NRCC Continues to Hammer Democratic Congressmen with Obama Remarks

no, it will not work. People are much smarter than hillary & the republicans think

Since when do Democrats allow Republicans to tell them who to vote for?
Hopefully, people will see this for what it is — the Republican Party running scared!!!
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

First of all, think of yourself coming from these small towns and communities and the beliefs and values you hold dearly to yourself. Then listen carefully and attentively to what Obama said. I personally feel offended and looked down on. It is not my pride but value systems people have aquaired all their lives. A presidential candidate who is out touch with mainstream individuals will say things like that. I have always said that there is something about Obama that doesn’t sound right. This is just one fulfilling prophecy.

McCain and the republicans are hating on Obama right now. They, along with Hillary CLinton, know Obama has out campaigned them, he has a strong base with over a million potential voters connected to his web site. He leads in the votes for the Democratic nomination and in financing. And they hate it.
They really hate that they can’t make him bow and be more like them. Outdated, confused, used to old politics. He is a maverick, a breath of fresh air to young, old, male, female and across racial lines. He is both white and black, neither rich nor poor. The republicans and unfortunately Hillary as well, are trying to pin him down so they can catch up. THey simply cannot believe his appeal and therefore constantly throw mud hoping some will stick.
What you guys forget this is the information age, we can read and we can get data to our friends faster than Hillary can apologize for another misrepresentation or McCain can attempt to get the names of the enemies straight. THis is not business as usual and you missed it by not recognizing that americans and politics are and have evolved.
Obama has campaigned in every state, has Clinton or McCain? Obama has spoken at caucuses and primaries, Clinton did not. She chose rather to play to the big states. Hillary missed it. THat’s old and it has cost her.
You have to Obama his props, he has worked his butt off in this campaign. He was the underdog. Don’t hate, look and learn. Politics will never be the same in this country again. If you refuse to change with the times, you will get left behind.

Obama has done nothing except spreading lies and raising false hopes in our nation. I can’t wait to see this man abandoned by American people. The bitterness remark is another example of his condescending gesture in front of people. He’s not a savior, but a liar!

How much money did Bob Casey Jr. receive from Obama to endorse him? Obama’s campaign should provide a list of all the money they have paid to superdelegates and ABC news should make it available to the public. If Obama is buying superdelegate votes, or winning them over with threats, the public has a right to know.

Is it possible that Clinton supporters don’t listen to whole speeches? Are they just lead by snippets of information? Surely, they are not coming up with this hate Obama stuff from comments made form Clinton or McCain.
Reality check guys, Clinton is only in PA because of votes, she has not campaigned in every state. She does not care about all of America, just the part that can benefit her numbers. Check out the caucuses. If that is not being an elitist, I don’t know what is.
I am not offended by the truth. I am bitter, and tired of broken promises. We should be glad someone in listening and willing to take the heat for telling the truth about how we feel! How can Hillary fight for me, when she does’nt hear me? I am mad, frustrated with the job situation and bitter that plants are leaving me out in the cold.

Obama Zombies open your eyes and realize that Congressman listen to their constituents. They could vote him out in a heartbeat. Superdelegates will jump ship as sonn as it’s possible they could lose reelection!

Dear Mr. B. Hussein Obama
For your enlightenment – I do not posses a gun because I’m bitter, I carry one because the Bill of Rights allows me to posses one in order to defend my life, my family and my home. I do not attend church on Sundays because of bitterness, but because I get lifted up and encouraged, I get challenged and strengthened by worshipping my God (Note: I recognize that in your particular church this type of activity is a rarity – but in this you’re actually in the minority – trust me!) Lastly, I do not believe in immigration control or tight borders because of some deep root of bitterness, but I do believe in border control because 1) it is the law, and for the most part the law is being ignored, but 2) it is the sure fire way of helping to ensure an act of terrorism doesn’t return to where I live!
Perhaps instead of trying to figure out why we working class people are bitter, especially when we’re not, I would suggest that you begin to re-examine if you are not the one who is actually the bitter one – -perhaps this is the motive or basis of your running for President.

