Time magazine has an article by Joe Klein on “Why Barack Obama Could Be The Next President.” I’ve said before that I’m just not ready for a President Obama. It doesn’t matter, though, that I don’t like his name; I wouldn’t vote for him if his name was Kennedy.

Back to the subject. From Klein’s article:

(Colin) Powell and Obama have another thing in common: they are black people who — like Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan — seem to have an iconic power over the American imagination because they transcend racial stereotypes. “It’s all about gratitude,” says essayist Shelby Steele, who frequently writes about the psychology of race. “White people are just thrilled when a prominent black person comes along and doesn’t rub their noses in racial guilt. White people just go crazy over people like that.”

Klein and Steele need to get a clue. It’s not about race; it’s all about behavior. It’s not about stereotypes; it’s all about facts. It’s not about gratitude; it’s all about expectations. The expectation of most people of all races is that the behavior of other people meets a certain standard, regardless of their race, background or current circumstances. And that standard is usually set at or above their own behavior. I, like many others, believe that the constantly complaining victim classes behave more like pampered, spoiled little children.

It is indeed refreshing to hear and read about rising young stars, liberal or conservative, who behave like mature objective adults. But I still don’t want Obama to be President.