However, check out the autobiography of Clarence Thomas. Thomas describes actions Williams took during the hearings that were risky, hard and honorable.

Williams did the right thing at the right time. I’ll listen to the man though I might not always agree.

“Long before the left-leaning journalist wrote “Enough,” a book with a decidedly conservative slant, Williams was considered a turncoat, his support for policies like affirmative action notwithstanding. One would assume that a man who penned “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,” the companion volume to the award-winning PBS series of the same name, would be immune from such charges. But his conservative-like views on taboo issues leave him wide open for insults.”

All new officers in a squadron get a thorough vetting in the first few months of their tenure. These gents received a reception that was less than hearty. The general opinion seemed to be, “Hmm, this is interesting. Let’s see how they do.” Some may have expected them to fall on their faces but, if so, they were fated to be disappointed. It turned out they did their jobs very well. It wasn’t long before they were no longer those new black officers, but just squadron members like everyone else. No one gave a thought to their race.

To me that was a tremendous example of MLK’s exhortation to judge a person by the content of his character not the color of his skin.

That was 44 years ago. Things have not necessarily gotten better. It is terribly discouraging to me that some in the black community still don’t want to join the culture. It’s too white to get an education?? It’s being an Uncle Tom if you work in majority white professions?? It’s not being black enough if you have a wife and kids and a stable home life?? It’s also very discouraging that so many in the black community don’t want to hear what Bill Cosby, Thomas Sowell, and Juan Williams have to say to them. And even more discouraging that, if a white person says the same words, he/she is instantly branded a racist.

How nice it would be if we could see Obama as an ambitious politician who is an excellent speaker with a fine education and not notice the color of his skin. But we’re just not that evolved yet. Arrrgh, change is hard. Maybe this kerfuffle and some of the fall out will move the ball further down the field.

All that said, in spite of my admiration for Senator Obama’s personal and political skills, his socialist policies are not something I can support.

As for Obama: Feh.