. I personally like this choice, as Mr. Ryan is a Constitutional Conservative that believes in the free market, traditional family values and a strong national defense. He has been in Congress for 14 years and holds the chair of the House Budget Committee, and also is a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee; both committees of great influence and responsibility. He is a strong fiscal conservative, and has proposed a budget to Congress in May of ’08; April of ’09; January of ’10, April of ’11 and March of ’12, quite a few more than Harry Reid!

As I reviewed Mr. Ryan’s biography, I was pretty impressed; he even served on his local school board when only a student in High School, was president of his class and even Prom King. Mr. Ryan was a young man who knew who he was at a very young age, and he followed an honorable path to get to his present position.

Since Mr. Ryan has been announced as the chosen running mate for Mitt Romney, he has been described as “Another White Guy” by several pundits of the left and the “usual suspects” from the “Hollywood Crowd”. I guess it is a bad thing to be a “White Guy” if you are on the left; you are somehow unworthy to hold office because of your skin tone. This sounds quite a bit like racism to me, reverse maybe, but racism none the less!

Does this mean that those 40+ men who held those offices since the inception of the United States of America should have been castigated or disqualified because of their skin color? You know they were just “Another White Guy”, and you know how “they” are!!