Why do some seem psychologically dependent on the idea that Senator Obama is an elitist, arrogant, or unpatriotic?
The latest dust up surrounds a statement Senator Obama made to House Democrats a few days ago. Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank reported that the Illinois Senator said the following:
"This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for... I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."
The McCain campaign and right-wing commentators and pundits wasted no time pouncing on Obama as arrogant. But upon more reporting, those present at meeting, at which Dana Milbank was not, said that the reported comment did not reflect the context of Obama's remarks.
This was the full statement.
"It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."
It seems Barack Obama was talking about people being excited about the prospect for a better a better America not just about himself. But I could not explain this better than the folks on MSNBC.
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