User blog comment:IndigoOnIceCream/What Would They Think/@comment-1630894-20120331222342/@comment-2067355-20120401025050

Why would Washington be upset that the President is an African American? Washington and the rest of the founding fathers did not hate blacks, the only reason slavery was kept was to keep the Executive office from having too much arbitrary power, as slaves were property, and thus the government taking your slaves was just as bad as British Tyranny.