When worst comes to worst my people come first.

I don't understand a black person who doesn't intend to vote for Barack Obama.

It's wrong on so many levels.  It really irks me.

The president is nobody.  He's just a place holder essentially. And even if he wasn't, the next president will have to fix a problem that will take longer than his/her presidency to sort out. So even if the person elected does everything that they can possibly do, there is only so much that they can change within that span of time. And let's be real, all three Democrats will pretty much do the exact same thing more or less.

Then there's the "he's inexperienced" argument.  It really surprises me when young people of all people say this. Anyone with half a brain that has been trying to get ahead in the workforce knows better.  Think of all the old stupid people running shit real old school right now.  Not hiring young people who know better because we've grown up with certain things that they didn't.  We've had better education.  The average smart person can master any job, I don't care on what level we're talking.  Any experience is enough experience.  Any candidate will have enough people in his corner to stop him from making an "inexperienced" decision.   Sometimes inexperienced is just what these old folks need to bring a fresh perspective to things to make them better.  And did Bush have this so-called experience?  Because...

Yea. And when exactly will we ever get this opportunity ever again in life?  Why even test that out?  Come on.  There's too many variables that would prevent this from ever happening again.  Petty variables.  For one, we all know that if Obama was dark-skinned, he wouldn't have a chance in hell.  Why put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today?  Do you seriously believe that if the situation was reversed that white people would not vote for the sole white candidate?  Please, that would be a no brainer.  He wouldn't even campaign.  White people would come out in droves.

Most importantly though, this isn't about race.  Everyone who knows me knows that I am the #1 person that hopes everyday that someday people will see people as just people because that's all everyone is.  We should really be separated into groups of crazy and more crazy.  But people just make it about that for the obvious reasons that I just mentioned.  Him being black is just the icing on the cake.  He's capable.  He's inspiring.  His wife is fierce (as I am of the belief system that a man shows his intelligence in his choice of woman).  I mean, when you see Obama on TV, it's not like it was when Jesse Jackson was running.  You don't get the feeling that this is a "black thing".  He's just like any other candidate.  He actually has a fighting chance of winning.   And you're gonna stop another black person from becoming president?  Are you fucking kidding me? You're gonna help create another barrier for your future children to have to knock down?  People act like it's about the issues, but at the end of the day, NONE of these people give a crap about us. It's about them. So why not at the VERY least elect a symbolic figure?

This is a movement. This is progress.  Or at least the appearance of progress.  And even that's enough for me.  This is giving your future babies inspiration that they are actually American, and not some second-rate ass citizen.  This is a dream actualized for old black people everywhere.  People died for this to even begin to be possible.  Call me dramatic, but not voting for him is like saying ef the Civil Rights Movement.  I'm tired of people saying "I'm not voting for him just because he's black, that's stupid." Only in a world where racism doesn't exist is that argument acceptable.   And we're not there yet. We owe it to ourselves.  ALL of ourselves. Black, white, asian, latino, everyone!

After re-reading everything I just wrote, I realize that my entire argument seems very basic and elementary.  But I really don't think people are thinking of it in its most basic form.  Come on black people.  We gotta do better.  If we don't do for ourselves, who will?