Back during the 2008 presidential race, then-Sen. Barack Obama paid a heavy political price when he mocked Americans he claimed were clinging to “guns and religion.”
His opponent for the Democratic Party nomination, Hillary Clinton, immediately pounced and suggested he was an elitist out of touch with Americans who believed in God. Republicans called him intolerant and anti-religious. And the mainstream media declared Obama was “forced on the defensive” by his insensitive – if not elitist – remark.
Two decades later, the candidate for whom Obama is now stumping – Vice President Kamala Harris – just made a similar comment that could have similar repercussions even though the mainstream political reporting corps this time around have avoided giving it much attent
