With so little known about Obama, we were bound to have an unpleasant surprise. Fowler may totally agree with Obama, but she might have inadvertantly exposed some real insight into how he thinks.
OK let’s juxtapose this latest “bitter” statement, which basically says religion is really just an anodyne (dare I say opiate?) for class conflict, with the Wright controversy. If Obama thinks that all this spirituality stuff is just people fooling themselves because they are bitter about their economic status, then why the hell is he hanging out in Wright’s church?
His whole argument is that he disagrees with Wright on a host of political issues, but considers him a spiritual mentor. If religion to Obama is just a hoax designed to distract from politics, then spirituality goes out the window. The only value that Obama’s 20 year association with Wright could have then is political and personal.