It is a shame when truth becomes a dirty word.
Senator Obama has my vote.
Just call me angry, frustrated and bitter in Houston, Texas.

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Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat’s this?TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — In the midst of an assault from his rivals, a defensive Barack Obama said Friday that many working-class Americans are angry and bitter over economic inequalities and have lost faith in Washington — and, as a result, vote on the basis of other issues such as gun protections or gay marriage.
The Illinois senator’s analysis of what motivates working-class voters came after chief rival Hillary Rodham Clinton accused him of looking down on such voters. Clinton rebuked Obama on Friday for similar remarks he made privately last Sunday to a group of donors in San Francisco.
YOU DECIDE: Were Obama’s words controversial?
“People don’t vote on economic issues because they don’t expect anybody is going to help them,” Obama told a crowd at a Terre Haute, Ind., high school Friday evening. “So people end up voting on issues like guns and are they going to have the right to bear arms. They vote on issues like gay marriage. They take refuge in their faith and their community, and their family, and the things they can count on. But they don’t believe they can count on Washington.”
The Huffington Post website reported Friday that Obama, speaking of some Pennsylvanians’ economic anxieties, told supporters at the San Francisco fundraiser: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years. … And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or anti-pathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
In Terre Haute, Obama said he did describe some voters as bitter when a donor asked why working-class voters in Pennsylvania were not getting behind his campaign.
“Well, that’s not my experience,” Clinton told a Drexel University crowd, describing the state’s residents as resilient, optimistic and hardworking.
“Pennsylvanians don’t need a president who looks down on them,” she said. “They need a president who stands up for them.”
Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for Republican candidate John McCain, described Obama’s comments as “condescending” and “out of touch.”
In Terre Haute, Obama chided McCain for not responding promptly to the home mortgage crisis and criticized Clinton for voting for a bankruptcy bill supported by credit card companies.
“No, I’m IN touch,” he said. “I know exactly what’s going on. People are fed up, they are angry, they’re frustrated and they’re bitter. And they want to see a change in Washington.”
Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said Friday night, “Instead of apologizing for offending small-town America, Senator Obama chose to repeat and embrace the comments he made earlier this week.”
Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for McCain, said Friday: “Only an elitist would say that people vote their values only out of frustration. … You can’t be more out of touch than that.”

It must be really awful to be Karen Hanretty and have to say garbage like that just to keep her job.
Think about it: she can’t sleep at night, can’t look at herself in the mirror, is shunned by her family. All because whe has to tell lies for a living. Sad.

These are the words that Obama used to EXPLAIN his first comments: “So people — they vote about guns, or they take comfort from their faith and their family and their community,” he said. “The truth is that these traditions that are passed on from generation to generation, those are important. That’s what sustains us,” he said.
SORRY, but I don’t think that guns, faith, family, community are quaint “traditions” for simple people that are “passed from generation to generation” to “sustain us.” These are the unchanging self-evident truths of human beings that are endowed by our creator and guaranteed in our Constitution.
So, for Obama to continue to dismiss these “traditions” as things that distract us from more important things is unbelievable. For him to view these as “traditions” that might be malleable or over-rideable by a more enlightened government is extremely dangerous.

Obama makes me bitter.

Just Curious:
Yes there’s a difference. As the Reverend Write clearly states, his congregation needs to believe that Christ was black. After 20 years, I’m sure it sunk into Obama’s paradigm.

Deward. LOL. You are angry and frustrated as little small town me. I will take it as I am with you. But, are you also turning to guns,religion,more antipathy and anti immigration. Please say you do.Then you truly will be one of those BO was talking about. I am angry,bitter and frustrated, but none of the others. I am the the proud grandson of Italian immigrants and a very proud catholic. Religion is in my blood.

It is great to see the fantastic coordination between Mark Penn and Charlie Black on this non-issue.

voter in PA. Nice. I am also a small town, angry, bitter and frustrated man. But if you said that BO said nothing wrong, then you must be one of those who turned to guns, religion, antipathy and anti immigration. Please say that you turned to all of those.

jr
And how does that assertion apply to Obama’s words?

