No crossing here

There are some bridges that people will never be able to cross. The idea of a black man becoming president of the United States is one of them.

When Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses, I thought, damn, this wild dream may actually happen. Then I thought, someone will take a shot at him. It's happened to King, JFK and RFK. Someone unable to handle change, needing a gun to appear to maintain the status quo. Time and change march on.

I love the quote at the end of this piece...

"When they cut down the leader, the work is going to go on," he said. "Get rid of Mrs. Clinton, you have Mr. Obama. You get rid of both of them, you get Mr. Edwards. A flock of geese will move to protect the lead goose from the hunter."