Cowboy Confessional

“I look forward confidently to the day when … where men will not argue that the color of a man’s skin determines the content of his character.” Dr. Martin Luther King

We have yet to reach Dr. Kings dream state, if the mutterings of Mr. Obama are any indication.

In recent weeks, Obama’s flaws have started to reveal themselves. The fatigue of the campaign trail has has flayed his facade, the mask of the mild uniting force, and has exposed a troubled soul. Obama’s spiritual devils reside in his mind more than they do in Revered Wright’s church.

“… my grandmother … is a typical white person“

In the absence of good natured humor, stereotyping is bigotry. In this and other quotes, Obama struggles to clarify his own apparent racism (being half white and half black, perhaps he hates himself the most) and we see a candidate who has obliquely ignored Dr. Kings objective.

Character is the least of Obama criteria for judgement of others. Indeed he judges his own grandmother by the color of her skin and nothing more. Given his allegiance and alignment with the racist Rev Wright, we have not a mere misplacement of sentiments. We see a cabal of klan mentality in reverse.

Yet Obama has not confined his contempt to race-based prejudices. In his latest unscripted exposure, he said:

“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest … 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.”

Some claim this is a prototypical urban elitist attitude, and well it might be. But more importantly it shows an unfounded disdain for people he doesn’t personally know or remotely understand.

Small town America is not a land of bitter people. Quite the opposite. I have been in and out of many small towns, including some in Pennsylvania from where my my ex came. With rare exception small towners are your basic salt-of-the-earth types, having a unique attachment to family (which has been a fragile part of Obama’s life, and thus might be the true source of his resentments). They do not “cling” to guns or religion, those items being simply a normal part of every day life. They are not anti-immigrant (my ex’s town was primarily populated with Irish and Polish steel workers, immigrants or children thereof) though having arrived in America through the front door they are annoyed by those breaking in through the backdoor.

Obama negatively stereotypes everyone who lives in a small town as reactionaries, when indeed that are not reacting but living good and quiet lives based on their faith, beliefs and moral philosophies that are far superior to anything Obama ever uttered on the campaign trail, and I would wager in his entire life. His words are the sign of a soft mind.

“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.” Dr. Martin Luther King

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