Let the Alibis Begin

The Myth is Dead, Let The Alibi Begin
By Charles T. Buntin

In the past several days there have been several opinion pieces linked to the central idea that If Obama loses, it is because we rural white folks are all racists. The most well-known writers are Clarence Page and Matt Rothschild, and today there was another opinion piece in The Progressive, by Kevin Gray. What is especially ironic, and a bit funny, is that conservative talk show host Dennis Prager posted an article two days ago predicting this would happen, and happening it is!

The Mainstream Media must be brain-linked, or perhaps they sense a change in the electorate, so they are crafting the alibi-lieSharing the self-absorbed hubris of their candidate, who apparently thinks that we are all bitter, cousin-marryin', flag-wavin,' gun-totin,' Bible-thumpin' cretins if we won't vote for him. The alibi is being formulated, and in the Mind of Obama the Exalted, the narrative must conform to the legend he imagines himself to be. He will never be tempermentally able to say, 'I was defeated because the American people decided they did not like my announced policies and they wanted a real Commander in Chief." That would not match with his self-designed personal journey to greatness. This is a man who has published two biographies when he has not had sufficient real life experiences to merit an article.

Colin Powell has a real narrative--forged in war and peace, from housing projects in New York to the White House--and he earned that narrative every day, in ways that only a career military professional can understand--and he contended with racism that OBAMA never knew. Condaleeza Rice, whether you like her or not, has a narrative, and it does not consist of dreams, visions, or hubris, but of real work done. It is about a girl who would have died as a young teen had she not been sick the day of the Birmingham Bombing, for those little girls who died were her classmates.

In my military career, I served with or met many of John McCain's fellow prisoners, and what I found in almost all of them was (1) selflessness, (2) Absorption in others instead of oneself, (3) A sense of mission, and (4) an overwhelming humility combined with (5) a quiet, definite strength and maturity. I will never forget the day in 1984 when, along with 800 other junior officers, I was blessed to attend a symposium of former POWs. McCain was not there, but several of his fellow-prisoners were. The POWs sat at on couches in the cavernous auditorium, and we listened in total hushed silence as they passed the microphone around and just talked. Then, they answered questions for nearly two hours—serious questions, searching questions, soul questions. When the time was done, we were called to attention and as we stood there, a montage of American scenes were flashed across the huge screen, and for the first time, I heard these words: “If tomorrow all the things were Gone I’d worked for all my life…”.

As the music grew and the words cut at us like knives, 800 professional military officers wept like babies. Fighter jocks, hard-nosed maintenance officers, spooky intelligence officers, security officers and spookier missile launch officers cried and thanked God that there were men like these. That is the kind of man John McCain is.

All I see and hear in Barak Obama is hubris, self-absorption, and vapidity beyond degree. I still don’t know what a community organizer is, and suspect that if I knew, I’d be less than impressed. His positions scare the pants off me, and the idea of him going head to head with Vladimir Putin is frightening. I can’t vote for the man, but it isn't race. I would vote for Colin Powell, with whom I disagree on many things, or for JC Watss with whom I agree on nearly everything. Heck, I'd vote for Condaleeza Rice without hesitation. These are genuine people who clawed up from the bottom and have achieved many times over what results (?) we find in the OBAMA Mythology. What I find in the narrative is Mr. Obama's empty suit. These folks just happen to be African-American, being African-American is a profession for OBAMA.The alibi is being readied.