April 20, 2008
Honesty is the Best Policy
Dear Editor,
Honesty is the best Policy
Giddy media pundits have seized on Barack Obama’s recent “misstatement” in which he suggested economically distressed people cling to religion, resent foreigners and cherish guns. They say he exposed his contempt for “simple” Americans and proved himself to be an “elitist.” The next day, we saw Hillary knocking down shots and telling Pennsylvania voters her daddy taught her how to fire a rifle. I could just puke!

Personally, I don’t care if my next president is a devout Christian, an atheist or a pagan. I don’t care which candidate loves or hates guns. I’ll admit I don’t want a xenophobic Lou Dobbs-style fear monger in the White House, but that’s not going to happen. So what’s the buzz?

Obama’s remark was sure to alienate religious folks, gun nuts and immigration foes all at once. What could be more reckless? Obama got caught saying something a well-trained politician would never say. He committed the cardinal sin of politics: he told the truth. There is a direct correlation between poverty and religiosity. Last October, the Pew Global Attitudes Project plotted 44 countries according to per capita gross domestic product and intensity of religious belief. The results were unsurprising: poor people are more religious than people not financially stressed. Go figure!

Who do you want answering the phone at 3:00 am in the White House? A scripted politician or somebody real? I would go for the intelligent honest one.
Tom Robinson, Dayton, OH

 

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