Obama’s the uniter
Each day I turn on the television and all networks show individuals stating that they like “Sen. Obama’s ability to unite people” (American’s). The Senator from Illinois came into the U.S. Senate under the 2004 Democratic Party of change when Democrats took the majority of both houses. First, the Senator from Illinois voting record in the Illinois State Senate and the U.S. Senate confirm that the Senator from Illinois ability to unite both parties is mediocre at best. Second, the Democratic Party has changed nothing in the U.S. Senate or the Congress since taking the majority of both houses. This includes any symbolic victory as promised by all Democratic Party politicians in 2004.
Once the Senator from Illinois got in trouble with his pastor, he delivered a well written speech that Americans know his writers have done well doing their homework in selecting sensitive race issues that an American culture hungers for in wanting to deal with race and putting the race issue to rest. The fact remains, had this speech been given even “one second” earlier prior to getting in trouble, the Senator from Illinois would have given the type of speech that the media tells Americans that it was. In my view, the speech was a get out of trouble speech. Minorities like myself seem to understand the reason the Senator from Illinois reason for delivering such a speech as a political survival tactic.
President Teddy Roosevelt spoke about Americans needing to see themselves as Americans and not as one needing to first be of an ethnic background and then an American. Americans know that the Democratic Party has done nothing different in the Congress since taking a majority in both houses than when the Republican Party did when they had a majority. The exception being that like the Senator from Illinois, Speaker Pelosi barks allot and gets allot of free media coverage. Like the Senator from Illinois, Speaker Pelosi loves the television camera to pass on their rhetoric and offer no solutions.
Finally, many times I have heard Black Americans in our streets telling non-Blacks that soon America will have a Black President. They suggest that then we (i.e., Americans) will get what we deserve, what ever that means. I did not know that I served in uniform for over three decades to “get what I deserved”. I thought I was serving in uniform in the service of our nation. I proudly fought in numerous wars in defense of National Security Objectives and not to get “what I deserved”. I am still looking for that politician that claims to be the new change politician although the Senator from Illinois own actions and own words constantly attacks his character. Americans know that all news networks will never cover such events thoroughly except make excuses for the Senator from Illinois.

This is good for Obama. From hereonout, any Republicans that try to push gay issues, gun issues, god issues, or other non-economic issues are going to be seen truthfully as the exploitative diversionary demagogues that they are.
Wake Up America! You’re being owned by China. The value of your dollar is declining (been to Canada lately? 1$US = 1$CA, used to be 1US=2CA). You work more hours for less vacation than your European counterparts. You send your money to murderous sheiks for their polluting fuel. Your avg. life expectancy (44th) is now lower than Jordan’s! We’re closing schools in our King County WA district because of a few million budget shortcoming while we spend that in an hour for Iraq. We build schools in Iraq while U.S. children have larger classes with poorer results. Our healthcare system is horribly inefficient and leaves 1/6th of the country uninsured.
The U.S. used to be independent; self-sufficient like its citizens. Now its dependent on other countries for cheap labor, life-giving energy, and budget-crunching credit. What has happened to us? I’ll tell you what — the very rich are selling us out. They’re not for America, they’re for their own personal wealth. They move OUR factories overseas. They buy tax breaks via their lobbyists, many of whom work for presidential campaigns. They’re trying very hard to remove the estate tax so that their descendants will always be over and above your own descendants, no matter how talented or hard working they may be.
In the meantime, the Republicans would have you believe that we’re threatened by gays, liberals, immigrants, gun-takers, atheists, you name it. They’d much rather have you worry about anything except the economic opportunity that is diminishing in America. Our next generations will be WORSE OFF than us; a first in our great country’s history. We need to take back ownership of our country from those who pass laws in favor of the few at the expense of the many… at the expense of the middle class.
Obama chose poor words. He was obviously wrong to imply that ALL small towners are as he described. His point was that naturally when people feel that their own economic interests are impossibly beyond the power of their vote, they will turn to other vote on other things that are important to them… for some that is obviously guns, God, and many other things.

