Holder Likely Choice for Obama

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/18/holder_top_prospect_for_attorn.html?hpid=topnews

In this article in the New York Times it talks about the possibilities of Holder becoming the Attorney General and many of his qualifications as well as the problems that he has faced in his life. One of the main problems was his decision not to hold a man Marc Rich guilty for tax evasion and illegally making deals with Iran during a hostage crisis. Instead of sentencing this man he was gave the go ahead and president clinton pardoned him. In many spots in the article it talks about how Holder would be  a good choice, however in the second paragraph there is a line that says.

“If he is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Holder will be the first African American attorney general.”

Why? I understand that this point in history will always be remembered regarding President Elect Obama however I don’t see the point in pointing out that he will be the first African American to hold that position. Are we so caught up in that we as a country arent racist we have to point out everytime that we have a minority hold a high position? The man is well qualified, he has man supporters on both sides of the senate Republican and Democratic. I just don’t see how his decisions will change based on his ethnicity. He is and will be a well qualified possibility for the position whether or not he gets chosen for it. Why do you need to point out that he is black it shouldn’t matter qualified or not. Race is not a basis for intelligence and skills in political ability.

What do you think?

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http://glciii.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/obama-victory-spurs-racial-crimes/

Worldwide Fear of a Black President?

In these two articles writers speak about the racial activity following the election of Barack Obama and the effect that it is having on people in the United States and several Political Leaders in the rest of the world. In Worldwide Fear of a Black President it talks about a German Politician who spoke out against Obama saying that he was elected  (Obama) because of the “American Alliance with the blacks and the jews”.

I understand that there are people that have yet to crawl out from under their rock and realize that Hitler is dead and we don’t own people anymore. I just hope that the man that was elected by a landslide victory with electoral votes and also won the election in terms of the popular vote something our twice previously elected president was only able to do once. I also understand that many people are still sore to the idea that the person that they voted for lost. However, I hope that we as a country can come through and possibly show enough respect for the man that was elected President of the United States and focus on the more important issue at hand the status of our country and not the color of his skin.