Is America Ready for another African American President?

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http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion ... ther_black

Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?

By Kevin Henry
February 13, 2008 | Issue 44•07

I am not prejudiced. Far from it. What I am—or, I should say, who I am—is a man who loves his country so deeply that he is unwilling to stand idly by while our nation allows itself to be completely annihilated by another incoming comet.

Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact that this country is even considering putting another black man, Barack Obama, in the Oval Office proves that we have not.

We can't deny the facts, people. All we will get by electing an African-American is Texas-size space particles crashing into the Earth's surface, mega-tsunamis that barrel into the Appalachian Mountains, and 6.6 billion dead people.

I'm not suggesting that President Freeman was directly responsible for the creation of the Wolf-Beiderman comet or its Earth-bound path. That would be ridiculous. What I am saying is that under the watch of a black man that comet destroyed the entire Eastern seaboard. So, if history is any indicator, a vote for Barack Obama in 2008 is essentially a vote for the complete and total obliteration of the human race.

Don't we owe it to our children, and our children's children, to use this upcoming election to guarantee the Earth's existence rather than dooming it for eternity?

To even risk putting Mr. Obama in a position where he would insist, as past black presidents have, that our nuclear arsenal is powerful enough to divert the incoming comet would be foolish, to say the least. Any decision like that would only break the fast-approaching space rock into two very powerful asteroids, both of which would end up heading straight for Earth, leaving all of us who aren't on the small list of people picked to live in the government-sponsored protective caves to burn, drown, or die while in the arms of our estranged fathers. The only difference is, this time around, the late astronaut Robert Duvall will not be alive to save millions of lives by conducting a suicide space mission to destroy the larger of the two asteroids before it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

In my book, any possible repeat of this extinction-level event is reason enough not to elect another African-American president. Consider that later that same summer, just two months after the first deep impact, this very country once again faced Armageddon in the form of another comet hurtling toward Earth. In this instance, under the watch of a white president who sort of looked like an older Dennis Quaid, that catastrophe was avoided entirely.

As if that is not enough, history shows us that, besides carrying the baggage of a guaranteed asteroid strike, black heads of state also give terrorists extra motivation to destroy the United States. During the presidency of 24's David Palmer, there were no fewer than four nuclear bombs smuggled into this country. That's four more than under any white president. Though we should have known better than to elect President Palmer in the first place (he was elected three years after President Freeman left office), the U.S. populace made him the commander in chief because it was swayed by then-Senator Palmer's commitment to change, his no-nonsense approach, and his ability to inspire. Sound familiar?†

Asteroids and nuclear bombs—that's what this nation can expect from an Obama White House.

Need I even mention that former President Chris Rock and his administration's slogan was "The only thing white is the house"? Though this attitude broke down the stuffiness typically associated with proper White House decorum, President Rock's laissez-faire approach not only made a mockery of the office at home, but made the United States look like a joke abroad.

I concede that the United States has had a competent African-American president in the huge black guy from the The Fifth Element, who did great things for this country by keeping the evil Mr. Zorg at bay. But that is years from now. There is no denying that by 2236, when we have flying taxicabs, this country will be ready for a black president. But until then, if we want life in this great land to continue as we know it, we owe it to ourselves to make the right choice and reelect Kevin Kline.

+1~!!

[ne0knight]

WTF?

[AYHJA]

From the gate, I was LMAO....

[Buffmaster]

Do you think Obama Bin Laden really stands a chance?

[trashtalkr]

Haha...I had to double-check the link to see where this outrageous article came from!

[Skinny Bastard]

...I concede that the United States has had a competent African-American president in the huge black guy from the The Fifth Element...

.... CDR

Great post to read this early in my work day....

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Do you think Obama Bin Laden really stands a chance?

in the majority, definitely... so he has some pull

he gets my vote in a McCain, Clinton, Obama run. Then again I am looking forward to the Apocalypse on a daily basis.

McCain is a no-go blurbing commitee this and advisor blah. I am also convinced the Songbird case is valid. He should run as a pro-war liberal. He scares the B-jeezus out of me, and is so far from my Federal Conservative, Socially Libertarian views. Ron Paul was my candidate, and he showed McCain up in every debate. In fact, McCain is the worst debater I have seen in a long time, with the exception of ....

Hillary is somehow the tepid middle ground. She is a maniac and I can't stand her and what she did to Stan Lee and Peter Paul, much less anything else. i would love a woman president, just preferably a sane one when the time comes.

Barack OMG Hussein!!!! Obama (rhymes with OSAMA!!!!) Jr. is a new face, at least. His dad's name is not a big deal to me. I just think out of all the people on the various platforms, I would rather hear him talk, even if he is saying alot of undeliverable hopeful things like "everyone deserves a puppy and a rainbow!!!" he might be a bit naive, but he is at least ACTING informed, and bothering to get to the issues. I think he is too green to be totally corrupted, so there is hope for the young padawan yet. The other two are just corroded to the core of their politics. He could wear a turban and get signed in by a koran bound in leather from Saddam Husseins scrotum, and still at least he's not a Clinton or a Congressman who fought to end the search for POW's like McCain.

BUT I still think Ron Paul was a potentially GREAT president.