“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”

-Harriet Tubman

I don’t know if I have ever had a black recipient of the “Middle Finger” Award so, if I haven’t, let me bestow the honor to South Carolina state senator Robert Ford.

Both Ford and fellow black Democratic state senator Darrell Jackson are putting their support behind Hillary Clinton because they believe she is the only Democratic candidate with a chance to win.

Both were courted by Obama, as well. However, Ford’s response to Obama’s overtures were particularly telling. According to Ford, if Obama won the presidential primary, it would drag down the rest of the party.

Why? Perhaps his following response tells it all:

“It’s a slim possibility for him to get the nomination, but then everybody else is doomed… Every Democrat running on that ticket next year would lose — because he’s black and he’s top of the ticket. We’d lose the House and the Senate and the governors and everything.”

So, what Ford did was the same thing we have seen white racists do in regards to the prospect of black people being in charge — preaching gloom, doom and the end of our way of life if black people ever got into positions of authority.

Well, Ford got a lot of heat for his statements and issued a general statement saying that any of the candidates would suited for the job and issued the following weird apology:

“If I caused anybody — including myself — any pain about the comments I made earlier, then I want to apologize to myself and to Senator Obama and any of his supporters.”

However, I consider Ford’s initial statements to be truly indicative of where his heart lies. Just as the white Republican power structure has black lackeys who work against black people being in positions of power and influence within the party, so does the white Democratic power structure.

I would suggest Mr. Ford do some soul-searching and realize that it is possible that a black person could possess the qualifications to be President.

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