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Originally Posted by SECdomination
This is what I get from him:
"Uneducated people in rural America are too stupid to realize that guns, religion, morals, and values won't help their economic circumstances."
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Holy spindoctor, Batman! The people who detest Obama to your degree are just as guilty of painting a false picture of him as those who think he is some messianic figure.
What you got from Obama is precisely what I would expect someone to get who absolutely loathes him. Your mind is closed to the possibility that he could have meant something else. And that's fine. If you're going to be rigid like that, go right ahead. But he never said anyone was stupid, he said that people are "bitter". There's a huge difference. Bitter does not equal stupid. There is smart and stupid, content and bitter. If you're bitter, than you desire to find contentedness. How do you do that when your government is ignoring you? How can you do that when you have limited economic prospects? You do what you can and lean on traditions... in small towns and rural America, that usually means hunting, going to church, playing some ball, etc. Yes, it may also mean fear of the other (I can't tell you how many times I've heard people in troublesome economic situations blame immigrants for stealing all the jobs).
For me, I'm tired of the same crap in Washington. McCain is a geezer and doesn't represent a lot of my issues the way I would like; Hillary is a big fat liar. That's well documented. I don't know if Obama can do the job, but I'm willing to give him a try. It can't be any worse than Bush.
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