Obama's Hidden Enemy
by Bill Volkart - Cincinnati, Ohio
Copyright 2008

Guest essayist for THE WORDWRIGHT today is BILL VOLKART, of Cincinnati, Ohio. This is an opinion piece and we cannot verify that what he predicts will actually transpire. Our country has been filled with intrigues of all flavors and degrees from as far back as historians have reported. For a country that has so much to offer and provide for its citizens, the words rampant and rampage are key words for much of the political and social activity that we have experienced in the brief history of our nation. Guest Essayist Bill Volkart has dared to put into words what some may have thought but never spoken. THE WORDWRIGHT.

Few people will dispute that Barak Obama's candidacy has its enemies. White supremacy groups, working class whites, the Republican right wing, talk radio and others jump to mind immediately. What no one is watching is how this will be received and possibly sabotaged by a group of powerful figures and organizations Obama should obviously be expecting massive support from in the coming months. Who might this hidden threat be? Amazingly, the civil rights movement and its spokesmen themselves!

Now wait a minute Bill, you can't be serious here?? Well hear me out and see if you do not come to the same conclusion I did. The best ideas often come from out in left field and so do the most stunning surprises. Imagine you are a black leader or one of the higher ups in any NAACP group or black church. Since the 60's you have made your living calling out white America claiming racism, lack of inclusion, no voice in Washington and so on down the line. You, as this hypothetical black leader, make your living on these racist arguments but where will your biggest arguments go if a black man is elected President of the United States? You can no longer claim Washington does not understand the plight of the black man, America can't be racist if a black man was freely elected by as many if not more whites than blacks so what will you talk about and rally against? Whites must not be such obstructionists after all based on this fact. Yes, black people will certainly be 'included' in the day to day operation of their own government.

This poses a dilemma for their leaders. What should they do, if anything? Where will the crowds of angry blacks and their dollars go if there is a black man sitting in the greatest seat of power on Earth? They will be out working and happy with the knowledge that Martin Luther King's dream speech has finally been realized, not just on TV or in print but in real life power and authority. African-Americans will have finally arrived at the place they have fought so long and hard for since the Civil War: full equality with white America. This really threatens those who have built their careers and organizations on the premise that days such as these were a hundred years away. Talk about lame ducks!!

The ancient utterance 'Et u Brute?' comes to mind. We have already seen a possible sneak attack in the form of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Who leaked him to the world? No one seems to know that for a fact.Was it even possible that from somewhere among this group he was spawned when and where he was in the election? What else will soon rear its ugly little head from a group of very hush hush insiders of the very constituency that lifted him up to the Senate? Wait and see.

Will there be the so called 'October surprise' guaranteed to paint Mr. Obama in a light so negative he loses the election in the final weeks so then it can be claimed that the white men pulled the rug out from under the only black man to ever vie for their position of ultimate power? Will there be an attempt to paint him as a white puppet in black media? Will there be an attempt on his life so that he can be shown as a victim as opposed to a successful man? If a black man shoots him or otherwise attacks him, will that man just be a random crazy or an agent of a higher authority. Black or white, successful or not, such an attack could be played into more evidence of racism and assure they and their positions in the black community would be assured. One more axe to grind on the pulpits and platforms of black America is what that could and would doubtless produce. Et u Brute indeed!

So before Barak Obama makes the assumption that those closest to him and his beliefs are securely in his corner, I advise him to look a bit deeper. The word 'traitor' is nothing new on the world stage, and they may carry a gun or a knife or a pen or a video camera or recording equipment and may do more social harm than physical. But it is still a surprise attack from a corner you were not watching. And being a traitor is not an exclusive domain of the white race, all races have them. Watch your back Mr. Obama, enemies may be even now at the gates. The devil always appears fair of face.

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THANKS BILL VOLKART, for sharing your thoughts today,
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