What American???

Anybody who has any level of consciousness has to be aware of the Presidential race. I have been following the debates (really it's bickering) with less than the usual interest. But I was watching the news the other day and I heard something that I never thought I would hear. The reference was being made to Senator Obama. The newsman referred to Senator Obama as "African-American". Excuse me !!! What exactly does that mean. It seems to me that makes him to be an African first and American second. I have yet to hear Senator Obama refute that statement. Do we really want as President someone whose loyalties lie with Africa first and America second. I would not think so. Just once I would like to see a black person stand up and say, "I am not African-American. I am full blooded American and proud of it." We need to have people in politics who are proud to be American. Proud of the principles that America was founded on. Proud to stand up for what is right without worrying about what it will cost. There was a great price paid when this nation was formed. Where would we be if those men and women slithered away and hid when the call came to serve their country. We wouldn't have a country. We would still be paying our taxes to the Queen of England. I am an American and proud of it. I will stand by my country and will defend the principles it was founded on. "IN GOD WE TRUST". Will you???