Are those who live in parts of our nation called "Little Italy" or "Chinatown" culturally American? I submit that the letter writer would answer, "No."
It's difficult to pin down who is and who is not culturally American in the United States, a truly multicultural nation.
After his birth in the US state of Hawaii in 1961, no matter where he resided, Barack Obama remained the son of an American woman and the grandson of another American woman and, as mentioned, a member of The Greatest Generation.
There were presidents who knew only of foreign lands through what they may have read and been told.
This was completely understandable in the 19th century. However, for an American president to not have traveled abroad before being selected president in 2000 is inexcusable and, considering the wherewithal of the man of whom I speak, is lazy and apathetic.
On the other hand, Barack Obama learned first-hand of cultures that were far from American and the richness of that hands-on education has and will continue to serve him well during his presidency. Considering the cultures with which the US has recently been at odds, it is to our benefit that our president knows those cultures intimately so he can avoid looking at them through purely hubristic, jingoistic eyes. He is intelligent enough to avoid arrogantly calling any conflict involving these cultures a "crusade" and flaming the fires that much more.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
Does the letter writer know how may presidents have run a company and met a payroll? I didn't think so. This and the next point of "fear" are just "close your eyes and throw the dart" types of irrelevant and/or hypocritical nonsense.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
More hypocritical nonsense. It takes less than two hands to count how many people in the previous administration, an administration who sent over 4500 American soldiers to their deaths, had any military experience.
The same goes for the administration prior to that one.
So, I guess, "C'mon, who are you trying to kid?" is an appropriate response for this "fear".
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
"Always blaming others."
"Always" is quite often. I can name times when Obama has said "my bad". And blaming others makes him different than most other politicians -- how?
If he's ever blamed others, is it possible that it might be that others are to blame?
