For the purposes of this diary, I will define Sen. Barak Obama as black. That is because to most good-hearted Democrats (who are the VAST majority of Democrats) race honestly doesn't matter compared to bigots--silent or otherwise--for whom Obama is "black enough" to not vote for, to bad-mouth, to work against, to loathe.
I friend in Australia, who teaches frequently in Japan, wrote to me today by e-mail and mentioned that he hoped I'd vote for Obama, not Hillary. My response was honest...more honest than it's been with fellow Dems here on the "homefront."
I thought I'd go out on a limb--seriously so--and publish it here, mainly because I can't believe I'm alone in my thoughts. If there's one thing I've learned in my mere 35 years of life, it's that I'm not extra-ordinary.
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