I had hoped never to have an occasion to write an essay that charges racial discrimination against a presidential contender.  But the facts are clear.  The Republican campaign in 2012 is aimed at vilifying Barack Obama.  In spite of all of his accomplishments, Mr. Obama is vilified for no apparent reason.  I have long suspected that the reason had to do with his parentage, which includes his Kenyan father.  No man can control who his father might be.  To derogate a man simply because he comes from another race is abominable to me.  I am very proud to call people of many persuasions my friends whether or not they are citizens of this country.  But the Republican efforts in the election of 2012 are based largely upon a hatred of Barack Obama because he has black parentage.
I am outraged to record this event.  But the black cat escaped from the bag this week when John Sununu wanted to comment on why Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama.  He fumbled around and eventually said that it was because of race.  As you know, Colin Powell is also black.  In a brief interview with Pierce Morgan on CNN, Mr. Sununu offered these remarks.
“When you look at Colin Powell, you have to wonder whether that’s an endorsement based on issues or whether he’s got a slightly different reason for preferring President Obama…
Well, I think that when you have somebody of your own race that you’re proud of being president of the United States, I applaud Colin for standing with him.”
There you have it.  The Republican campaign defined by its co-chairman John Sununu is based upon hatred of blacks.  I have no problem whatsoever when two candidates are on even ground.  But to have one of them condemned out of racial hatred is much more than I can bear.
John Sununu is a man with a checkered past.  Perhaps this blog, published today, will explain it a lot better than I could.

DAILY KOS, October 27, 2012, Posting by Dave in Northridge:
“I give you the case of John Henry Sununu, the 75th Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff under George Herbert Walker Bush.
White House Chief of Staff.  Nothing unusual here, and Sununu was one of the most faithful supporters of Bush the elder.  In fact, Sununu was able to make the President he served look more compassionate and even friendly, as Time Magazine pointed out in the spring of 1990:
‘But sometimes a chief of staff will forget that he isn’t the President, and Sununu began to abuse some of his privileges.  Specifically, he used military aircraft for long personal trips and a White House limousine and driver for shorter personal trips, like a June 1991 trip from Washington DC to Manhattan primarily to go to a stamp auction.’
The Romney people knew about this, and they also knew Sununu wasn’t above bigotry.”

I started this essay by saying that I had hoped that it would never come to pass that a man should be condemned because of events such as his birth over which he had no control.  But I am sorry to report that the Romney campaign has finally let the black cat out of the bag.  I regret that this has happened.  With John Sununu as the co-chairman of your campaign, I would say that you can expect no other.  When I said that he is a man with a checkered past, that was giving him every benefit of the doubt.  When this election is finished – if it ever is – I will have more to say about the racial aspects that have invaded the American electorate.  I had hoped to avoid this subject, but Mr. Sununu has made it impossible to do so.
 
E. E. CARR
October 27, 2012
Essay 712
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Kevin’s commentary: Thankfully, the race is now finished. I look forward to further observations on the subject. Perhaps he will have something to say regarding Bill O’Reilly’s comments on why Romney lost because the ‘old America’ is gone, having been replaced by minorities who –God forbid — ‘want things’ is telling enough.
Meanwhile I will only note that Obama was vilified, in my eyes, largely because the Republican base is so disparate that it is much easier to unite it against something than it is to unite it for something.