Message to Hillary Clinton Supporters Not Supporting Barack Obama

Message to Hillary Clinton Supporters who are Not Supporting Barack Obama

By Kevin Lockett

There is a recent AP-Yahoo poll that said that Barack Obama is receiving nearly 60% support from Hillary Rodham Clinton voters, while the rest is either leaning towards John McCain or not voting at all (Poll: Obama struggling to win over Clinton voters).

This is a joke right?

There are foreclosures all over the place. Unemployment is up (and those are probably a lot higher). The war in Iraq rages on with NO exit plan sight, while insurance companies are crashing and burning like the Hindenberg. Yet, Barack Obama is not connecting with all Hillary Clinton supporters? Are you kidding me!?!

Let me say this, if a person voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary and are now either undecided or leaning towards John McCain for president, they deserve to lose their jobs or homes if he is elected president.

Okay that was a bit harsh, but come on.

Is it because of John McCain's a Vietnam hero? If that is the case, how come John Kerry did not win the presidency in 2004?

Is it because John McCain chose a "Hockey Mom" from Alaska as his running mate? If so, how come John McCain did not choose Martha Stewart? White women seem to like her and Martha Stewart has probably traveled the probably world many times over, unlike McCain’s running mate, Governor Palin who just received her passport a few weeks ago.

The indecision of these Democrats/Independents voters is the very reason why Republicans always seem to win because they uniformly support their own. Do you honestly think that the Republicans wanted John McCain as their nominee? They did not.

The Republicans were enamored with Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. However, once it became clear the McCain was going to be the nominee, they rallied around him; well sort of until Sarah Palin joined the ticket with a gun in one hand and lipstick in the other and now John McCain is now a stronger contender for the Presidency.

So why would anyone who voted for Hillary Clinton or make less than $250,000 a year vote John McCain?

Do they actually think that if John McCain becomes president that he will go to his rich friends and tell them that he is going to repeal their tax cuts to help the middle class and the poor? Fat chance, I got a better chance on going on date with Kerry Washington, (which could happen if she reads this blog).

Which brings me back to my question: Why would anyone who voted for Hillary Clinton or make less than $250,000 a year vote for John McCain? Well, it comes down to either:

A.) Hillary Clinton voters hope that Obama loses to McCain and she would run in 2012
B.) Obama's Race

Choice A. is foolish because neither Hillary Clinton nor any of us knows what we will be doing in four years, so during that time the rich will become even richer and the poor will definitely become poorer. Therefore, answer has to be B. Obama's race.

Here's a news flash to some of those voters, Barack Obama has been a African-American for a long time. Unless he gets a case of vitiligo like Michael Jackson, his skin is not going to change any time soon.

I am not going to paint these undecided voters with a broad brush because I honestly believe that most Americans will not factor race in their decision making for president, but unfortunately there are still a faction Americans who only see African Americans as merely athletes or performers.

We are at place in history where racism might not be eradicated, but pushed farther away from America's despicable past. We are at a place in history, where we can chart a brighter course for America's future.

I am not saying that Barack Obama will be the best president ever or that he will be able to fix all our problems as a nation, but I do know that:

A.) He is highly intelligent
B.) He knows how to put a strong team
C.) He already has the respect of foreign leaders and the world
D.) He cares about middle class and poor people

The very same middle class and poor people that might doom his run for the presidency due to their own ignorance. People, the man grew up with a single mother and until recently had massive student loans, he gets it.

If elected, Obama will be a president for all people, not just people of color. He understands our every day struggles, because he struggled like us only a few years ago.

Plus, I hope the success of an Obama presidency will help spur the downward trend of African American men in leadership positions, (If you have an issue with my last statement, go your office tomorrow and count how many men of color are leading a department or at least hold a significant position in your company).

People, this country is in a mess!

There is no time for petty arguments or trivial thoughts.

The next President of the United States will either make or break this country economically, internationally and judicially (the next president will name at least two people to the Supreme Court).

So when you are standing alone in that voting booth on November 4th, be smart people and think, not just for yourself, but for your children and their children; because this election is too important to blow it over prejudice or spite.