Chicago Daily Observer

Barack Obama was not only speaking to ‘small-town’ America, but the small towns that exist in Big Cities as well – we call them neighborhoods: Obama was talking to Dorchester, Queens, Staten Island, Pilsen, Canaryville, Brighton Park, Edison Park, Norwood Park, Evergreen Park, Morgan Park – hell every Park. Well, maybe not Hyde Park.

This was no Political Gotcha. This is Pure undiluted doctrine – Progressive doctrine. Obama lives this doctrine and it is from the heart – Words do matter. Barack Obama was speaking to his core constituency – Progressives. They are Gown elites – like his Hyde Park Neighbors in Chicago. Like Army brats, University Demographics – that’s what smart types call people – tend to be transient – move around alot.

In his latest case of foot in mouth disease, Sen. Obama has declared residents of “small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest” to be bitter, then condemned the peasants for practicing religion and clinging to guns (morally equivalent in Senator Obama’s view, I suppose).

It is difficult to take a pH test on the general population, so bitterness is hard to judge, but the audacious Senator went on to declare residents of small towns, “anti-trade”.

This week 208 out of 218 House Democrats voted against a trade pact with Colombia. All of the US Reps from Chicago voted against free trade. Sen. Obama and Sen. Durbin are on record as opposing free trade with Colombia. To the dismay of the Canadians, Sen Obama has stated he wants to disregard NAFTA.

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Rumors abound of Republican leaders, both great and small, diligently working to persuade Jim Oberweis to step aside as the Republican nominee for Congress in the 14th district. Much of the party has been in shock since losing the seat long held by former speaker Denny Hastert in a special election in early February. I am not sure how a party in apparent disarray will advance itself by adding yet another element of public chaos into the mix.
First of all, for whom should Oberweis step aside? Unless the political reincarnation of Ronald Reagan is waiting in the wings such a move would only underline the tumult in the GOP without improving chances of taking back the seat.
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