People can not handle the truth…no matter how it is said, we are all bitter at he way our economy has turned out. Someone had to say it for us, this is why we are angry. Let’s face it, Pres. Bush did not do a good job. maybe someone else will!!! I still trust that BO will do a better job than another Clinton, in the Whitehouse. At least we will not worry if Hillary answers the phone at 3am, when she gets frustrated looking for Bill, in the whitehouse. She won’t answer the PHONE!!!!

I used to believe that Obama was not electable. I still believe it but now the evidence is breathtaking. Not only that, any Democrat running for Congress that is affiliated with Obama is at risk. I think the stock just shot up for photos of candidates pictured alongside Hillary Clinton.
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Do you think Obama is bitter about his bowling score and he’s just striking back!
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As a very middle class American, I can completely relate to everything that Obama said. I listened to his speech in Terre Haute IND and I understand the context that it is meant. I have very little expectation that my involvement in economics in America is going to wield any weight. Simple as that. Spin it how it works for you – if you oppose Obama, jump all over it, if not, let it lie as the truth. I’m glad a candidate doesn’t care about politics enough to talk straight. Thanks for having the courage to tell it like it is.

I think that what Sen Obama said about working class people being angry is true and also that what he said about people, especially the less educated, tend to accept some of the negative things that are said as truth, for example that immigrants are to blame for their job troubles when the true blame lies with government policies. It is difficult for some people to understand that. It is wrong for both Sen Clinton and Sen McCain who both know the truth to distort what was said for their own political gain. What needs to be done is to educate the American people. Just as Sen Obama gave a speech about racial issues in order to attempt to educate us, it would be great to hear a speech about the relationship between the economy and prejudice, how we might place blame in wrong directions often led by politicians, and what we need to do to educate ourselves to improve our own condition.

Short answer: No.
Long answer: Not unless you continue harping on it.
God I’m tired of these primaries…

In Massachusetts, Sen. Kerry a huge Obama apologist already has – not one but two Democratic challengers in the upcoming election.
They believe that he is out of touch with Massachusetts voters. How much of that has to do with his premature endorsement of Senator Obama remains to be seen. Massachusetts primary voters were overwhelmingly for Clinton.
As for me, my vote is for anybody but Kerry! and when that other over the hill, pompous Ted Kennedy runs for re-election, I’ll support his opponent.
Go Hillary!!!!!!!!!

flyover | Apr 12, 2008 2:40:47 PM
Nice pick up of Barone’s Jacksonian theme. I read his article last weekend. It was very interesting. Obama doesn’t understand the theme.

No matter what he says.. he cannot please everyone .. I think he is correct in his analysis and whether it was politically correct to say .. it how he said it .. is up to everyone else to judge. I think a fair-minded individual will accept his honest words .. for what they are ..

I am surprised there are some people who are intentionally not reading what Obama has said. he is bang on with what he is saying. He understands America

My hope is that the candidates who are hit with this say exactly what needs to be said:
That Obama was right.
20 years of Bush-Clinton-Bush have made small town America bitter towards government. Why? Because of economic policies that were designed for the rich.
Expect to see a boost for Obama in the polls next week.

Shame on you Obama! I own a gun, believe in GOD and it’s not because I’m bitter. If you support Obama – YOU ARE A FOOL! He refuses to wear an American flag pin, doesn’t place his hand over his heart while he pledges allegiance to the American flag and even his own wife stated “for the first time in her life, she’s proud to be an Americana.” Come on now! What a disgrace!!!!

Change is Coming!!!This is so refreshing we Americans get a chance to see Washington for what it is. Corrupted!!Keep swinging and reaching Clinton and McCain.
Obama Baby 08

For all those who don’t believe Senator Obama is not a unifier – tell what has HRC done to unify this country? The last week or so all is see is lies she and her husband telling withour apology. You want Senator Obama to apologize for pointing out the truth about why voters are cynnical? This is beyond absurd – I hope the people who really are not afraid to face facts will see his statements for what it is and not allow the media to drive the agenda.

