Redford: Racism drives some Obama critics.

The articles can be found here and here.

   This article is about Actor Robert Redford in a CNN interview talking about his new film and how it could serve as an analogy to the shutdown crisis. He brings up the point that he feels that racism does drive some Obama critics. He also talks about how he feels what our government needs are more women and young people.

   So I do think that Redford makes some good points here. I'm not saying that everyone against Obama is a racist, but I do believe that for some people, that is a driving force to their hate. Redford states in the interview that Obama's opponents reject whatever he might propose because their determination was to destroy this man. And I feel that there is a lot of truth in that. A lot of us are so quick to talk about all the things our President has done that are "ruining" our country, but is that really the case? Honestly, I believe that he is trying his best to do what he feels our country needs. Rather than represent the interests of the public, our Congress seems to be so set on going against anything that the President proposes that they will do anything they can to come out "on top". But have they really won? I think that causing an unnecessary government shutdown is far from winning. Let's take a step back and remember that all of us, even the President, are human beings. Let's stop attacking each other and do everything in our power to shape up and make our nation stronger and more unified than ever before.