Senator Barack Obama's "Bitter" Controversy: Political Correctness Police Strike Again

Skepticism of the government is at an all-time high. Eighty-one percent of America believes the country is headed in the wrong direction, an all-time high. Jobs are leaving the country at an alarming rate and the middle class is shrinking by the year.

You might say that Americans have reason to be bitter. If you are Barack Obama, you apparently cannot. If you are Barack Obama, it seems to be about the worst thing you could say.

Senator Barack Obama's recent comments on "bitter" small-town Pennsylvanians have caused an uproar within the mainstream media. Senator Hillary Clinton has hit at them, framing Barack Obama as an "elitist" for suggesting that "hard-working Pennsylvanians" are bitter.

"Folks, I was shaking hands and taking a few pictures backstage. This fellow looked at me and he said, 'I just want you to know, the people you're about to see are not bitter. They're proud," Senator Clinton recently stated.

Bittergate '08

As a familiar American joke goes, "what is the opposite of Congress? Progress."

Americans have every right to be bitter over empty promises and a lack of change. When Senator Barack Obama states it as such, he is safe: he was not around for all the empty promises. Senator Clinton, however, was one of those who promised that jobs would return. "200,000 jobs," she said in her Senate campaign. Only those jobs never came back. In fact, New York has less jobs available now than when she entered into office.

Couple that with the fact that her husband, Bill Clinton, is part of Obama's "25 years" statement, and it is not hard to imagine why Barack Obama's comments are politically sensitive to her.

McCain, meanwhile, has been in government for every moment of those 25 years. His solution for the loss of American jobs? Sit back while the free market continues to ship them out. His wife owns a beer distribution company and is worth more than $100 million. His kids don't have to worry.

A Defining Moment

We are at a point in this election where voters have to decide: do they succumb to the politicians and the media that pawns political correctness onto them, or do they determine the future of our country on something more substantial?

Senator Barack Obama has many substantive issues with which you can disagree. You may not agree with Barack Obama's policy proposals, but in this field -- complete two Senators who occupy elite families and make over $100 million annually -- you cannot argue which candidate is the most "down to earth." It is Barack Obama.