Originally posted on May 9, 2010 at 12:13pm
When JFK ran for President, many people were afraid he'd be a puppet for the Catholic church; and now he's one of the nation's most beloved leaders. Fast forward to the Republican primaries for the 2008 election, where it was feared that if one of the candidates became President, he would be a puppet for the Catholic church. This shows me that in 1960, it wasn't a Catholic the American people elected; it was a charismatic man who happened to be Catholic, and Catholic-Protestant relations weren't changed by that election. This is why I believe that, after eight years of President George Bush, people were willing to overlook Obama's skin color and vote for him. The fact that we have a black President is at most a fleeting symbolic victory for race relations, and I don't think it will have any real effect. I, for one, am just glad to have a President who thinks before he acts.
"In fact today I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant!"--Graham Chapman
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