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Obama Visits Grand Rapids...By amanda zaluckyj, Section News
Barack Obama finally decided to visit Michigan and even made a pit stop at the Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids! His speech was filled with all the stuff he's been saying in other parts of Michigan: President Bush personally ran out the car companies, he will fix Michigan, and hope is on the way!
The message is a bit shallow, especially the part about blaming President Bush. One can imagine that our current President had a vendetta against Michigan, that's why we're doing so badly and Indiana, under the leadership of Republican governor Mitch Daniels, is doing so well. Or...not. The real story has to do with the youth of the Grand Rapids area. Remember how many of them are forced to leave in droves once they graduate? They can't find jobs and, quite frankly, they don't see any of that Obama-esque "hope" here. We've heard over and over again that young people are flocking to Barack Obama's message of change though. So, one would think that the people turning out to hear his message in Michigan would be all the young people. But, not so fast. Many of them showed up to tell Obama that they were not buying into his hype or substantial lack of substance. So, what did they want him to know?
For full disclosure, I will admit that I was one of the people that helped organize the protest. And some people didn't understand why we would bother going out there, in the rain no less, and protest.
Well, we had a few things we wanted Senator Obama to know, such as: We let him know that he is a hypocrite to come and ask Michiganders for their vote in November, but he didn't care what we thought in the primary. Of course he's here to ask us now - he knows he can't win the presidency without us. But what Mr. Obama needs to know is that disenfranchising thousands of voters is not very impressive. We want him to know that while he is trying to spread "hope" out to millions of Americans (and then hoping they'll vote for him!), what about the 50 million babies that have been aborted since abortion became legal in 1973? Where is the hope for them? We want him to know that our pastors, ministers, and priests are not racists and they actually love this country. It is not ok to go to a church that creates villains out of other groups and spreads that propaganda wrapped in the blanket of Christianity. After a 20 year relationship, one press conference condemning that type of hate speech does not make it go away. We also conveyed to him that we are proud of our God, guns, and small towns - and we do not cling to them because we're bitter. To suggest otherwise is offensive and absurd. We also want young people, who are following Obama's campaign slogans of "hope" and "change" to really know what he means by those. Before they cast a ballot, they need to research the policies and programs the Senator is promising. After all, "hope" does not pay the rent... And, finally, we want to express to Obama that we have always been proud of our country. While we know that it isn't perfect, we can also recognize the wonderful and amazing things that the United States has done in promoting freedom, stopping evil, and helping the world. So, this is what the protesters in front of the Van Andel arena were standing for on Wednesday.
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