OBAMA: Criticism doesn't equal racism

OK people, let’s try to get this straight once and for all. A black president was inevitable, just as a female president is inevitable. Sooner or later both were going to happen. I am sick and tired of those mindless hacks who want to accuse anyone and everyone who disagrees with Obama of being racist. There ARE other reasons for disagreeing with a president besides the color of his skin.

I disagreed with many things Bush did. Did that make me prejudiced against him? And don’t give me that crud about having respect for the office of the president. No one has a higher regard for that office than me. I just happen to have absolutely no respect for the moron that currently occupies it. He has done more to divide this country and cause racial tension than any other individual in the last 100 years.

MIKE HARRELL

Post Falls