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It seems Barack Obama got into some trouble over some unseemly remarks about the fears and attitudes of some of the middle class. Although his comments did not sound nasty or belittling to my ears, more like a concerned man trying to make sense of other people’s frustrations, noone claims he wouldn’t take the words back if he could, or that his supporters would deter him. Still you’d think by the all the hoopla this story has received, he’d raised his glass to Hitler.
Hillary Clinton, staunch defender of the middle class she’s recently lost steady ground to in Pennsylvania, will take any opportunity to kick Obama hard whenever he “slips” (which is rarely). Still- for a woman worth $100+ million dollars, who resides in a large, gated home in tony Chappaqua, New York, and has openly courted the American elite over the years, renting out the Lincoln Bedroom like The Four Seasons Hotel, assuming the mantle of the middle class is both transparent and an act of desperation. She calls Obama “elitist” and “out of touch”, and his comments “demeaning”.
This is ludicrous bunk, and pure political opportunism on Hillary’s part. No doubt about it- she knows how to fight dirty when she’s down. But I’m hoping and praying that enough Americans will see right through her.
Now here’s a sobering question: is there not some truth in what Obama said?
There were three main issues that surfaced in his words, all of them real and present in our society: the role of faith in politics, the controversial topic of gun control, and the impact of race and diversity in America.
First, here are lots of people in this country who choose not to abide by a fundamental tenet of our democracy: namely, the separation of Church and State. Just watch “Jesus Camp”, the eerie documentary about the evangelicals, a surprisingly large group in this country, and behold how their thoroughly indoctrinated kiddies pray for “W.” every day. The leader of their sect claims he delivered millions of voters to Bush (born again by Billy Graham after one too many D.W.I’s), and that they talk by phone each week. Can America now live with a President brave enough to say that his task as President has nothing to do with his faith? John Kennedy said so nearly fifty years ago, and even then it resonated. So, it would appear that whatever the fiery Reverend Wright has to say in his pulpit would likely not influence Obama’s presidential policies.

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