Good Luck Mr. President

I haven't written anything about the US Presidential Election and I've tried to refrain from discussing it because much of the world is sick of hearing about it, particularly those who are intelligent and do not discriminate based on gender, race, religion or sexual orientation - because we didn't need much convincing to know that only one of the candidates shared our values.

Despite this I find myself forced to write something now, the day of the election following a discussion with an American friend earlier today and after hearing part of a news bulletin regarding the election predictions, and both of these disturbed me greatly.

The first thing which disturbed me greatly was the fact that a news bulletin informed me this morning that this Presidential Election opinion polls are calling this a very close election and that President Obama is only slightly ahead in the race. The very fact that this statement was even uttered disturbs me, as a well educated and open minded individual I like many people globally have been horrified at the offensive and archaic comments that have been said by Mitt Romney during the lead up to this election. I have also spent many days laughing at his latest ridiculous comment, but I'm not laughing any more. I knew there was a large proportion of the US population that shared his ridiculously outdated and offensive viewpoints but I thought there had been enough media coverage of his many cringe worthy foot in mouth opinions for more intelligent and open minded people to make them see that the best option for this election was to vote for President Obama (even if he wasn't the party they would normally vote for).  Once again I have been caught off guard and failed to follow my number one rule to never underestimate the stupidity of the general public and after hearing this announcement on the news this morning it would seem this rule applies particularly well to the American population at voting time.

During the discussion about the election with my friend, I was told more about how things were run in the southern state, those most likely to vote for the republican candidate. As my friend continued to tell me how these states ran their way of life the more speechless and angry I became and I felt like I had been transported in back in time to a time where racial segregation was common place. From what my friend told me many of these states get around laws against racial segregation by changing the boundaries of school districts every year to ensure the neighbourhoods with a majority population of black families purely to allow the formation of "black schools" and "white schools". Surely I can't be the only person to be furiously outraged by this information. Why are they even getting away with this? now obviously I do not know all the details here since I've only just heard about the continued existence of these offensive practices, but surely if this kind of information is known as "common practice" to someone who grew up in the south then surely there must be truth in what he told me - and that absolutely disgusts me beyond belief.


So why have I combined these into one blog, well that is simply because It has been pointed out to me that the majority of these southern state republican voters will simply be voting for Romney for one or more of the following reasons:

1. He's not black
2. He's not in support of gender equality
3. He's not in support of LGBT equality
4. All of the above but lets admit it it's mostly because he's not a black man!

What do I think the should be done about this, well frankly I think we should play these offensive racist, homophobic southerners at their own game and use their own disgusting tactics against them...

If they can move the boundaries of school districts to allow the continued segregation of black people, I say we move the boundaries of the US to segregate them out of the country and allow a more open minded and inclusive US to flourish and once again allow it to become the land of the free.


Sadly as a UK citizen I cannot vote in this election, but I can make my voice heard at least to a few so consider this my vote for the re-election of President Obama. You are a good man and America needs you, even if some of them don't believe it. You sir have my utmost respect and I truly hope you win today and are granted the opportunity to continue to make a difference in this world.

Good Luck Mr. President