In this article he mentions that when religion is involved in politics it is "so scandalously stupid." He says that candidates really cannot say what they want to say when it comes to religion or racism, and when they do say something people jump all over it as if having an opinion that wasn't "middle of the road" was unacceptable. The reaction that everyone had to his comments on guns and religion is what makes it hard for America to have a popular candidate with strong opinions one way or the other.
Some of the topics in this article were a little far fetched, but this paragraph was pretty decent:
"Despite all that he does not and cannot say, Obama's candidacy is genuinely thrilling: his heart is clearly in the right place; he is an order of magnitude more intelligent than the current occupant of the Oval Office; and he still stands a decent chance of becoming the next President of the United States. His election in November really would be a triumph of hope."
This is true. I think many people are running with this little "oops" and saying now that he has no chance. I do not think that most Americans are that harsh, I mean the man apologized and said that he chose his words incorrectly. But then again, people will take whatever they can get.
Harris' article ends with this bit:
"But Obama's candidacy is also depressing, for it demonstrates that even a person of the greatest candor and eloquence must still claim to believe the unbelievable in order to have a political career in this country. We may be ready for the audacity of hope. Will we ever be ready for the audacity of reason?"
What Harris is saying is that you should take the religion out of the politic, but this country was started on the idea: freedom of religion. I don't think we need to take religion out of Washington D.C. but I think people could lighten up a bit.
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If anyone wants to hear more from Sam Harris, I really enjoyed his speech "The End of Faith." Not that I'm really atheist or anything, but what he says makes a lot of sense when it comes to political policy and how faith is going to prevent true justice from ever being a reality. It was also ironic that he made this speech in a synagogue, hah.
It wasn't even a mistake, even though the media is playing it as one. They took it out of context and warped it to hurt him. It's amazing how the media has changed their town with Obama. People in America just love underdogs so when Obama was one he got favorable coverage, now that he isn't, the media will break him down to let the new underdog go to the top; its a viscous cycle
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