Sarah Palin: Obama’s not in the catbird seat for 2012

Lost Apostle, that link I put in my response to your comment got screwed up. Here it is -- I hope:

http://www.therightscoop.com/voting-for-obama-because-he-was-black-was-biggest-mistake-of-my-life/

Sorry, Lost Apostle, but it's true:  A lot of black people voted for Barack Obama because he is black, including highly educated people in business and those with completely opposite politics, e.g., 

http://www.therightscoop.com/voting-for-obama-because-he-was-black-was-biggest-mistake-of-my-life/To be honest with you, I don't blame Harry Alford or other black Americans who voted for Obama because he was black -- though I do admire Mr. Alford a great deal for having the integrity to admit it.  The reason I don't blame him, though, is because I know what he meant, and because while voting for Obama certainly *was* a mistake, technically speaking, it was very important for black people to see that a black man could attain the highest office in the land. I have heard it all my life: "A black man can never be president." That statement reflects the distinct experience of black Americans. As a group they are among the oldest Americans, here from the very start, before the colonies separated from England.  Given the facts of life during the age of the Founders, I'd say it's a sure bet the blood of the Founding Fathers runs in the veins of far more black Americans than whites. Black people contributed mightily to the physical development of the United States, but even more importantly, heir cultural and spiritual contribution to this country was essential. Without black people, America would not exist as we know it.  And I don't mean there would have been no rock-n-roll, no jazz, and so much of the fashion, food, religious expression, literature, etc., would not exist had black people not been brought to the United States as slaves -- although that is all true, there is an even deeper contribution, a vital element that black Americans contributed to make this country what it is: they were America's test. Did our founding documents mean what they said or not? Was the idea that all men are created equal an elemental truth we believed in, or lofty though ultimately fraudulent b.s. we wrote to elevate ourselves without having to do any heavy lifting? The Civil War and America's ongoing inner struggle to live up to our stated ideals proved that the latter were not just words, but serious beliefs which we would bleed and fight for. 

In short, what would have been America's test had black people never been brought to the United States as slaves? What would have been our test to prove our noble documents were more than just words on paper? If you think about it, there is a Biblical air about our history of slavery, fighting to end slavery, and fighting to live up to the promises of our Declaration and the laws laid down in our Constitution.  Were I not an agnostic, I would have to believe God's hand was ever-present in the affairs of the United States, right from the beginning. Indeed, we do seem lucky, don't we? It does seem that if there is a God, He often -- not always, but often -- looks out for fools, small children, and the United States.

And yet despite all this, the struggle for black Americans to feel like full citizens of their own country continues to this day. Barack Obama's election has been an enormous help to that struggle, but that doesn't mean the struggle is finished. Black Americans vote in almost perfect lockstep for the Democrat Party, which is more than happy to keep racial animus alive and, worse, to enact malignant social policies to keep blacks voting Democrat. That Condi Rice and Colin Powell are black was overlooked by black people; she was not *real*--and yet Obama, with a white mother and African black father, is. It would be inexplicable, unless you consider the history of this country. 

For example, when I hear the likes of Jeremiah Wright, I am disgusted. He's a disgusting person, a black David Duke. Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are not quite as outrageous, but they are very bad people and they have been far more influential than Jeremiah Wright.  And yet I don't hold much against them for what they believe -- I despise them for spreading their despicable views, but given their age and life experiences, I understand why they hold them. Just like I understand why Toni Morrison has said she can never fully trust a white person; it's an ugly sentiment, but it has a legitimate foundation in Morrison's personal life experience. Unlike Jeremiah Wright, who has devoted his life to spreading that lack of trust and racial animus to younger generations of black Americans, she has devoted her life to writing literature, some of it great, that helps all Americans understand the history and cultural development of black people in our country. 

The bottom line is, 95% of black Americans will vote for Obama unless there is an alternative: an aggressive black conservative who articulates and sells conservative values to the black community. (It will help that most black people already share many of these views, though they don't realize it.) And I am not being patronizing in suggesting this, for two reasons: (1) the facts regarding how black people vote and the impact of American history on how they see themselves within our society; and (2) I don't suggest that we include a black face on the GOP ticket simply for aesthetics.  Both Rep. West and Herman Cain are highly qualified leaders and principled men.  If either of them were to be elected president, we would be lucky indeed.  For various reasons, including age, my choice would be West for VP, so as to put him in perfect position to take the reins after an 8-year Palin presidency.  

It is not patronizing for a conservative Republican to identify the need for strong, articulate black conservatives to reach out to black Americans to get their votes. Elections are won by getting the most votes, and that so few in the black community vote Republican is destructive to conservatives' interests and, for that matter, to the health of our society: black Americans vote overwhelmingly Democrat largely because that party has successfully sold them on the idea that the other side are a bunch of racists who want to hold them back. To tell black people that, to offer them nothing but dependency upon government, promises that for a black student a "B" will be considered an "A", and uncritical reception of a no-talent jackass who glorifies cop killers as a poet worthy of an invite to the White House -- *those actions* are patronizing to black people.