The very idea of a black President, just doesn't seem to set right with a small segment of the American people, who are culturally stuck in the 1960's. It is clear to see that their motivation derives from ignorance and racial prejudice. This is a story of a backward, poor white couple, that suffered the indignity of being manipulated, by the rich and powerful, to act against their own interest.

The story begins with such a couple. I have called them Bubba and Alma, but since their names are fictitious, you can just fill in the blank. Many of us know such individuals.

Bubba married Alma, whom he had known and loved since childhood. They were kissing cousins. He loved Alma and she loved him. They were devoted to each other, in a way that only a few could understand. They went everywhere together as a couple. Bubba and Alma had 3 children ages 2, 3 and 5. Alma thought Bubba was the Sun rising in the East. He was her ideal man.

Bubba lost his job about a year ago and had a very hard time finding another job. Bubba was well regarded by his peers, and was considered a leader in his community. He had achieved high status, even though he had only completed the 6 th grade. Being raised in a rural settings and a farm hand, this was not that unusual. He was the oldest of six children and helped raised them by getting odd jobs to supplement his income, as a farm hand.

They lived in the White Oaks trailer park. The trailer park was located in a rural township of South Carolina. Unfortunately for Bubba and family, they had to live on the other side of the tracks with people, who didn't look like them. Consequently, they were extremely offended, because they knew that they deserved a much better life, than those colored folks. It didn't matter that they were just, as poor as those coloreds, because they had something that those colored could never have, and that was their proud pure white skin. It meant everything to them. They were willing to die to protect their perceived white privilege. Although very poor and on welfare, they were white and that meant everything to them. They lived in glorious whiteness and it was truly wonderful. Bubba thought being white and poor was no reason to be ashamed, as long as the blacks and the mud people knew that the whites were superior.

Now Bubba descended from a long line of white supremest and had been taught the value of being white in America. The other races were inferior, and had to be kept in their place to prevent them from becoming too uppity This was the white man's burden.

Bubba always felt like he belonged and was really someone very important, especially, when he attended the white supremest meetings like the Klan. They were notified by word of mouth and by phone, when and where these meetings would be held. The Meetings were usually conducted by the local Grand Dragon. Surprisingly, many large corporations would send speakers and representatives, who would promote their white supremacist ideology, get them worked up, and recruit them to do protests and carry signs to give the appearance of a truly grass roots spontaneous peoples protest, like the tea bagging, etc.. Bubba thought that this was great, because he was unemployed and they paid rather well. They were given placards and told to make them angry and anti-government and anti-obama. The objective was to give the media the impression that their numbers were much larger than they actually were. A few hundred people shouting and screeming and carrying side arms would surely get the attention of the news media and pressure the President and members of Congress to bend to the status quo.

What Bubba and the others didn't understand was that they were being manipulated, used to controvert and overturn the very causes that were designed, meant to improve their lives, like health care, jobs, and a higher standard of living.

After a corporate sponsored protest, Bubba, Alma and the 3 children were involved in a serious automobile accident, that took the lives of his wife and 3 children. Unfortunately for Bubba, he had no health care insurance, no money or savings, no job and tens of thousands of dollars owed to doctors and hospitals. I guess the corporate sponsors forgot or did not include health insurance coverage for the protesters and their families. Bubba is fresh out of luck and bankrupt.

Mr. President please do not be influenced by this small racist group, who are tossed to and fro by every wind of corporate and GOP lies. We the people want you to stand and fight for National Health Care and for a better life and future.