WHO ARE THESE GUYS, WHO THINK AMERICANS AREN’T BITTER??? ARE YOU KIDDING??? 81% of the country thinks America is heading the wrong way, and McCain and Clinton are the ones out of touch if they don’t think Americans are angry. NO WONDER nothing gets done in Washington- these idiot politicians think We’re all happy-yippy-skippy with our crummy wages, lack of health insurance, and gas prices! Get real!!! Good for Obama for telling the truth.

Obama’s real feelings and his real self have come out. He is an echo of Rev. Wright. Obama has self destructed.
Obama, this is your Howard Dean moment Pack your bags and go back home to Chicago.
The people of America are much better off without you. You are out of touch with Americans.
I feel sorry fo the people you represent in Chicago.

Obama is a poser.He is not a real deal.Only bla bla bla bla and nothing else.For the good of our contry he must drop out asap .He is divider and just take real hard look at this guy.Wake up!

Hillary devides us, McCain and Republcans lie to us, and looking at the comments most of us fall for it.
Whose more elitist? The fat cat greedy republicans who prop up big oil and bear sterns, McCain with his 5 Vacation homes, Clintons with their 110 Mill or Obama with his 1 mill because he wrote a good book?
Sorry people most of you are sheep, and yes I own a gun, live in a town of 1600, and believe in God.

The NRCC should rather and first auto-examine after 8 devastating years of Bush admin.
-Economy in recession
-Subprime crisis
-killed 4000 US troops and 150 000 Irakis for the war on lie
-Tax cuts for the wealthiest
-Bush policies disapproved by 80%
-Ben Laden’s holidays in Pakistan
So you guys, the great elite of the NRCC, you should rather shut up and present excuses to the american people.
this makes me bitter

I can’t wait till Monday to listen to Rush after Snob-Gate.

First he speaks about PA. in arrogant an condescending terms, now watch him come out with a patronizing speech (Axelrod is probably typing it up right now) so all of his followers can stand there like star struck teenagers with their mouths hanging open and stars circling above their heads. Gotta give him credit though, he does seem to know how to keep the hypnosis going for those who don’t really care about reality. He really doesn’t seem to understand that what he said was offensive, I guess he thinks only African Americans have the right to be offended by such comments. He also apparently thinks he has the right to say whatever he likes when it can be explained as simply stating the truth. “It’s the truth” has replaced “Yes, we can,” have you noticed?

Obama supporters are going to say that his “bitter” comments do not reflect what he really believes. They are going to say he mispoke. Unfortunately, when he tried to explain the comments the next day he ended up reinforcing his notion that bitter and frustrated equals religious and gun loving.
Maybe he mispoke and maybe he did not, but his comments fit the narrative being developed by the Republicans that he is elitist, arrogant, and not in touch with the working class. This narrative has been developing for a long time and these words fit neatly within that narrative.

Obama, is not out of Touch with America and because he said the word bitter that is what he heard from the people of Pennsylvania and on a personal level, We are, because we want change and we are fed up with Washington promise so much and delivers so little Obama spoke out the feeling of many. My father was a blue collar worker and Obama spoke the truth sound like to me Obama is in touch with the American People he heard the cries of the voters.

The NRCC is desperate. It knows
that two national issues have
doomed the GOP’s chances to
remain a national party:
(1) the Iraq War – over 81% of
the American public opposes this
war. The GOP favors it. (2) illegal immigration – the GOP’s cruel positions on this issue over the years have branded the GOP as anti-Hispanic. Once
the electorate gets behind
gets behind the curtains to vote,
these are the two major issues
that will compel the voter to
vote Democratic.

How many more times do we have to hear, “but it was taken out of context”, before the Obama people wake up and realize he is not who you think he is!!!!!
-Rezko
-Wright
-NAFTA
-”Typical White Woman” comment
-Taking money from oil companies
-Taking money from lobbyists thru bundling
-Voting present over 100 times
-Second worse record in the Senate for missed votes (see a pattern?)
-Saying he had passed legislation on Nuclear safety, when the bill really died in the senate
-Stating his birth was a direct result from the March on Selma (unfortunately, he was born 4 years before it happened)
-Given the leadership of a foreign relations commitee, but failed to hold one meeting (too busy running for Prez)
He did hold one recently-called window dressing.
WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!!!!!!!

