Pennsylvanians facing tough times are embittered, according to Barack Obama, and so they turn to guns, and religion, and hold anti-immigration and anti-trade views. But the Pennsylvanians Ive come across dont seem all that bitter to methey seem pretty normal, in fact. And compared to a famously bitter Chicagoan named Jeremiah Wright, Pennsylvanians seem downright suffused with Christian joy.
Granted, the bitter ravings of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright have about as much to do with real religion as a rain dance has to do with real science, but the Obama family, including the manifestly bitter Michelle Obama, turned to that embittered fount for its religious needs. For my money, the south side of Chicago is where the embittered turn to religion.
In fact, Id say its the south side of Chicago where the embittered turn to guns, as well. Small-town Pennsylvanians can be determined defenders of their right to keep and bear arms, no doubt. But its a trait their fathers had before them, as did their grandfathers, and generations of fathers going back to the Pennsylvania of the Founding Fathers, who enshrined their right in the Constitution. I dont see the bitterness there. But I do see the bitterness of the angry young man who grew up listening to Jeremiah Wright and learning to blame others for his failings. I see the bitterness when he turns to guns and winds up shooting to death a liquor store owner on the south side of Chicago for the $140 in his cash register.
Author Craig Nelson Numbers USA
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