Bruce Springsteen once sang about Sandy, on the 4th of July, on the Jersey shore. The Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey and New York this past week causing all kinds of devastation to the Eastern Seaboard. President Obama had to forego campaigning and attend to his day job. To his credit, Mitt Romney also cancelled campaign stops to put together a phony photo op. But that's another story.
The President, with sadness, said that the election next week will take care of itself. He then went about the business of being President. He felt he had to do the job he was elected to do.
The President has done the job he was elected to do every day that he has been in office. I am so proud of him. He was stoned-walled by the John Boughner/Mitch McConnell racism that declared "Our number one priority is to ensure that Barrack Obama is a one-term President." Not to look out for the interests of America. Not to look out for the interests of their constituents. To get the black man.
But the President went about the business of being President. And that included praising Republican and vocal critic of the President Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey for putting his "heart and soul" into working for the people of New Jersey. Governor Christie also praised the President for his handling of the Sandy situation. That, my friends was refreshing.
My wife is an independent. Recently a friend of mine acknowledged that the reason he didn't like Obama is because he's black. "No black man should have that much power." That sealed it for my wife. She will take great relish in canceling out his vote.
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