Democrat identity politics laid bare.  Don’t vote for Obama because he’s the best leader.  Vote for Obama because of the color of his skin.

“Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in North Carolina where black votes could help swing the state to the Democrats, said today that electing a black person to the White House would be transformative.

Biden said the policies of running mate Barack Obama make his presidency even more urgent and declared this to be the most important election that any living person has seen in their lifetime. But he particularly singled out the meaning of electing someone who is black.

“That will be a transformative event in American politics and internationally,” Biden said. “That all by itself will be significant.”

Would it be right if I said it was significant to vote for John McCain because he’s white?  Or because he’s male?

How about Sarah Palin?  Should we vote for her because she’s a woman?

Here’s an idea: How about we vote for the best person for the job because of their ideas, experience and character and leave skin color out of it?  Or should we just go along with Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats and elect Barack Obama as the nation’s first affirmative action President?