My bad. Timothy and Yvette, I stand corrected; you have convinced me. Obama is not out of touch with the American people. American people are out of touch with him.

ALL I hear are the talking parrots of John McBush and Clinton. Those are the ones that cling to ignorance (the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.) to face the facts or to research them for themselves and make an intelligent decision.
Senator Obama is the first of ALL the of these candidates to appeal to our younger generation and trying to unite the OLD thinkers into a “CHANGE” and “HOPE” as you have seen consistently throughout his campaign from the beginning, then you have Clinton and Republicans that were using OLD faces that were in the DAYS and OLD supporters of the Clinton administration, OLD MONEY! NOW, McClinton started expressing the same thinking of “CHANGE” and “HOPE”, after condemning Obama for his views from the start and recently using younger generation backdrop supporters!
Senator Obama is the FIRST and ONLY of ANY of the candidates to have the GUTS to come out and discuss the unspoken truths of this country with Americans, as adults and how we can HEAL our country and move forward to embrace each other in a UNIFIED manner as AMERICANS with the same frustrations, same disappointments, and to work for a better way of life and ability to try and leave a better life to our children.
What have Hillary and McCain done? Shoot down Hope and CHANGE, try to tone their speeches down and try to act as though they really care.
Americans, don’t forget Hillary was and still is out there pushing for NAFTA,free trade with Communist China, and India as well as outsourcing our jobs for Bill, THEN and NOW. Pushing to INCREASE the H1B visas, outsourcing more American jobs to Communist China and India, because in Hillary’s and Jon McCain’s eye’s, Americans are to stupid to help our big corps!
Senator Obama is genuine and NOW the only thing that the McClintons can do is try with the help of media to slice and dice anything Obama says in hopes of winning, but WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE know who they really are and we stand for that one true president that can answer the 3a.m call and know he will give full attention to make the right judgment, OBAMA!

Jerry EZ, Texas
Anybody can identify a problem. Few have the nerve to go public with a solution. Exactly what will Obama do to solve any problem with bitterness that may be present. The answer is “We don’t have a clue”. The empty suit can offer no solution whatsoever.

wow obama is for the people,baloney is that why he has bundlers that are billionair oil men,is that why he made thease statements at a fundraiser at gettys house[come on people getty oil]is that why according to the wall street jounal that he has taken more money from employees of the big drug companies and large commercial banks than either hillary or mcain.yea he is really for the small person and im going to be the next lottery winner because he told me i was.

Obama campaign’s frustation behind the close doors has come out in open. The people at least got the glimpse of respect they get when they are not hyponitized by Great Obama speeches. Didn’t we heard similar languages in some blogs. Follower speaks as their leader speak(remember Samantha Power), but, Obama never let that out in open till now.

Hillary joining league with the Republicans to talk about “liberal elitists” is just plain shameful. I hope people see thru this wedge issue BS. Obama should just keep speaking the truth and standing up for common sense and reality.

Humm, or any Clinton supporter,
Without resorting to useless campaign rhetoric, I challenge you to explain to me how what Obama said was a bad thing. Please? I am at a loss.

Well the Hillary campaign has been trying to tell you all….not to trust Obama. It isn’t to late “Thank God” if the remaining states all pull together this night mare will be over. It could have been worst we could have had 4 years. My mother-in-law is from Noxen, PA…she is a good person, raised her family, worked hard all her life. She will turn 100 June 5th Pa.She was sadden to think someone would down grade hard working people….my fahter-in-law lost his father when he was 4…in the Coal Mines….Obama has no insite to these people…he wasn’t even born. The children of this age remember all this and to think he would look down on people who build PA and raised there family there and many lost husbands in these mines has no insight of America. So if you want to let him smooth all this over….go ahead VOTE for him. Only thing he wants is to be the first “Black President”. With a $400,000.00 pay check. And a wife who would be a “JOKE” for a “First Lady”. I would think he has plans for Rev. Wright….maybe move in to the “White House” since he is the one who he looks up to as a father figure. Then the whole bunch can tell you this is the way it is going to be! You all better get smart!!!!!!!!

