Here is a glass, dirty and its water foul. If you offer it to the people and they have no choice, they must drink out of it. But if they have a choice...
Elijah Muhammad, in the film, Malcolm X
We as human beings and even more as Americans like shiny, new things. For real, we as a people like us some new things with all the bells and whistles. It’s very natural to be drawn to that which is different from the norm, because again we like news things and have a choice. Without choice we must take what we get and be satisfied (or not, it's our CHOICE to be happy).
If you walk onto a car lot daily and there are 200 mint-conditioned, Diesel Mercedes Benzes, as good as these mint-conditioned steel, chariots may be, if a different model is placed on the lot, people are going to give it a look. But if a new, washed and waxed late model anything is on the lot getting it’s shine on, people will give it a serious look, as in the case of this year’s presidential race. After years and years of staring at 43 very similar models (see “white men”), two NEW experimental models have been placed on the lot with hopes that one of them will go into “production” (see "working in the white house") in 2009. And believe me, these models are turning heads. On one platform we have the Hillary Clinton, who is a woman that comes in a pearl white with a belief in universal health care and a husband, who actually held the office for eight years. And in the main showroom is the 08 Barack Obama, in a midnight black with a bright plan for America’s future and the belief that Washington, DC politics can change for the better.
I say this because in this race for the mortgage on the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a lot of the “talking heads” are throwing about the theory “you’re only voting for Clinton because she’s a woman” or “you’re voting for Obama because he’s black”. Well, a lot of people are voting for McCain because he’s white. So people get over it. We as humans usually make decisions on what we see at first and then investigate further. Hence my car lot theory. A number of people are looking to Obama and Clinton because they are the new cars on the lot and most folks like “new extras” (see 'bells & whistles or way of thinking) that they will bring to the White House. McCain on the other hand is that pre-owned, dependable, diesel, automobile, but he’s still got crank windows, no cup holders and no cruise control. Folks respect the ride, but they're looking for what's new, not the same damn car we've been riding in for almost eight years. Now after you test drive the Clinton or the Obama (like most of their supporters did) and you’re still not feeling them, you don’t have to buy it. But if you like it, you have the choice to go with it because you investigated it and not because of some so-called, knee jerk reaction to color or gender. No doubt color and gender have played a part in people’s decision this election a lot, but that is because we haven’t had any other choices throughout history. Since 1789, white men have run this country for 309 years, but suddenly there’s an, uproar because a white woman or a black man thinks they can do it better. After 300 years I'd like to think you guys could give somebody else a shot. In the end, I’m buying me an, 08 model and I’m getting it loaded.
Now follow me to freedom!
We as human beings and even more as Americans like shiny, new things. For real, we as a people like us some new things with all the bells and whistles. It’s very natural to be drawn to that which is different from the norm, because again we like news things and have a choice. Without choice we must take what we get and be satisfied (or not, it's our CHOICE to be happy).
If you walk onto a car lot daily and there are 200 mint-conditioned, Diesel Mercedes Benzes, as good as these mint-conditioned steel, chariots may be, if a different model is placed on the lot, people are going to give it a look. But if a new, washed and waxed late model anything is on the lot getting it’s shine on, people will give it a serious look, as in the case of this year’s presidential race. After years and years of staring at 43 very similar models (see “white men”), two NEW experimental models have been placed on the lot with hopes that one of them will go into “production” (see "working in the white house") in 2009. And believe me, these models are turning heads. On one platform we have the Hillary Clinton, who is a woman that comes in a pearl white with a belief in universal health care and a husband, who actually held the office for eight years. And in the main showroom is the 08 Barack Obama, in a midnight black with a bright plan for America’s future and the belief that Washington, DC politics can change for the better.
I say this because in this race for the mortgage on the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a lot of the “talking heads” are throwing about the theory “you’re only voting for Clinton because she’s a woman” or “you’re voting for Obama because he’s black”. Well, a lot of people are voting for McCain because he’s white. So people get over it. We as humans usually make decisions on what we see at first and then investigate further. Hence my car lot theory. A number of people are looking to Obama and Clinton because they are the new cars on the lot and most folks like “new extras” (see 'bells & whistles or way of thinking) that they will bring to the White House. McCain on the other hand is that pre-owned, dependable, diesel, automobile, but he’s still got crank windows, no cup holders and no cruise control. Folks respect the ride, but they're looking for what's new, not the same damn car we've been riding in for almost eight years. Now after you test drive the Clinton or the Obama (like most of their supporters did) and you’re still not feeling them, you don’t have to buy it. But if you like it, you have the choice to go with it because you investigated it and not because of some so-called, knee jerk reaction to color or gender. No doubt color and gender have played a part in people’s decision this election a lot, but that is because we haven’t had any other choices throughout history. Since 1789, white men have run this country for 309 years, but suddenly there’s an, uproar because a white woman or a black man thinks they can do it better. After 300 years I'd like to think you guys could give somebody else a shot. In the end, I’m buying me an, 08 model and I’m getting it loaded.
Now follow me to freedom!
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