I would like to take this opportunity to offer you my friendship and to thank you . . . for a number of reasons. First the offer of friendship: While it's true we have never before met, I think you should know that we could become great buds. There are people that I had never before met who became my friends. They don't have half as much in common with me as you do. I mean you're a Leo, born in August during the Kennedy administration . . . I'm a Leo, born in August during the Kennedy administration! Your mother was white and your father was black. . . . my mother was white and my father had black friends! Your father was a goat herder . . . my father had a goatee! Your parents were sixties liberals . . . my parents were sixties liberals! Your parents divorced when you were a kid . . . my parents divorced when I was a kid! You like to shoot hoops . . I like to shoot hoops! You graduated at the top of your class at Harvard Law school . . . I went to class and graduated from High School! Your wife's name is Michele . . . my girlfriend's middle name is Michele! You have two kids . . .I have two kids! You're running for president of the United States. . . I ran for student council in Ben Geyer Junior High! I mean it's like were practically the same person!
What you have accomplished in 47 years on this planet is simply remarkable. At a time when mixed race marriages were looked upon with disapproving eyes in this country, your mother and father brought you into this world. Consider yourself lucky to have spent your teen years in Hawaii during the 70's. Some folks here in "Main Street" USA could've made it kind of tough on a kid of mixed race.
When you were still in diapers your father left you and your mother and I bet times were tough. Your mom eventually hooked up with another guy who became your step dad and moved you and your mom to Indonesia. That had to be wild, a 6 or 7 year old born in Hawaii now finds himself living in Indonesia. Just 4 or 5 years later you're sent to live with your grandmother. Again, that must have been very emotional for you as well. Turned out to be a very good thing because like your mother, your grandma valued education and continued fostering your thirst for knowledge.
Since I was very young, I have dreamed of a country where race no longer mattered. Actually I dream of a world where it no longer matters. Much like the comedian George Carlin I want men and women of every race to fuck the shit out of each other so we'll all be of one race. The future race will be caramel colored and it'll be called the human race. Then maybe we can get on with the really important things. Okay now that the groundwork is laid let get to the thanking. Thank you for being so studious and acquiring such a thirst for knowledge. Getting into Harvard is an accomplishment in itself. Graduating at the very top of your class from Harvard Law is cause for a month long celebration with dancing girls and controlled substances. Then to put off a highly lucrative career in order to help those who haven't the clout to help themselves put you right up there with Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. (. .oops, let's not go there.)
Mr. Obama and I soon hope to say President Obama, not enough can be said about the way you have inspired an electorate without negative campaigning. While your opponents and political machine slings more mud than can be found at the bottom of the Mississippi Delta you remain focused on the issues. When you're opponents result to rhetoric designed to evoke violent responses from the crowd, you are quick to quell even the "booing" of your counterpart. Any truly impartial observer sees and hears intelligent answers sans the buzz words and political talking points when you are questioned. How refreshing!
You sir are a prime example of a leader who can keep his cool when all about you are losing theirs. Credit where credit is due . . . never thought a democratic candidate stood a chance in the race for the white house without fighting fire with fire. You've proved me and Thom Hartman (author of Breaking the Code) wrong. If the fix isn't in and the election were held today. . . you would be the next president of these United States. That would be one of the most prideful moments of my lifetime. The birth of my youngest son. My oldest son choosing to take my last name. My mom yelling at a spurned girlfriend of mine who thought my mom would be upset if she knew that I was dating a Hispanic girl. Mom gave the cliche' liberal response, "I don't care if she's pink, purple or polka dotted!!" (even though Mom hated polka dotted people) If this election is stolen from you, it won't rob me of the pride I feel knowing that a huge portion of this country has socially evolved, conquered old prejudices and voted for an intelligent progressive for president. And now my sons are grown and both have voted for you, even my crotchety old libertarian/anarchist Dad is voting for you. Because of you Senator Obama people from all walks of life have taken an unprecedented interest in our political process.
Now this may sound racists but it's not meant that way: I'm not so naive' as to think that a large number of black voters are voting for you just based on your skin color. While I sincerely believe that reverse racism is just as wrong as racism their is one humongous difference here. The pendulum of equality has been on the white man's side for so very long. In order for it to settle at a truly neutral place, it may need to swing the other side for awhile. So, if the brothers and the sisters want to vote for someone because of their skin color. Let it be. More power to them! After all, white politicians who don't agree with the KKK manifest, benefit by the votes the Klan members cast.
You got balls senator! Not since John Wayne as Marshall Rooster Cogburn took on Ned Pepper and his gang in "True Grit" have I seen such bravery. Knowing you will be the target of every white supremacist organization, simple minded hate filled FOX NEWS watching red neck, and shadow government power broker, you entered this race. I'm not a religious man but, I pray for your safety everyday. It would be such a horrible demoralizing and tragic event should another progressive voice be silenced like those in the sixties.
So, in closing . . .what'd'ya say? You and Michele pack up the kids this summer and come over for a swim and I'll grill us some steaks. Seriously, I gotta a really nice gas grill and I know how to use it.
DaG Out
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