Obama's Firearms and Faith

Obama's Firearms and Faith
by Jean Carnahan

            If you’re not disgusted with $4 a gallon gas, rising costs at the checkout counter, and a war that is sucking our blood and treasury, you are living in another galaxy.   Sen. Obama is being whacked by his opponents for suggesting that the electorate might even be “bitter” enough to seek solace in their firearms and faith.

As long as the firearms aren’t pointed at each other or themselves, I have no problem with that.  Happy turkey hunting to all you sportsmen out there.  I’m hoping someone in my family will bag a bird.

Walking in the woods with your buddies can be stress reducing—unless one of your pals is Dick Cheney.  During the hunt there is the bonus relief of being away from the television set.  Blissfully free from bad news about Iraq, the recession, or the general ineptness of the Bush administration, the voter/hunter is able to mitigate his/her feelings of bitterness, at least, temporarily.

So if Obama thinks that voters are finding consolation in guns and God, maybe “that’s a good thing,” as Martha Stewart would say.  It’s better than taking to the streets or giving up hope, which embittered people elsewhere are often prone to do.   

In a democracy, we ultimately salve our frustrations at the ballot box . . .  and, that is definitely a good thing.