The Black view of the race

McClatchey-Tribune/Houston Chronicle:

Many black voters are making it very clear: They're concerned that Sen. Barack Obama is going to lose the Democratic presidential nomination that they see as rightfully his, and if that happens, a lot of them may stay home in November.

"It would hurt me not to vote," said Charles Clark, an Indianapolis retiree. He's thinking about leaving the presidential box on his ballot blank this fall if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Democrats' nominee.

"There was a heck of a push made so blacks could vote. I know that," he said. "But it would also be very unfair if they pushed Barack Obama to the side."

Michelle Moore, an Indianapolis housewife, is less gentle: "Hillary Clinton would not even still be in the race if Obama was a white man."

Her tough tone was common last week in this city's black community.

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There is much irony in her statement, because many people believe, such as Geraldine Ferraro, that Obama would not still be in the race if he were white. He certainly would not be getting an automatic 90 percent of the black vote. He is certainly not this far along because of his accomplishments, which are nil. He has been campaigning on his judgment, but the Rev. Wright and William Ayers friendships certainly put that in question. Both Democrats show profound ignorance on the issue of counterinsurgency warfare which is key to the fight against the Islamic religious bigots waging war against us. They are both examples of teh weak bench of the Democrat party.