Message to the Racist Coward in the Cave

I read with interest that the number two man in Al-Qaeda--Ayman al-Zawahiri--issued a web message and video which criticized our President-Elect and used demeaning racial slurs, referring to him as a “slave” and a “house negro” [sic] Once again, these cheesy “Al-Qaeda Cave Productions” video taped hate messages only serve to show how pathetic and ineffectual these cowardly terrorists really are. The fact that they resort to racial epithets serves only to show how ignorant they are about the American political process and illustrates the poverty of their position. One thing we do not need in America is the opinion of some loser whose life is devoted to killing innocent people--Muslins, Christians, and Jews alike--while dishonoring the Islamic faith. Add to their resume of murder and sacrilege, racial bigotry.

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I spent a lot of time, money, and psychic energy hoping to get McCain elected because I thought he was the better man for the job. No one was any more critical of Obama than I. But, our side lost. We argue, we debate, we fight, and we vote. That is how we do it in America. It is called democracy--something those knuckle draggers in their caves do not understand. Those who fly airplanes into skyscrapers killing innocent people, who believe that anyone not sharing their faith must be murdered, and who believe that even their fellow Muslins are fair game if it means the furtherance of a global caliphate ruled by religious autocrats cannot begin to understand the concept of “one person, one vote.” Nor do they apparently understand that when a black man gets elected by a healthy majority of the voters, it does not mean he is a “slave” or a “house negro,” but the person the voters chose to run our country the next four years. It is called “the will of the people.” Here we respect that. Whether we wanted the result or not, we live with it and we move on. I hope our new president succeeds. We all do. He faces daunting tasks--whether they be geopolitical threats, the economy, or terrorism. I will say my prayers for him. I want him to succeed not for his sake alone, but for all our sakes. There is no reason to wish otherwise, and no percentage for any of us in failure. The people have spoken and he will lead the country now. And those of us who opposed him, opposed him vigorously, and honestly--based on ideology, his world view, his experience, or for a variety of other reasons. That is how democracy works. Sometimes the process is tough, gritty, and even mean-spirited. Democracy is a tough business if it is done correctly. But the lesson that the cowards in the caves do not understand is this--the election was never about race. I detest racial bigotry--whether it comes from David Duke, Jesse Jackson (see Stoos Views “Jesse Jackson and the Klan--Separated Only by a Hood”), Farrakhan, or a coward in a cave such as Al-Zahwahiri. It has no place in America and, indeed, had no place in our election--which was vividly illustrated by the fact that polls showed that over 90% of the voters said race was irrelevant and that vast numbers of whites, blacks, Hispanics, Orientals alike voted for the President-Elect. Apparently the cowards on the caves are not only ignorant but racist as well--in fact more racist it seems than the country which they criticize. They did not grasp the supreme irony in their statement that our new President is a “slave” or a “house negro,” [sic] He was elected freely by the people of America and by a healthy majority. He is now the leader of the free world. But, of course, Al-Qaeda would not understand such a thing. They are myopic in their world view, have never voted for anything in their lives, and exist only to spout religious and racial bigotry and kill innocent women, children, and anyone else they choose, in the name of religion. They serve no useful purpose and their hatred was never better illustrated than in this recent video--designed solely to separate what binds us and propagate the hate. The irony is that such racial epithets against the President-Elect will have the opposite result. They do not separate the American public from their government or the rest of the world. In fact, such statements will only serve to unite this country--which is now in desperate need of unity. And they are eloquent proof that the terrorists have nothing constructive to offer the world. I did not like it much when that chubby little Venezuelan fascist Hugo Chavez came to my country and called our President “The Devil” from the podium at the United Nations. Nor did I like it when the Dixie Chicks (Or was it “Ditzy Twits?”) insulted our President overseas. And I do not like it when some coward in a cave hurls pathetic racial insults toward Barack Obama. When a citizen of the greatest country on earth gets elected by a majority of his countrymen--black, white, red, yellow, and brown-- he is not a “slave” or a “house negro.” Here we call him “Mr. President.”