Bummers galore for all the candidates, from equipment failures that sent Senator McCain not getting his speech on queue to Hillary’s delaying the releasing the financial statements of the family and now Barack’s calling of jobless Americans as “bitter” which he cites their primary reason for owning guns and turning to religion. They just keep rolling in and they will surely be the talk of many years to come in the political arena. The latest bummer by Obama has him saying that Americans (Pennsylvanians) turn to religion and guns due to bitterness that was not something you would want to say if you’d want to become president. The miss-spoken words were acknowledged by the charismatic speaker as being wrongly said and that he could have done better and many political analysts say it’s a campaign killer that might be enough to give Hillary the edge.
An attack on the right of Americans to bear arms and to practice religion is an attack on the Constitution of the United States therefore the country itself. The USA has been and is founded on the basic principles embodied on that piece of parchment from which all American laws are based. Attacking the fundamental body of ideals not only upsets those who were criticized but America as the Country. Owning guns can be simply for sporting reasons and religion may be the way people tend to find answers to problems no other material matter can solve. There are many reasons Americans are going through the economic crunch and turning his sights on religion and gun ownership may not be the best way to promote your political platform.
The philosophy of attacking the weaknesses of an opponent is hardwired in all of us and it is responsible for bringing out the best and worst in all of us. Let us just hope that whoever wins the race would have the political strategy to bring the faltering US economy that is very much in dire straights.
Originally posted on April 4, 2008 @ 2:42 pm