Obama Pulls A Palin, But Media Doesn't Care

It was less than a year ago when Sarah Palin was speaking to an audience in North Carolina, and she called small towns “Real America.”

Liberals everywhere suffered a collective heart attack.  They immediately played the race card. So cloistered are liberals that they don’t know Black people live in small towns too.

Of course Palin’s comments had nothing to do with race.  Since conservatives like to read, read her full quote below to get the context.  What Sarah Palin referred to as “Real America” was “hard work” and “patriotism,” which she often finds in small towns.

Even though liberals will never believe it, Black people share the values of hard work and patriotism too, and shame on liberals for thinking Black people don’t.

Here is the full Palin quote from October 16, 2008:

"We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans. Those who are running our factories and teaching our kids and growing our food and are fighting our wars for us. Those who are protecting us in uniform. Those who are protecting the virtues of freedom."

Joe Klein of Time Magazine used the speech as an opportunity to bash white people.  That kind of racism is OK with Klein and Time. 

However, Jon Stewart’s reply to Palin really encapsulated the personality, intelligence and commitment to civilized discourse held by the American left.  He said, “F*** You.”   Not sure if that was done with or without the clown nose, Jon.

The American liberal was so apoplectic with self pity that Sarah dared to compare another part of the country favorably to their beloved seat of government power in Washington D.C., Palin eventually offered the old, “If you took it wrong, I apologize.”    

So the liberal rule is that you can’t say one part of the country is “better” at being American than another part of the country.  You just can’t, and if you do, you’re a racist.

Unless your name is Barack Obama.  If he says it, well that makes it OK then.

Last week, President Obama told the International Olympic Committee that “Chicago is that most American of American cities…”

“Most American?”  Really?  If Chicago is most American, doesn’t that mean other parts of the country are less American?  What parts of country do you see as having a lesser American aesthetic, Mr. President?  Perhaps you are downing – small towns?  Are you challenging the Americanism of those who do not live in a metropolis? 

While Alexander Hamilton may be smiling at your preference for urban life, surely Thomas Jefferson frowns upon your anti-rural shenanigans, Mr. President.

Sarah Palin’s remark was about characteristics anyone of any color can have – work ethic, patriotism, kindness, goodness and courage.

Barack Obama’s comment was not about individual character.  His was about – you guessed it – race and nationality, because with our “post racial President” it’s always about race.

Since conservatives like to read, read Obama’s whole quote below to get the context:

“You see, growing up, my family moved around a lot. And I never really had roots in any one place or culture or ethnic group. Then I came to Chicago. And on those Chicago streets, I worked alongside men and women who were black and white; Latino and Asian; people of every class and nationality and religion. I came to discover that Chicago is that most American of American cities, but one where citizens from more than 130 nations inhabit a rich tapestry of distinctive neighborhoods.”

While Sarah Palin was favorably judging people solely on the content of their individual character, Obama was favorably judging people solely on the color of their skin.

I think Sarah is right.  People should be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin.  You know, someone famous should put that in a speech.  I bet it would catch on.

So what do we learn from this? 

If conservative Sarah Palin says that small towns have people with good values, media paints her a racist, even though people of all colors live in small towns.

If liberal Barack Obama says Chicago is better than small towns based on nothing more than the skin color of people who live there, the media ignores it, because it’s impossible for Barack Obama to say something racist.

Good grief.

Comments

[frank]

I am in high school and can write better than you. Your over-generalization is as harsh as that of the "lefties." I am a Democrat and have absolutely no problem with Palin's quote. She made a good point. But your rebuttal lacks any sort of value. Chicago is a very diverse city, claiming that his statement falls under the category of racist is ridiculous. He is not "anti-rural." He values the town he lived in for many years. This form of bickering is remarkably childish. I am not surprised in the least to only find your article on Fox News.

[Mike Brown]

I guess the difference is that the media knew Palin was an idiot.

[karen]

love your article! plain and simple!

[bingo]

have you considered changing the name of your site to phuckingmoron.com? i think it would be more apt, and draw in the audience you're looking for with this type of BS commentary.

[Nicholas Howard]

Wow, you really missed the point. Palin was using her words as a weapon. The country was in the middle of an election. She was trying to convince small-town voters to reject the Democrats as "un-American". It was negligent and self-defeating. Obama was making a pitch to an external agent, arguing that Chicago was representative of America (which it is, small-town personalities in a big-city atmosphere).

I live in Washington, DC and I'm an American. I subscribe to Jon Stewart's comment.

[Jon Stewart]

FUCK YOU

[John]

Frank:>>I am in high school and can write better than you<<

Says it all. It is a wonderful comparison to the "annointed one" you defend and serve. Although, Obama at least sounded a few years older when he touted that "he won the presidency" and because of his "winning" that means the United States will be united, prosperious, peace will reign on the earth, and all of us will be united both in the political realms as well as the social, economic, and religious one's too! Too bad it was just a pipe dream based on empty rhetoric and cracker jack history making! This country is losing jobs faster than Obama's approval ratings. There's a divide among races, political, and religious sects in this country that's bigger than the Grand Canyon and the man that once touted he would rise above the partisan politics has sunk so low to the left, this country will be taxed, inflated, and broke by the time his agonizing four years will be up and left down stream! He'll make history all right!

[SHough610]

I hope that you are simply ignorant rather than as malicious as this essay seems to claim. What part of the country is anti-American or not "real America"?

I lived for five years in Philadelphia, there were kind, good, and courageous people there. There were teachers, factory workers, and soldiers from Philadelphia. Why were they any less American than those small towns Palin referred to?

Obama was pitching his city for the Olympics, it was not a campaign speech. If you can't tell the difference between the two you're either an idiot or ignoring the facts.

[Jim]

I agree with the highschooler. I can't believe any of the rhetoric I've heard from any politician. Ever. If you do, you're really kind of stupid and naive. Drug companies, insurance companies, and the military run this country. So bashing one horrible president or the last doesn't help anything. People just like having someone to hate. It's disgusting. Being current in politics is pointless when anything you hear is propoganda.

Find me one honest politician, and I'l bet they hold a local office.

[Ortho Podd]

Also pefectly okay with the Libtards and corrupt biased media was when Michelle Obama said the south side of Chicago was the real America. And while that statement doesnt bother me at all, I DO think it was a racial statement by Mrs. Obama. It is just so incredibly obvious that "the fix" is in for Obama and his far-left comrades and against conservatives like Palin; I dont see how ANYONE could miss it.