Obama on small-town PA: Clinging to religion, guns, xenophobia
And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.
And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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WHY!!! does America let Obama get away with statements like this….!!! HELLO AMERICA WAKE UP….Slip out of your Obama induced coma….!!!!!!!!!!!
Barack Obama has said that words matter. The following quotes are from Barack Obama’s first book - ‘Dreams from My Father.’
p.282 - Speaking of Rev. Jeremiah Wright - “He learned Hebrew and Greek, read the literature of Tillich and Niebuhr and the black liberation theologians.”
p.283 - Barack Obama wrote about his first meeting with Rev. Wright. Reverend Wright shrugged. “Some of my fellow clergy don’t appreciate what we’re about . They feel like we’re too radical.”
p.293 - In the first sermon that Barack Obama attended at Trinity United Church Of Christ in Chicago, he heard Rev. Wright preach the following: “It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks’ greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another, …”
Voters should scrutinize the personal choices (e.g., choosing ‘Black Liberation Theology’) of a candidate which can influence his perception of the world and events taking place in the world.
Why did Barack Obama choose a spiritual adviser/mentor who taught ‘Black Liberation Theology?’ ‘Black Liberation Theology’ teaches an Anti-White Ideology.
Why did Barack Obama listen to ‘Black Liberation Theology’ for 20 years and give significant amounts of money to support the preaching of ‘Black Liberation Theology?’
Why didn’t Barack Obama choose a spiritual adviser/mentor who agrees with the teaching of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? Rev. King warned against “drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
Linda Chavez wrote “Afrocentrism Is the Problem” in the 3/19/2008 edition of ‘National Review Online.’ Check the archives at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/archives/?q=MjAwODAzMTc
Read many compelling reasons why Barack Obama cannot beat John McCain:
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/
Dolores Huerta wrote an article honoring Cesar Chavez and Hillary Clinton at:
http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/blog/main/2008/03/31/135359#View…
Dr. Maya Angelou’s endorsement for Hillary - ‘Celebrating Women: A Note from Dr. Maya Angelou’ at:
http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/blog/main/2008/03/31/154530
One issue is the ‘Message’ (’Black Liberation Theology’), not the ‘Messenger’ (Jeremiah Wright).
The second issue is that Barack Obama exercised poor judgment in choosing ‘Black Liberation Theology’ and in making significant financial contributions during the past 20 years to support the preaching of ‘Black Liberation Theology.’ We do not believe he has the judgment to be our President.
Hillary has the experience, compassion, intelligence, and tenacity to implement solutions to problems we are passionate about (bringing our troops home, strengthening the middle class, and enacting health care reforms).
Jim and Sandy Boyd
Phoenix, AZ
I spent hours of library research, and interviews with people, personal reflection and soul-searching, and just finished what is probably the most articulate response I could have imagined penning in such a short amount of time.
I tried to follow the example the Senator Obama’s campaign of a new kind of politics based on hope and change. I think my rebuttal rises to the level of discourse he has maintained this entire election season.
All comments, corrections, and alternative perspectives are appreciated.
http://tinyurl.com/44ywsr