Bittergate

By Michael Medved

At a recent fundraiser in San Francisco, Barack Obama spoke to the well-heeled crowd in condescending terms about working class Americans. He said: "So it's not surprising then that 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."

Does the Senator really believe that religion is something people "cling to" with bitterness, or is it something they embrace in joy? Are guns an irrational obsession based on bitterness, or a reasonable and constitutionally protected means of protecting a family? And is "anti-trade sentiment" merely a quirk of bitter blue collar workers, or a sentiment that Obama himself actually shares?

For all his polish when reading a carefully scripted speech, Obama can sound awkward and clumsy when speaking off the cuff. His political skills are looking less formidable than his adoring media fans suggest.

(Emphasis mine-HH)

I would say it appears Barack and his congregational brothers and sisters, along with Pastor Wright, might fit into this description of clinging to religion out of bitterness.

Could this be a case of projection?