Obama Supporters In Their Own Words

Pat Buchanan wrote an article in Townhall: In Darkest Pennsylvania. I usually scroll down for the comments when I read an article because they are often interesting, amusing or instructive ... at least in what they reveal of the people who write them. Herewith is an example of someone who supports Obama:

trughes writes: Tuesday, April, 15, 2008 2:20 AM
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So, where IS Barack wrong? Has Fox/Pravda been explaining the situation well? Is it really the immigrants that are stealing the jobs, those Pennsylvania poor could have gotten, picking grapes, pruning vineyards of a freezing morning and underpaid, or cleaning hotel rooms for minimum wage? Or is it corporate America, off-shore-ing their profits and even Social security, as we recently heard from Steigenburger from Steigliz, about Halliburton?

Where is he wrong? You say it yourself "corporate greed," but don't forget corporate welfare, passing laws to let Enron shut down plants and raise the cost of electricity.

Barak is right to say the middle of America "clings to their guns", with one conservative newspaper and Fox News pandering to their fears. It has always been true that those with limited inputs are more susceptible to fear-mongering. It is undeniable that the national news of Fox News tells Americans that they have to be afraid. That's why people who live in the backcountry are considered less well informed than the "chabils-and-brie" set. When people are less informed, they are more susceptible to fear.

If we had laws, like we used to, that prohibited biased newscasting, if Walter Cronkhite could still get a job, then those people might be better informed, they might fear less, and they might not feel their right to have a gun is their most important right.

Have you ever asked a gun-rights advocate why he wants his gun? Because he's afraid !!! But, why are the people in the rural areas more scared than the people living in cities? There's less danger. It's because they are victims of fear-mongering.

The gun-rights people feel they have to defend themselves, when that should be what a decent government does. Do Europeans feel the need to go to bed with a gun at their side? No.

In that regard, Barak is right.