Political campaigns are not decided by great critical thinkers.

This is too bad and would have kept the Republican party as the minority party of Barry Goldwater, an honest man.

But in this election, we have something else to deal with...Racism. The Republican candidate for Vice President is a two-fer even though she is a woman. She was overheard to say, when Barack Obama beat Hillary, "Sambo beat the bitch." How a woman who has risen up on her own merits can say something like that is a testament to shallow thought processes in otherwise intelligent people. Conservatives are simply wired differently. So are dedicated racists. The good news is, not everyone with inherent prejudices is a dedicated racist.

With that in mind I give you the words of someone who has worked long and hard hours, phonebanking for Obama. When talking to someone who says they are just not saure they can vote for a black man...

"We're drowning in America right now. All of us - black, white, brown, red and yellow. We've got a black man offering a life preserver, and a white man offering a concrete block. Which one do you want to choose?"

I wish I had written that!