Black is beautiful...

On Friday night, our high school elected a Down Syndrome girl as Homecoming queen. It made several news stations, in both Austin and Houston and our small town's one high school was praised for doing so. Homecoming queen is a big deal in this town. Only five senior girls are nominated by their senior peers, and there are no boys or underclassmen. Only five senior girls which are then voted on by the entire school of students. In the almost 20 years that I have lived here, it has always been five pretty, well-liked girls, but this year it was the Down Syndrome girl and 4 others that surprised everyone when it was announced at a pep rally two weeks ago. Many said that the Down Syndrome girl was so special needs that she would not even understand what was happening. This was, in fact, the case although she seemed to love all the hugs. When I asked my daughter who she voted for, she answered the mascot because they are good friends and she is a very involved in school activities and has a great attitude. But, she said, most felt obligated to vote for the Down Syndrome girl and did so.
I bring this up to say that this is how I think Obama got voted in. He was voted in because he was black and this country has a lot of guilt over slavery. Too, I think he won the second term because those same voters did not want to give him a bad report card on his first term....
How sad that people choose race or looks to vote for someone when their very livelihood depends on who wins. Why can't people look at that person's character and experience? Why can't people take the time to research a person's background for themselves instead of depending on inaccurate ads and a media who is no longer objective??
And now we have a large number of Republicans who did not even vote to defund "Obamacare?"
Is this, too, because he is black??