A Gentleman’s view.

All I am going to ask is ‘Are you feeling me now as a black man in America?’

Former President Bush has been attacked many times and in many different ways and as the homegrown version of the ‘Obnoxious American Tourist’ here as well as abroad, he made attacking him easy to do. However, this improper protocol though breached often of late because of his reputation for buffoonery, has never been brought to bear on a sitting President speaking before a Joint Session of Congress. This has always been handled with the utmost decorum for it does not happen often, and when it does, it is mostly for solemn events like declarations of war and such. Throughout all of the previous occasions of a Joint Session speech, whether done by an opposition President or not, he had not been so soundly and discourteously interrupted while being charged with lying right in front of the nation and the world. This has never happened before and the relative significance of such a disrespectful display of behavior should cement the view that there are many white males having issues with a black man as ‘Mr. President’. Life is hard.

So besides being obstructionist, there appears desire to do the damndest to secure the Republican Party’s place in history as the political party first to get in the gutter. It is not beneath them to publicly disrespect the position, office and courtesy our nation has deemed proper to bestow upon the position of the man elected to the office of the Presidency as he is our head of state. The basic rule was the head of state can only operate on the world stage with our best interest at heart with confidence because he has that belief at home. We as citizens of this great nation always maintained this serious level of respect, courtesy and decorum with our head of state until a black was elected to the Office. Now white males feel they can call him a liar, a Nazi, a socialistic collaborator, claim he’s try to take over everything, and destroy our nation as it has come to be today. They give themselves permission to speak publicly about purchasing hunting tags for the President, giving praise and calling people patriots for screaming out various statements in reference to killing the President. They have been encouraging the manic outburst at the town halls and other gatherings of public discourse. Publicly elected officials are making statements today that would have people in jail had it been done at another time, but right now it is okay because he may be President, but damn it, he’s still just a black man here in America, so there are limits to the expectations when it comes to respect. So all of the Americans who questioned black folks complaining about how things have not changed and this is still a hostile place for blacks to live, can now see how many openly disrespectful events has taken place and still have yet to come, now that a black man is in the White House.

Are you feeling us yet, America? Have you seen this type of behavior out of grown men before? Well, the Republicans can obfuscate, drag their knuckles, make false claims, and straight out lie in their effort to stop this health plan, you have been put on notice by that black man who just happens to be President, they will go with you preferably, but without you if they have to. He still laid out an invite for you non-participating, just say no members of Congress to get involved in this historic occasion to improve the quality of life for more Americans than ever before. There exist an opportunity of sorts to open the tent so to speak when it comes to improving the perception of the Republican Party. Or, as you have previously when in power, continue to have no regard for people not in the same class as you see yourselves, and just say no to America and the black man once again.

© 2009, agentleman.