Several of My Readers
Will not be voting for Barack Obama. In his recent speech he states:
A lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one’s family, contributed to the erosion of black families - a problem that welfare policies for many years may have worsened.
How dare Barack suggest that welfare might have had a deleterious effect on poor minorities. Does he not understand the importance the state plays in redistributing the wealth to those that, through no fault of their own, are poor?
taking full responsibility for own lives - by demanding more from our fathers, and spending more time with our children, and reading to them, and teaching them that while they may face challenges and discrimination in their own lives, they must never succumb to despair or cynicism; they must always believe that they can write their own destiny.
Does Barack understand that the poor are indigent not because of a lack of responsibility but because of circumstance way beyond their control? Poor people are not only the hardest working, but they are also make the wisest financial choices. Despite this, circumstances way beyond their control put them in a state of poverty from which they can not recover. It has absolutely nothing to do with personal responsibility.
If Barack keeps up this kind of rhetoric I might just vote for him. Of course my vote comes at the cost of the liberals who, to stay consistent in argumentation, must reject this kind of rhetoric. I’m not sure if Barack comes out with more votes if he adopts a rhetorical theme of people taking care of themselves instead of having the state do it for them.
March 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I almost feel bad for McCain, Barack is going to straight talk circles around him.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
So an individual can only vote for candidates that have beliefs that are consistent with their argumentation 100% of the time? How would anyone ever be able to vote?
March 19th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Lets change your words about the poor….
…College students and state and community colleges are easily the smartest students and certainly have the minds to creatively fund their own education, yet they can’t seem to out-compete students from upper-end private schools on the job/grad admissions market. This certainly has nothing to do their own personal responsibility, yet we continue to grant these silly things called student loans.
You probably won’t respond to my sarcasm…
March 19th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Steve, you’re getting sloppy about setting up your straw men. You shouldn’t have included the first line of his quote,
‘A lack of economic opportunity among black men,’
it provides some of the crucial context that you’re trying to take his comments out of. I’ve really come to expect more care and precision from you. I’m dissapointed.