Countdown: Two Days (Action Affirmative)

During the course of this campaign cycle, I have written on the issue of race in politics in regards to Barack Obama, however, unlike most bloggers, most of my rhetorical venom has been directed at members of my own racial demographic. As a somewhat politically-savvy 43 year old African-American male, I have voiced my disappointment with the supposed political leadership within the Black community over the past thirty years.

I know I will get in trouble over the next comment and I have never backed away from conflict. Heck, I am a Republican who ran for office in Baltimore City so Don Quixote does not have anything on me. Well, here it is: I am so glad that Barack Obama is about to become the 44th President of the United States. Why? So maybe, just maybe, I will not have to hear or see Jesse Jackson and/or Al Sharpton give another racially-motivated press conference for at least four years.

President Barack Obama, will not only be our Commander-In-Chief, he will also disengage us from the finger-pointing, personality-driven dynamic that is at the heart of the overused race card that has stymied any real hope of racial healing over the past thirty years.

It is my hope that Inauguration Day will serve as the beginning of an era of Action that is Affirmative in our common hopes and shared realization of the American Dream; instead of building a society on the unfair principles of quotas and preferred treatment of some of our citizens to the detriment of all of us.