| The point is, Obama is belittling small town people and using a sociological basis to do so (sniffs of Michelle strategy methinks). These people are "clinging" to cultural things they know (guns and church) and showing fear against what they do not (immigration, world trade).
There are many small town folks in the US. They do not like having their values trashed. The closure or population losses from towns are as old as the gold rush days. The economy changes, the mines dry up, demand for widgets declines. This does not mean the values of the people there change and they are the least likely to demand welfare. Manipulated? No, that's how things change. Or maybe they are manipulated coz the govt has to send the social aid to big city ghetto folk or else they'd have riots to quell.
And why keep the press out of a private fundraising event? This probably happens with all candidates, but that's weird in my book.
Bama is also being espoused for his speech-making and elocution and ability to keep the facts straight. This string of speeches is not helping. |