i can't believe it's not "bitter"

In a room filled with rich and elite democrats, probably where he felt as if he was with his own kind and was in his comfort zone, Sen. Obama said - "You got 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 nothings replaced them," in an address to fundraisers in San Francisco last week. He continued to say - "And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Can you characterize over a 100 million people in a way any more belittling than this? Has the Ivy league degree gone to Sen. Obamas head or is he so out of touch with rural Americans that he actually believes they cling to guns or religion to express their frustrations? Is this what Sen. Obamas myopic view of the middle class America look like?

First of all, let me tell you Sen. Obama that you need to come down a little from your Ive league arrogance level to understand what I am about to tell you. Small town Americans do not cling to their guns and religion to express their frustrations with the economic conditions, but because they are people of faith and because guns have been a part of the American culture and upbringing since America was founded. Especially in states like Pennsylvania, where 70% of the population goes to church every Sunday and most of whom believe in the second amendment.

In states like Pennsylvania, people do not own guns because they are tired or "bitter" over the economy, but because hunting is a big part of their upbringing. It is deeply embedded in the cultural roots of Americans. Similarly, they do not go to church every Sunday because the times are tough or because they are "bitter" as you characterized them, but because they are people of faith. People who have been going to the church every Sunday for years, regardless of good times or bad times. It is now clear that Sen. Obama wears a mask that is slowly coming off. It started with Michelle Obamas and Rev. Wrights comments and now it is the man himself.

Is this the beginning of the end of Sen. Obama or will he live to die another day?