Barack Obama: Cultural Anthropologist

cougmerrik »

Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:06 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 6

Timothy, I couldn't disagree more. I think Hillary said all the right words during the Compassion Forum, but the order and tone in which they came out of her mouth didn't sit well with me. She had previously claimed she had felt the holy spirit guiding her in her life, but when asked to give a situation or example, she seemed to draw a blank. She just said all the time. When asked earlier in the week when the last time she had been to church was, she snapped that that was none of that reporter's business. I don't view her win-at-any-cost, scorched-earth politics is very Christian, either.

Barack's statement about small town America was poor. We'll see if some darker, true meaning comes out during the general election with McCain. According to Obama, what he didn't say as well as he meant to was:

(http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1116676020080412?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true)
"The underlying truth of what I said remains, which is simply that people who have seen their way of life upended because of economic distress are frustrated and rightfully so."

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsp0-OkTWHY)
During the compassion forum, he also responded and clarified his position very eloquently:


Dr. Throckmorton, I'd imagine you could have found those rather easily since the sources had been published over a week ago. I'd hate to think you'd put that ominous "What did he really mean?" question out there to scare people without also putting Barack's own follow-up statements out there just to scare us small town folk. Sure, you can say you don't believe that he means what he says in the follow ups and was just trying to get out of his statement. I hope you would at least mention his clarifications if you were cognizant of them, however.