Well-written article. Encapsulates well how "fly-over" country voters feel - and they don't much take to the arrogant, elitist snobbery that continues to spew forth from Democrat candidates like Kerry, Obama, etc, about their values, religion and culture. And these folks keep sending messages to Democrats - by voting Republican. You'd think at some point Democrats would learn, but listening to Obama's speeches mocking middle-America for "bitterly clinging to guns and religion," it appears there is more schooling in store for them this November.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:58 PM, d.b.baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Q] - When Benjamin Franklin was dispatched to France as ambassador of > the United States in 1776, he won the hearts of the French through his > authenticity. Rather than take on an affected and phony continental > style, Franklin eschewed the powdered wig of the European gentleman > and donned the fur cap of an American frontiersman. Original genius > and polymath, Franklin understood that the French would see through > any false pretension but respect an authenticity that sprang from an > unpretentious and naive love of country. > > What a contrast there is between Franklin and Barack Obama. Obama is a > Harvard lawyer who is a mile wide and an inch deep. He is only the > latest in a long line of shallow elites that consider it stylish and > intellectual to despise their own culture and heritage. > > Nothing exemplifies Obama's antipathy for American culture better than > his statement that Americans "cling to" religion and guns out of > frustration or bitterness. We only can suppose that Obama regards > religion or firearms as aberrations that need to be eradicated. > > more: > http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/local_story_268230433.html?keyword=topstory > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
