Oh Bama! (can't you tell?)

In a tight presidential race you turn on each stone to find an edge towards your competition. If something can be used against you, you can bet your ass that it will, no matter how distorted. Barrack Obama recently stated, what to me sounds like a very reasonable and true argument, that people who live in economically stagnant areas with growing unemployment tend to loose faith in government and turn their trust towards other institutions and values. He said that people get bitter when loosing their jobs, and instead of voting on economical issues, they vote about religious matters, the right to bear arms, about gay marriage or immigration.

The Clinton campaign is now thriving on this statement, accusing Obama of being elitist. For what? Telling the truth? Hillary says America needs a president who is more in touch with the people he represents. By “in touch”, does she mean patriotic enough not to criticize the behaviour of Americans?

The McCain camp of course got on the bandwagon and was shocked by Obama’s belittling slur. They said,

“Barack Obama's elitism allows him to believe that the American traditions that have contributed to the identity and greatness of this country are actually just frustrations and bitterness”

To me this is really shooting yourself in the foot. But I guess it is not if you’re a conservative republican. They are really saying, that the identity and greatness of the US is based on faith, guns, and intolerance.

Say no more.
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