Let me start out by saying a few things: I like Chris Matthews, dunno why, but I always have. 2) Whenever a public figure says something racial, I applaud inside because it gets people talking about the underlying issues that they're too afraid to bring to the forefront because issues related to race make some people uncomfortable. And 3) I'm African-American. Most of you long-time POTP readers know this cause I had a few pics of myself on POTP's MySpace. Some people suggest that I'm just about every race other than black when they leave ridiculous comments. I may blog like a blonde soCal bimbo, but I'm not one.

Moving on. After Barack Obama gave his Presidential victory speech, Chris Matthews said, "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often." Chris has a bit of a man crush on Obama and he's often said that the President is a great public speaker.

To further Chris' point, after watching President Obama give his State of the Union address, last night on MSNBC, Chris said: "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour... I think he's taken us beyond black and white in our politics, wonderfully so, in just a year."

Whenever one looks at Barack Obama, at least when I do, I see a handsome bi-racial man; but I agree with Chris that we look at Barack as a president first, and a black man second. Basically, Barack Obama is the President of the United States who happens to be black and we're not focusing on his skin color, we're focusing on his leadership and his message and he reminds us all of the progress people of color have deserved but have finally attained hundreds of years later.

Thank you Chris for having the balls to tone down the safe and politically correct speak in favor of being honest and real!