Coalhouse in the House

So I was just sitting around today and thinking "what's a good blog topic?" Nothing came to mind other than the one and only Coalhouse freaking Walker. Who else are you gonna make a post about? J.P. Morgan? Houdini? Mother's younger brother? Please. There is no one else in mmy mind that could come close to this dude. He's got so many things about him which I could use for writing a blog post. But then came the dilemma: what the hell do I have to say about Coalhouse Walker, ole C-dubs himself, that no one else has already talked about? And then it dawned on me.

What are two things that everyone is talking about right now, but not together? Well obviously the first answer is Coalhouse. If you aren't talking about him for at least an hour a day, you're not truly living. The other thing everyone's talking about has been discussed for a while, and unlike the legend of Coalhouse, will probably go away for a couple years after November. Of course I'm talking about the race for the president. Now, putting everything about these 2016 candidates aside, I want to ask you this question: Would Coalhouse Walker be a good president? Don't ask how I came up with this. I really don't know I just started writing.+

The answer's not actually that simple. Say that somehow 20th century Americans overlooked all racism for a day and voted for Coalhouse. What would he really do in the White House? Would his reign be peaceful or would he go to war? Would he become corrupt? Well there's one thing I know for sure about him: He will not back down from his beliefs, and at this time, perhaps that's a good thing. I don't know exactly what he'd do with the economy, but he's a resourceful man. He could probably come up with something. There's the whole thing with the terrorism, but even in that he was fighting for his principles and trying to keep his pride and dignity. The extent to which he took in fighting for his pride definitely went too far, but it does show his willingness to do whatever he can to stick up to his morals. Even earlier in the novel he showed his persistence when he was trying to court Sarah. He kept going until eventually she agreed to see him. This could show that were he in office, he won't stop until the job he wants to get done gets done. His foreign relations might get a little hostile, but hey, America.

Overall, I think that despite his craziness towards the end of his life presumably triggered by Sarah's death, CW has many qualities that it would take to be the president of the United States. He is very persistent and holds strong morals that he won't back down from. Though there would be some drawbacks, and he's definitely not the perfect candidate, I don't think he would have ruined the country. In some ways, he probably could've helped it. And these days, that's all it seems to take. 

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