Posted on 05/25/2008 10:20:40 AM PDT by The_Republican
The night Barack Obama is expected to accept the Democratic nomination will be Aug. 28, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" address from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King had a dream, and Barack Obama is part of its fulfillment.
We live in a more just and open country than we did 45 years ago, a country where an African-American may be elected president. That doesn't mean the country is perfectly just, or that we live in a new, post-racial era. But concerns about race in this election are overstated.
Do many rural or working-class people have questions about Obama? Sure. But these are less about race than about culture. Obama has not lived their lives.
That's OK. In the weeks and months ahead, he just needs to show that he respects them and understands the issues that matter to them—that he can make their lives better. Obama has run a first-rate primary campaign, energizing countless new voters. Now he's got to get off the big stage more often and meet with people where they work, play and pray. That means getting out to schools and factories, coffee shops, fairgrounds and houses of worship. He needs to earn their trust.
That lesson was driven home for me during my run for Senate in 2006, at a little bar-restaurant called the Lil' Rebel in Jackson, Tenn. I'd been to church, and during a morning prayer, Pastor Nathaniel Bond held my hands. "There are more Davids than Goliaths, and more answers than there are problems," he said. Later that day, as I was driving past the Lil' Rebel for the second time, heading out of town, I decided that I had heard those words for a reason. We turned the car around and pulled in.
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Just go in to Lil Rebs and say, “Can I get me a huntin’ license here.”
“Well Shaazaam Senator Obama,us rural folk don’t really need yu. We like to cling to um guns and good ole Jesus!”
That would make a great bumper sticker! LOL!
Has Mr. Obama ever touched a cow? He's an urban elitist. Strictly white wine and brie cheese. Does he even like cheddar?
I am a rural voter.
I find it difficult to relate to this “magic Negro from the city of Chicago.
How is he ever going to change my mind and make be a believer in him?
More pseudo intelligent bull shiite from whitey ford. He knows barack curious george mcgovern can’t do that because he doesn’t even speak the same language as the people he pretends to represent. This is an example of one flapping ash hole talking to another.
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