Why Obama doesn't get it
An excellent observation brought to light by
Aardvarks & Asshats:
Couldn�t Have Said It Better
Miss Marple, in a comment on a post at Ace Of Spades, says this with respect to why Obama doesn�t get America:He can�t connect because he is not of this country. I don�t mean his birthplace; don�t care about the birth certificate. He has the soul of a third world grad student combined with that of a Marxist academic.
He doesn�t know the people of this country. His early life was spent in the schools of Indonesia. His high school years were spent in an elite prep school. College and university were spent in eastern academia. And in Chicago he gravitated to people like Ayers and Wright.
He doesn�t know about running a business, mowing the grass, or painting a fence. He never belonged to 4-H, Little League, Boy Scouts, or Pop Warner football. He has never gone to a country fair except to campaign. He�s never fixed his own car, raked leaves, or unstopped a toilet.
Does he know about bowling leagues, Elks Club, or Knights of Columbus? Has he had neighbors who worked the line at Ford, sold insurance, or built houses?
Has he helped his wife hold a garage sale or take stuff to the dump? Has he fished, hunted, or taken his boat out on the lake?
He doesn�t know the military or its culture. He doesn�t understand farming. He cannot understand how doctors run their practices. Missionaries in Haiti are beyond his comprehension.
He doesn�t know us. He is not OF us. He is a stranger in our land, and in our White House. [Emphasis mine � Ed]We would be better off with Sarkozy running the country.
Pretty well sums it up. No wonder we�re in deep shit.
What she said...
Posted by DaveH at January 28, 2010 7:49 PM