Oooooh, don't get ME started!!!

I've made it no secret as to how disgusted I am with the politics of politics. I can NOT stand all of this fighting and attacks that have stemmed from this presidential campaign. And, we're not even in the full campaign yet......we're still trying to name a nominee for the Democrats.

People are so afraid and intimidated by the fact that Barack Obama will most likely be our nominee. I am not even mad with Hillary Clinton for not backing down now, as I truly understand that you don't give up and you don't quit just because it looks like you're losing. I honestly understand that.

What's ticking me off.....again......is the attack against Obama from the Tennessee Republican Party. Granted, we can't even fault McCain or Clinton for this attack, but it's something that clearly shows that folks are grasping at straws just to see what they can do to harm Obama.

Read Obama's response to their attack here. He flatly says, "Lay off my wife!" Who can blame him? They are trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill by the comment that Mrs. Obama said waaayyy back in February! A statement that I fully understand. "They" don't understand it. Her comment was that for the first time in her adult life, she's truly proud of her country. "They" are trying to say that she's unpatriotic. That's hogwash! Her statement has nothing to do with patrioticism. She actually made a PROFOUND truth.

The Tennessee commercial continually states that the Republicans have always been proud of their country.

Therein lies the problem!!!! This is the heart of my discontentment. This is what outrages me.

They want to pick on Mrs. Obama and make her seem like she's wrong.....yet, to me, they've proven exactly what she said.

Were they PROUD of America when they used slavery as a right for Whites to use and abuse Blacks? Always proud?

Where they PROUD of America when Whites took the liberty to hang and kill untold numbers of Blacks? Always proud?

Where they PROUD when they raped our women, separated our families, and broke our men down so badly that they didn't even know who they were anymore? Always proud?

Hey....let's go back a little further......were they proud when they came to this land and stole it from the Native Americans? Always proud?

Fast forward......were they proud when even after slavery was abolished (a political move), Whites continued to mistreat Blacks? The same people who built this country.......the land that was stolen! Always proud?

Were they proud when Whites continued to cling to the notion that Blacks were inferior and did not deserve the same rights in this country as they had? Civil rights? Human rights? America didn't know how to treat even their White women. They were not seen as equals. They did not have the same civil rights as the self-righteous White men. Yet, they were proud of that!

Were the Republicans proud when Black churches were being burned and bombed? When Black children were not allowed to go to their schools? When they hated us so much that they fought against every attempt for equal rights? When they killed Martin for trying to make a difference? Were they still proud?

I could go on and on. Ooooh......don't get me started!!!!

I'll just end with one question. Are they still proud today......this moment in time....that race is still a big issue because of the mistreatment that White America has thrushed upon us? Yes, it is still an issue and we see it every single day. If someone doesn't see the bigotry and racism that still exists in this country, I really have to question their sanity. What world are they living in?

Yet, they pick on Mrs. Obama and then say that they have always been proud of this country!

Something's wrong with that picture!

Carla Y. Nix