Assassination attempt plot

Two neo-Nazis have arrested for plotting to kill Senator Barak Obama and at least 88 other African Americans. I am beginning to wonder if this is but the tip of a very large iceberg of people who just can't imagine or stand to see an African American in the White House. I have even had people speculate that he won't live more than a month if he is elected. What has the country come to? If he is elected by the majority of the people, how can it be possible that some idiot would think he or she has the right to assassinate him? It is a poor statement to make--that intolerance runs amok in our land. The land of the free--"that shining city on the hill" as President Ronald Reagan called it. A land where people still defy death to come here.

People seem to forget that Barak Obama is not only African American, he is European American also. Because of skin color and other prototypical "African" features, he was forced at an early age to identify with some group of people--it was a no brainer--he chose to identify with the African American community. Why? Simply because the white or Caucasian community would not have accepted him. I have a great deal of concern about this since I have two mixed race grandchildren and they will eventually be forced to identify with a specific group. I would prefer that not be the case but that just may be the case. I think of them as my grandchildren--period. Someone once asked my granddaughter Winona if she was black or white. I thought her answer was perfect. She simply said, "I'm Winona." That says it all.