Northern Illinois Campus Shooting Wouldn’t Have Happened If Barack Obama Were President
Because he’d give us all hope. And stuff.
So says Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell.
If you’re wondering why Sen. Barack Obama’s message of hope has resonated with so many voters across the country, consider the shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University. . . .
Since Virginia Tech, many parents of college-aged students have had to turn to their faith.
On the stump, however, Obama has had to defend his faith, and jokes about his critics calling him a “hopemonger.” But Obama’s ability to inspire people—in urban areas as well as in rural towns—is a gift the country needs.
I was beginning to think that all this “Obama-as-messiah” criticism from the right was just hyperbole, but after reading that I’m not so sure. I mean, Obama is going to end school shootings by bringing us hope? Could she be a little more...specific?
Of course, getting anything more specific than emotional blather is pretty hard when it comes to Obama supporters.
By the way, check out this statement from the same column:
Like many of you, I watched the televised reports on the violence feeling completely helpless, and wondering how such a horrible thing could have happened in a place where people should feel safe.
How is it that we live in a country where a young man can get his hands on four weapons, including a shotgun?
Why are people walking around armed to the teeth?
Ever hear of the 2nd amendment lady? And by the way, the problem at Northern Illinois wasn’t “people” walking around armed. It was one person walking around armed. If there had been “people” on that campus who were armed, meaning more than one civilian carrying a weapon, the shooter might not have been nearly as successful as he was.
I’m beginning to wonder how we’ve come to live in a country where we’ve forgotten the clear intent of our founding fathers so thoroughly that there is a massive movement afoot to completely ignore one of the most important amendments in the Constitution. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion all shared an amendment. Gun rights were given their own enumeration.
It’d be helpful if more people remembered that.
(via Gene)














