President George ("Dubya") Bush may go down in the annals of American History as the first President to end the domination of White males to singularly occupy the White House. Although for most people George Bush will be blamed for the financial crisis, employment crisis, mortgage crisis, the confidence crisis, the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, MISSION("Not")ACCOMPLISHED, the Hurricane Katrina and FEMA nightmare, as well as the 2000 ELECTION, which he stole from Al Gore. Ex-President George Bush's blow to the status-quo is like the White baseball pitcher, Al Downing of the "DODGERS" who slugger Hank Aaron of the "BRAVES" hit that homerun off of on April 8, 1974, which beat the here-to-fore unthinkable feat in baseball that a 'negro' [at that time] player would have the audacity break BABE RUTH'S ("the Great Bambino's") record. That pitcher as well as Hank Aaron received death threats from disgruntled Whites because it shattered a stereotype that always held the Black man to be inferior to any White man. Conversely,George Bush was supposed to maintain and to pass along the hierarchy of power and prestige of the office of President to the next White man to come along, not to a descendant of African slaves who built the very steps where Barack Obama walked up to take the presidential oath of office.
Also, a lot has been made about President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves, but Lincoln was not moved by compassion for the plight of the slaves or pressure from the abolitionists, but rather it was by, in his own memoir, "To Preserve the Union." The Founding Fathers may not be too happy at this inconceivable historic event because the freedoms that they extolled in all of their numerous writings and lofty ideals did not apply to people whom they considered property in the least and three-fifths of a person at the most. So, while we as a country celebrate the ascendancy of Barack Hussein Obama to the pinnacle of power as the leader of the Free World and "The Man," let's not forget to send a shout out to Bush 43 because without him there would not be a President Barack Obama. Thank You, George “Dubya” Bush.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
January 22, 2009
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