Obama has Enraged the "Citizen Class"

This article by Austin Hill says what so many of us have been thinking since January 2009 when Obama took the Oath of Office. It is not surprising in my state that I hear negative comments about this President because only 34% of voters of Oklahoma voted for Obama, but I am seeing the same words from people from other states.

The most telling for me was last summer when I was in Chicago and except for Ebony magazine who had Obama's pictures displayed, only saw one Obama sign in an apartment window. No Obama bumperstrips -- no sign he was President and this is where he had lived. When I pulled the car into be parked the attendant says -- Red State Oklahoma -- they knew we had not gone for Obama. In one of the McDonald's where they honor blacks like Martin Luther King, sports figures, business leaders, and other blacks, we could not find one picture of Obama.

The tide is changing and with the Republican Djou's win in Obama's home district where he grew up, we are wondering what the spin is going to be from the Democrats. Republicans doubled the amount of voters from 2008 which is very telling.

Believe that a large group of Americans will be glad to be known as the "Citizen Class!"

Obama has Enraged the "Citizen Class"
by Austin Hill
Sunday, May 23, 2010

The “citizen class” is horrified.

We’re speaking here of those Americans who, while they may disagree on a variety of social and public policy issues, nonetheless agree on a few, crucial matters.

Those of us among the citizen class generally agree that the United States is a good country. While far from perfect, we see our nation as being a place of tremendous opportunity, and a force for goodness around the world.

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Our nation is good, U.S. citizenship is distinct, and national sovereignty is non-negotiable. In a nutshell, this is the mindset, the worldview, of the citizen class. It has nothing to do with one’s ethnicity, or socioeconomic background, or sexual orientation, or gender. It has everything to do with one’s most deeply held beliefs.

Not every U.S. citizen possesses the “citizen class” view (clearly some Americans don’t understand the blessing of their status), yet a majority of us still do. And no matter how much we may disagree on other matters, those of us in the citizen class won’t budge on these three items.

And this why President Obama has enraged the citizen class. He has planted the seeds of doubt regarding our nation’s goodness, and has implied that U.S. citizenship, and national sovereignty, are irrelevant.

Excerpt: Read More at Town Hall