If the Democratic party throws black voters under the bus, I will lie down with them. [View All]

[Barack_America]

The race under the current rules (pledged delegate victory) is over. Barack Obama has won.

If the Democratic party overturns the results of the pledged delegates to deny a black man the nomination, I will not support the Democratic nominee. And let's not kid ourselves that the hesitancy to declare him the victor has much to do with the color of his skin.

African American voters have been the rock of the Democratic party through thick and thin. They stuck by Gore. They stuck by Kerry. Now they have a candidate that they are not "sticking with", they have a candidate that they truly want. The excitement is palpable in my neighborhood.

I have always lived in a swing state that remained blue on the strength of the African American vote. I have never known an election where I wasn't counting on the votes of African Americans. It is time for me to return the favor. It is time for my party to stop taking the support of African Americans for granted.

I'm standing by my black neighbors, who voted 90% for Barack Obama. If the Democratic party doesn't respect their votes, it no longer respects mine either.



Feel free to flame me for recognizing that race is an issue in this election and siding with African Americans rather than pandering to racist whites. I would be honored to receive those flames. Obama IS the better Democratic candidate and I am disgusted that my party would deny him the election due to fear of white racism.