Can someone please answer my question!!!!??? HOW WAS OBAMA’s comment a bad statement????

Linda,fl,
You mean the same way Bush’s rich life has? Being a rich and wealthy politician has never proven to be an economic success for the country… Try again please.

SF2008,
Thank you for answering my question in part anyway. You know as well as I do that Obama meant that people turn to other political issues when voting. The point is, when you can’t vote for someone because of an issue that matters to you most, like JOB CREATION, you have to look at other issues like religion, guns, abortion, etc. WHy is this so hard for people to get?

Democrats United
That is NOT what Obama said when he though he wasn’t being recorded. Stop reading things into his words that weren’t there. Obama is pandering — plain and simple. Delude yourself if you will but don’t try to convince us that his words weren’t what he intended!

While Hillary is so concerned about working class Americans, she should be careful not to let on that her husband is pocketing money from her Columbian friends.

S,
You still haven’t told me what he intended. Post his exact quote and tell me what you think he meant by it. I am trying to get a sense of understanding from it.

Democrats United
So, you admit Obama was pandering. Good — that’s a start.

Democrats United
I really could careless I am 60 years old …I am all set in life…so are my kids..I don’t need to lie to you or anyone else…those are facts…this is my mother-in-law NOT grandmother of course someone who supports Obama reads things that are not there….is it hard for you to read a book and understand it? ….Look who is stupid…. or you don’t understand.. YOU ARE BOTH! I won’t reply back you are not worth my time.

PA voters should open their eyes and remember who has received 80 000 for supporting the Colombia trade deal, it is part of Hill and Bill’s 109 million earnings. That is the reality. This cahracterization of Obama’s words is another way of distracting voters from serious issues which is their jobs are gone and their health plan and their pension because of trade deals signed and supported by Hill and Bill. While hard working amercians have lost their jobs, Hill and Bill earned 109 million including 800 000 to ship over their jobs to Colombia. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

It is one thing for people who actually live in small town America to be offended. It is quite another for Senators Clinton and McCain to be. They are not offended, the are offensive.

Sag,
Congratulations on being “set in life”. I mean that. That is the American dream. Unfortunately the Majority of America still haven’t achieved it. I see now, why you sound like a GOPer. I too have mothers and grandparents that have worked all of their lives. I have worked ever since I was legally old enough to do so. I know what is like to lose jobs do to no fault of your own. I know what that feeling is like when your leader looks at the situation and basically goes “man it must be tough…” Obama simply told the truth about people’s emotional feelings. WHY IS THAT BAD??

Wow. This is really bad. Its spreading like wildfire, faster than the Jeremiah Wright stuff. This actually hurts a lot, because I have a lot of family in small town Virginia that were supporting Obama like I am, and just are very disappointed.

S,
You HAVE STILL YET to tell me WHY is Obama’s statement a bad statement. Is it untrue??? You keep trying to change the subject. I want to know why this is a big deal.
Oh, and Clinton panders, McCain panders, every politician does it. I still fail to see your point.

Latrice Jackson,
Its not as bad as you think. Don’t be surprised if Obama walks away a stronger candidate after this. Remember that the Wright situation helped narrow Clinton’s lead in PA to single digits.
Just looking at the stupidity of this story and how much it seems that Clinton is working with the RNC these days, I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama gains 10 more superdelegates next week.

I’m tired of Obama talking down to me. I hate it when he lifts his head and looks down his nose like he’s talking to dolts. He loves to flail his arms and point his fingers like a man possessed while he drones away.
What is he trying to prove anyway except that he’s above the rest of us?

This may work to open their eyes. If they see Obama’s campaign imploding, they may decide they don’t want to go down with it and switch their SD votes to Hillary. You know politicians. What’s best for THEM is what’s important, so YES, this may work in HILLARY’S favor. WooHoo! Keep talkin’ off-the-cuff Mr. Hope. Open mouth, insert Bali covered foot.

Democrat United,
Obama doesn’t understand. People do vote for candidates and issues that are matter to them. We’re not substitute the “real” issues to guns and religions as he suggusts.

