I think we have to put all of Obama’s “bloopers” into context.
When unscripted, he reveals the radical elements he’s (admittedly) gravitated to throughout his life; some introduced to him in his youth.
It’s natural for him to think that bleak economic conditions would generate bitterness and anger. It’s what he’s witnessed – and aided – in the community he most wants to help. It’s what that Alinsky model of “community organizing” was all about. It’s what the “church” he chose is all about.
It’s not surprising that only one word separates “bitter” and “cling to guns”(aka violence) because that’s the route his pals have taken when they’re “frustrated.” (Ayers, Dorhn – and let’s not forget the little riot “cousin” Odinga caused when he lost the election – the one Obama campaigned for during the NH primary).
A lesser known influence on Obama was Frank Marshall Davis. He was a family friend during Obama’s high school years, and indeed the one he turned to when Granny and Grandpa fought over that ride to the bus stop. I am sure, being a poet, Mr. Davis contributed to the eloquence we now hear in Obama’s style of speech. How much Mr. Davis, as a Communist Party member, contributed to Obama’s liberalism is yet unknown.
What we do know is that Mr. Obama turns to government as the cure for the ills in society. There, it would seem he believes, are the answers. What he doesn’t know is that the community he most wants to help – those whom he feels have been most forgotten and ill-treated – is suffering more from a spiritual deficit than an economic one.
Had his own personal history been more “middle America”, I might hope he’d be able to guide his community to a far better solution than the one he offers them.
I can only pray they find their true Savior.
