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Sir; The question you pose presupposes that if Mr. Obama were white, that he would some how be unqualified for the job. I think that to be black means always knowing that you cannot possibly demand equality of opportunity no matter how qualified you might be. Only in government, and only in liberal arts oriented occupations and sports can any black hope to be treated with equality. Our laws are pitifully inadiquate to bring equality out of inequality. No private individual faced with two applicants of different races and equal ability need hire the black. At every level of life they are imbued with the impossibility of shedding their burden, their handicap of being born black in a white country. Are you so surprised that blacks stick with a black? Me too. You know that it is much more common for minorities to turn on each other, to prey upon each other, and to hate each other. Perhaps they are voting for Mr. Obama as a token in this land of tokenism. Perhaps they are voting for the ideal in this less than ideal country, seeing in him, and in his election a hope that all might be judged by the content of their character. I am surprised that so many blacks vote for Mr. Obama. If they were hopeless. If they were really defeated as they often appear, they would confirm their pessimism by letting Mr. Obama go down in defeat, and then saying to each other: You see that whitey won't let the black man be a man. They are not, and we should cheer them on, because their participation, and their enthusiasm, and their demands for equality is exactly what the whole country needs. We forget what it might be like for them, and I bother with this fact only because I sense you might be humane; but for the young, and for the intelligent, to come up against rascism for the first time at a tender age, and have some one point out that you are black, and so, you belong over there, with the under performers, the sullen, the criminal, the resentful, the alcoholic or drug addicted, the depressed, the imprisoned, and the poor. I am certain that you must have met some really gifted black people in your time; people whose abilities brought them far above the average even of exalted whites. Have you ever asked them what it is like to bear racism from the recieving end? If we think it is difficult having to deal with blacks and their incessant demands for equality, how difficult might it be to be black in constant awarness that you cannot ever have equality as a quantity to take to the bank. I agree that the question of race is not to be avoided. Rather, the nomination of Mr. Obama should point out to all that race as an explanation, and as a conception of reality no longer explains any thing. No child should be cursed as an accident of birth. Race does not work for the Democrats. The more they push for black equality the more they alienate those who feel they must pay for it, the poor working class whites who are forced to share their meager supply of rights with every immigrant, and the blacks too. We do not really have a problem with blacks or immigrants in this country, but we do have a problem with our conception of human rights. Mr. Obama is not the candidate I would have chosen. There are just too many bigoted people through out this land, and you see the republicans trying to slide their knife in between every divide, between young and old, rich and poor, black and white. It is all they have, and so they look at Mr. Obama as a gift. The only organization in the country more divided than the nation itself is the democratic party. It is never amazing that they lose, and is always amazing when they win. The democrates are the party of everyone else. They have no essential unity except the unity given them by the republicans in running the country into the dirt for nothing. Thanks.... Sweeney

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Sir; You know; I would like to see an Obama 08 commercial, with Mr. Obama talking directly to the viewer, saying: Every time John Mccain races, I lose. People of America, I am not all black, and I am not all white, but I am all American. The American dream is standing in my shoes, and this is your dream too, to be a president of a nation where neighbor loves neighbor and people care. Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to be your president. I don't want to break into the white house. I don't want to be the jockey on the lawn. I want you to give me a fair chance to get to know you apart from the campaign of abuse and lies. I want you to send me to Washington confident that I can do the job for you, and that you can sleep easier knowing I am at my post. I can't do it without you. Together we can take America into the future. Thanks.... Sweeney

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I find myself wondering why there has not been more (actually, any) criticism of Mr Buchanan's persistent practice of referring to Senator Obama as Barack. I don't see him referring to Mr. Obama's opponent as John or any other white politicians by their first names. I guess I should be happy he doesn't call Obama “boy!”

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Re: Mikey Solominow; Sir what do you think they are doing when they talk about his inexperience? Or his youth. Is he ready? He ain't senile. He isn't on life support. We think nothing of keeping idiots in office so long that if they are ever indicted they can all claim diminished capacity. So; What does the constitution say? Did it never anticipate that a youngster might get elected? I have watched the old, and now I am getting that way, and I can testify that very few of us improve on any test of ability as we age. If wisdom or understanding is the standard, the young have it as often as the old. And the young can still drive and talk on the phone. I see that the biggest insults hurled at Mr. Obama could as easily be serious charges of inability of pointed at Mr. Mccain. Why not just elect Mr. Mcgoo? Neither one can see the facts better than the other. Thanks.... Sweeney