Obama has been receiving a great deal of criticism in last few days, mainly from Hillary Clinton and John McCain, because of his remarks stating that people in small towns "cling to religion and guns in bad economic times". I can understand how some people may be offended by this, but I think that it has been completely blown out of proportion. In his statements afterwards, he apologized for what he said and explained what he actually meant. He explained that he was just referring to how so many people are bitter and depressed because of how poor the economy is. It is just hard for me to understand why his comments are such a big deal to some people, but then again, I am very different than a 'small-town voter in Philadelphia' and I certainly never cling to religion or guns. I definitely do not think that he has a chance to win in Pennsylvania next Tuesday; I am sure that Hillary will win that state. However, I do not think that Obama's comments make him an 'elitist' as Hillary and McCain have been suggesting. Anyone who knows his story, knows that he is not an elitist. I think that he said something that people got offended about because he was talking about such a controversial subject--religion and guns. Maybe next time he should just stay away from discussion of such controversial issues.
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