Obama’s speech about “small town Americans”

Surely by now you have heard the recording of Barack Obama’s recent “speech” in which he makes some rather disparaging remarks about those of us who happen to live in “small town America”. If you haven’t, he more or less said that people who don’t live in a big city are bitter about the state of their country so they “cling” to guns and religion and blame their poor lot in life on illegal immigrants and other “people who aren’t like them”.

Well, Mr. Obama is right about one thing: Many small town Americans are indeed bitter about the state of their country, thanks mostly to the way liberal politicians and activist judges have changed it over the years from the nation founded by our forefathers into something quite different.

As for his assertion that we “cling” to guns and religion, well, he is obviously out of touch with the reality that most ordinary Americans must deal with every day. Like it or not, we live in an increasingly violent society, and the government has shown little ability to protect us and our property from those who would do us harm. Therefore it is incumbent on all law-abiding citizens, city-folk and small town Americans alike, to take whatever measures we feel are necessary in order to protect ourselves and the people and things we love.

And oh, by the way, as of today the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution still guarantees the right of us Americans to own and bear arms to help us provide that protection for ourselves. In case you haven’t noticed Mr. Obama, we are living in a time when home invasions, robberies, school shootings and other forms of general mayhem are in the news on a daily basis. And you refer to our need to “cling” to guns as if it’s a bad thing?

You also spoke about the way we “cling” to religion as if we pin all our hopes for our personal safety, security, and success in life on an unseen power. Apparently you and Ted Turner are on the same page since he once said that organized religion is only for “weak-minded people”.

The fact of the matter is, we small town Americans do indeed put our trust in a loving, all-powerful God, but we also take it upon ourselves to ensure that our lives, our families, and our property are protected from those who would take them away from us – hence our desire to “cling to guns”.

Mr. Obama, we love and worship our Creator not because of what he can do to protect us from harm (although he does plenty in that regard). Instead, we love and worship Him because of what He has promised to do for us when this life is over. Surely you don’t disagree with that since you consider yourself a Christian and attend church on a regular basis?

As for your remark about how we small town Americans dislike illegal aliens and blame our societal woes on them, suffice it to say that by and large we like ALL law-abiding immigrants who come into this country the right way and for the right reasons (of course by definition the law-abiding part pretty much omits all illegal aliens from that group). Enough said on that subject.

In short, we small town Americans aren’t the weak-minded, mean spirited, gun-loving rubes you seem to think we are Mr. Obama. As a group, we are better educated, higher paid, and less prone to commit gun crimes than our counterparts in the inner cities, so your comments tend to show both your arrogance and ignorance concerning those of us who happen to prefer living away from the hustle and bustle of a big city.

If you ever decide to take the time to venture out of your protected elitist world and visit some of us who live in the real world you just might be surprised at what you can learn about us “small town Americans”. And you might want to remember that we small town Americans will be voting in droves come November.