Well it really wasn’t a surprise, that Senator Clinton won West Virginia. I mean she was expected to win, and Senator Obama seemed to have more or less conceded that one a few days ago. However, I think what is scary for me, is what the win seems to reveal. Not like it is a surprise to me, but still, it is rather sad to see it put in black and white.

America is not yet ready for a Minority President. Least not in the eyes of the people of West Virginia.

Racially motivated voting ran somewhat higher than elsewhere: Two in 10 whites said the race of the candidate was a factor in their vote, second only to Mississippi. Just 32 percent of those voters said they’d support Obama against presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, fewer than in other primaries where the question’s been asked. (source)

Now I know that the trend in the other primaries showed that those who support Clinton, would NOT support an Obama ticket. Sort of making her argument about electability, but I don’t see the media really delving into this whole issue. I mean if you are a member of a party, it is because you believe in the Principles, that is supported by that party. You may prefer a different leader, but supposedly whoever wins the leadership, is the one still represents those values. To simply say you will stay home or vote for the other guy would appear, on the surface, to be sour grapes.

This is different I think. I think this is about Race, not about who is best qualified to be President, or to lead the Democratic Party. The voters of West Virginia seem to have, at least, given voice to it. And then too, there is the class differences. Again a rather frightening set of circumstances, because it further defines, America. With more less educated people in the state, who are claiming support of Clinton, even though they aren’t in agreement with her tactics, the fact that they are unwilling to consider an alternative due to race, says prejudice, racism, not democracy.

Does it really matter if the guy is black or green? In West Virginia is appears to matter a great deal.

Clinton won all West Virginia whites by a wide margin, 67-26 percent, but not a bigger one than she has seen in some previous primaries, particularly Southern ones. She won whites by 79-16 percent in Arkansas, 72-25 percent in Alabama, 70-26 percent in Mississippi and 67-26 percent in Tennessee. (She also won whites by a like margin, 66-31 percent, in New Jersey.) (source)

Those are the figures that scare me. Why should ‘white voters‘ who are ‘working class‘ or have a ‘lower education level’ be so opposed to Obama? If it isn’t race, what is it then? I mean think about this, because this defines America, to the world. If Obama is not to be trusted, why is it that so many with higher incomes, with higher education levels, differ so dramatically? Do they believe Obama will somehow treat them better, because he’s affluent, or do they see beyond the color barrier?

If this really wasn’t about race, then there is no way that either Clinton or Obama would have such huge support among the races. Blacks would also be voting Clinton if it was just about the issues, just as Whites would be more inclined to support Obama equally, if race was not the issue. Yet it isn’t turning out that way. Now is it?

The Media talks about how advanced America has come, since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, but has it? Has Civil Rights truly advanced more? I mean there are more blacks in prisons than whites, in proportion, and why is it that certain crimes associated with the Black Community net higher penalties, than those for Whites?

Would Border Agents Campion and Ramos be in jail today, if they were White, not Hispanic? Would Federal Authorities, like Johnny Sutton, have listened to Mexican Pressure if these border agents were WHITE MEN?

As the economic gap widens, as the Middle Class continues to be eroded by the trade policies of Congress and Bush, you have to wonder if America is heading for a race war. I mean the way they attacked him, because of what a Pastor said, yet at the same time, virtually ignore similar comments from a white Pastor, who supports a White Candidate. I mean if the words are vile, does it matter who they support, if its an issue?

Seriously, this election may be historic in a lot more than that the President might be Black or a Woman. Judging by West Virginia, it could be a lead up to race struggle that somehow I don’t believe will be settled in a court of law, but out on the streets. I rather hope I am wrong, but the signs are scary.