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The Bitter Statement by Obama is the Bitter Truth
By contributor | April 17, 2008
In response to the sudden outcry from different groups, voters and other political candidates surrounding the “bitter” comments made in the Barack Obama speech last week (and pasted at the bottom of this post) I beg to ask several important questions. Why is it that, in general, we all hate to hear the truth? We’ve all been lied to for the past eight years, during which we’ve gotten many of our basic civil rights taken away from us. Not to mention that about a trillion dollars of our hard earned taxpaying dollars have been paying for one of the biggest lies of all times. Where is the outrage? Then we are told the truth that some of us are angry and bitter about things that we are angry and bitter about, or should be angry and bitter about and we get offended?
Yes, the truth does hurt but the reality is that the truth will set us free. The truth is, yes, a lot of Americans are bitter about the economic situations that they face daily and yes economic hardships do usually breed dishonesty, crime, violence and lots and lots of bitterness. This in no regards is saying that every poor person in America is a sleaze or is in need of anger management. Look around you then answer this simple question, of the many towns, neighborhoods or communities around you or in which you live, which reports the most crime, violence and pure bitterness? Are these the affluent neighborhoods or are these the more economically challenged communities?
When people cannot find well paying jobs and they have bills to pay and families to feed and they are left feeling hopeless, and when the lack of these basic needs are sustained over long periods of times it is natural that bitterness and frustration will creep in. And yes, depending on the nature of some of these Americans in our communities, some will turn to guns and crime to force and take what they need but feel they cannot achieve by other means. Some will blame others for their fate, and usually the ones blamed are not rightly at fault. Fortunately, some of these frustrated and bitter individuals simply start praying a bit harder and yes they put their faiths and trusts into religion.
Now, I think it’s very important that I write a little about the religion part of Barack Obama’s comment as religion is one of those topics in itself that seems to get a lot of people all edgy. More questions for you here, when was the last time you prayed? If you said sometimes today then very good for you, I commend you. I actually said a prayer today myself. Now from your last prayer, was it just a prayer of praise and thanksgiving to your creator? If so then more kudos goes out to you once again. The point is, however, that a lot of us unfortunately will only go down on our knees or will only seek God when we are in dire needs. It is safe to say that a person who has been looking for a straight well paying job for years, facing prolonged years of economic hardship and difficulty is in dire need and will find themselves praying for things a lot more than the guy who has it all. It is quoted in the Bible that it is easier for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. To simple interpret; rich guys generally don’t turn to religion as they usually have very little needs to pray for and less dependency on their creator, hence little or no relationship with God. Poorer folks have needs, dependency and hence form this important relationship.
If anyone is willing to research the population of devout religious believers and their income for comparison reasons please feel free report your findings in a comment below.
So why then is there so much outrage over Senator Obama’s speech and “bitter” comments. He had the audacity to say what we all know deep down inside to be factual and truthful but didn’t have the guts to say. Now who is standing up for the people and telling the truth. Who is really dodging bullets and coming under enemy fire. And who is the one taking the bullet right in the chest in order to open up our eyes to reality and helping us come to terms with issues that we perceived but never accepted. Like any good counselor will tell you, the first step to achieving change is to accept where we are at fault. Acceptance is the key to success, and it begins with acceptance of the best candidate for the position. If we can do that then America, we have hope.
Thank you,
N.E. - I am a freelance writer who cares
The following excerpted comments from the disputed Obama “bitter” speech were posted on the Huffingtonpost.com website on Friday:
“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And they 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… 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,”
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