Obama Strikes Chord Urging Parents to Be More Responsible

Sen. Barack Obama has cast himself as a "truth-talker" on the campaign trail, with the refrain that government can't solve people's problems and that one of the biggest problems facing the country is "parents who don't

parent."

The appeal to personal responsibility echoes the "straight talk" theme of Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican nominee, and may connect with Republican and independent voters wary of big government.

But ahead of next week's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, Sen. Obama delivers the line most often in front of African-American audiences.

At a stop in Hickory, N.C., after promising to spend $18 billion on education, Sen. Obama said: "This money is not going to make a difference if parents don't parent."

Whoa, whoa, whoa, careful Barack, you're starting to sound like a Republican.  We can't have that now can we?

 

Travis

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