Colonel West is a fine man and a great patriot.
Indeed. As I was just telling sodpoodle, folks on our side see the content of West's character, not the color of his skin. It's one of the chief distinctions between us and the left.
We may despise Obama, but we're not the sort of knee-jerk people who won't give another black man a chance because he happens to be of the same race. If that man supports and believes in the tenets that built this nation, then we'll support him (or her) fully.