The Magic Button

From Joe Walsh (R-IL), Congressional freshman.  Because after all, it's so easy for black men to get elected to the presidency of the United States.  There have been so many of them.

"Why was he elected? Again, it comes back to who he was. He was black, he was historic. And there's nothing racist about this. It is what it is. If he had been a dynamic, white, state senator elected to Congress he wouldn't have gotten in the game this fast. This is what made him different. That, combined with the fact that your profession"—another friendly tap of the bumper sticker—"not you, but your profession, was just absolutely compliant. They made up their minds early that they were in love with him. They were in love with him because they thought he was a good liberal guy and they were in love with him because he pushed that magical button: a black man who was articulate, liberal, the whole white guilt, all of that."

Unfortunately, there are lots of Republicans who agree with the good Congressman. And it shows just how out of touch these Republicans are with America.  They have no idea how much it took for America to elect someone with Barack Obama's profile.  They have no idea what the "hope" Obama offered to this country, meant to the average American.  They have no idea how much good will this country gave him, not just because of what he said, but precisely because of who he is.