Don't Have Sen. Barack Be A Travel Agent For Rural America

In the Award for the Most Arrogant Liberal of 2008, the winner is:
Sen. Barack Obama, Democrat From Illinois
And why does he get this dubious title over so many other numerous left-wing luminaries one might ask?
Because he spoke the way he really feels about rural and small town America.
And, like so much that has come from supporters of Sen. Barack like the "Rev." Jeremiah Wright, Michelle Obama and more of the cast of characters, this following comment came straight from the horse's mouth:
You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone for 25 years and nothings replaced them. And the fell through the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So its not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who are not like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
WOW! Unbelievable!
This is a man who wants to be president of the United States of America. And in one absurd comment, made at an event in San Francisco of all places, he has done more to damage his own candidacy than any fringe supporter like the "Rev." Wright and even wife Michelle.
What Sen. Barack has done is taken his mask off. Now, he can say what he really believes and that somehow, like everything else, it will be explained away by his Dinosaur, Drive-By, Mainstream Media allies like the "Rev." Wright was.
But, not this time.
What is telling is that he really does not know what rural and or small town America is really like. Or, for that matter a very urban area like Detroit which is the worst-off big city in the United States.
A man who has talked about his religious faith very openly, even quoting the Holy Bible, basically in a slightly more eloquent way than former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is saying that religion is a crutch. That if you had a great paying job, you would not need that religion hocus-pocus. And your guns. You would not want your guns if you had that great paying job either because you would no longer be afraid. No, you would give up your gun and Jesus for the greenback. And, as a side benefit, if you had that great paying job, you would not be so leery of those not like your self. And, you would love all immigrants, whether they are here legally or not. Because, you would have that great paying job.
The arrogance is dripping. The contempt for much of the rest of the nation that Sen. Barack would like to lead is nauseating.
And, because he knows that what he said is what he really believes, he did not back down. He just touched off the talking point as noted in this speech today in Indiana:
So people end up voting on issues like guns and are they going to have the right to bear arms. They vote on issues like gay (same-sex) marriage. They can take refuge in their faith, and their community and their family and the things they can count on.
Even this "cleaned up" version drips with contempt and arrogance. Notice how he works guns and same-sex marriage in his screed. What happened to talking about those jobs? Is that not the real issue? To the socialist, all that is important is overturning the old order on everything. Once it is overturned, only a big government can come in and straighten everything out. That is what happened in the Russian revolution. How the fascists came to power in Italy. The communists in China. Then in Cuba. Now in Venezuela and other South American nations.
All I can say that in my travels across this great land, especially the road trip Mrs. rightviewfromtheleftcoast and our dog, Scout the Wonder Dog took last November to Mt. Rushmore, we discovered a wonderful America we did not know. A lot of it in small towns like St. George, Utah. In Evanston, Wyoming. In Cheyenne, Wyoming. In Deadwood, South Dakota. And yes, even larger towns like Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. We saw great, friendly, hard working people. And they were not all one group. To be honest, I was surprised at how many Hispanics were in Wyoming. Glad, not "fearful". These are people that are the salt of the earth. They do not have two faces. And yes, they are God-fearing and yes, I am certain that many owned a gun.
What make the United States what it is is that there are all kinds of America. And, in the smaller towns and the rural areas, it is different than the so-called cosmopolitan big cities. And, as one in a large suburb, small town life looks very good some days.
And another thing. Some towns were on the brink and have staged comebacks. Some have not and that is due to a multitude of reasons. Income is just one aspect.
I for one love small town, rural America. For many living in an urban area that has become havens for law-breakers, gang-bangers, drug dealers and families going into bankruptcy to keep up with all the trends for their children, the small town and or a farm life is something to aspire to.
But, not in Sen. Barack's America. No, that is where the fearful, angry, gun-totting people are.
I do not think that Sen. Barack, should he lose either the Democrat nomination for president or the presidency, should get a day job as a travel agent specializing in tours of rural America.

HT: Powerline