So Obama told “the truth” at a fund-raising event with rich liberals in liberal San Francisco??? LOL!!! So why hasn’t he spoken “the truth” in the small towns he has been visiting for votes??? Why in front of rich liberal urbanites in San Francisco instead of in front of the voters he has mentioned?? Obama is a fraud!
Does anyone else see the mad SPINNING being done by the Obamatons???

sf2008,
That is not necessarily true. After the 2004 election where Bush won Ohio, the exit polls showed that bush won on moral and christian values. That sounds like religion over the issues to me.

That is not true and you know it!

Democrats United
I did silly. Re-read the post.

S,
All you have said is that Obama’s statement was pandering. Well, Clinton has done the same thing. Again, Why is this an issue?

The Republican National Convention is using this situation to deflect attention from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently, we’re spending more than $12 billion in this war, and the Republicans will shout at anyone to deflect attention from their party’s responsibility in the war. We need to choose better leaders in the coming election. We cannot afford McCain’s “100 years” of war. My friends in Iraq are witnessing the deaths of their friends. Let us remember how this all started – with President Bush and his followers.

If local reporters ask these members of Congress what they think of Obama’s remarks, that could extend this story and hurt him with all-important superdelegates. That’s the NRCC’s hope, anyway.
Republicans want Hillary as the Dem. nominee. Lets take a good look what they could use against her in a GE?
she was once 1 of them

Obama’s “bitter” comments are poison for any Democrat with a small town constituency (meaning most Democrats in Congress). Obama is out there trying to defend his words, saying things like, “I didn’t say it as well as I should have.” The problem is not how he said it, the problem is the substance of what he said, which is equating pro-gun, pro-religion, and anti-immigration attitudes with bitterness and frustration. He needs to say “I was wrong.” He cannot go around saying “I was right, but said it wrong.”
Obama’s supporters are complaining that Hillary is hammering Obama with this. Of course she is, she has to. She has to make it clear that she does not agree with Obama, because the Republicans are already trying to pin Obama’s words on all Democrats. Democrats have to strongly condemn these words in order to stay viable in small town America.

Hey Bush does the truth hurt so lets shut up the truth. John McCain keep letting our service personel keep dying for a war that we dont belong in.
Americans have felt for a very long time that washington does not listen . and we are bitter and we are tired of the deal making going on with little to no thought of the people who put them there…
washingtn Elites have plenty of money. If they lose their spot in washington they can sell out and make millions being lobbyist. Where small town America just doesnt have a chance in Hell to survive what you people deal out.
Obama 08

Wow, this is really becoming a …..
wait for it….
…a Non-story. Of course the RNCC is hopping on this, because they know their base is in rural America and they need stop the bleeding of their constituents.

democrats united>
>>>>> BUT IT’S OK FOR B O
to smear Hillary’s name for her association with Walmart’s Board….and imply that their lack of unions is her fault.
Well, if that’s true , then the association of Michelle’s job and her quarter of a million dollar income from Tree-house should be considered equally offensive.
What’s sauce for the goose, etc. etc.
As for Walmart in those days:
When you shopped at a Walmart, the clerks were pleasant and the working conditions were clean and well organized.
I don’t know how much the clerks were paid… probably no more no less than those who worked in other big box stores…
But I know they earned Walmart stock along with their paychecks, and in the front of each store was a big sign showing the worth of that stock as it rose and it rose on a daily basis.
So maybe in those days, they didn’t NEED a union because when those employees retired , they all had a smile on their faces and a lot of valuable stock in their portfolios.

Democrat United,
Most of Clintons money was made AFTER they left the Whitehouse through book deals etc. They have also been working for 20 or so years longer than GOD.

Hey S IF YOU CAN’T SEE WHAT’S GOING ON THEN YOUR JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE POLITIANS THAT HAS SOLD AMERICA DOWN THE RIVER DO US ALL A FAVOR DON’T GO IN TO POLITICS. STAY HOME AND BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND

Casey is finished and he will not even come out and issue a statement in our defense. Any superdelegate who comes out in Obama’s defense on this, or takes too long to issue a statement can kiss their a** goodbye in the next election.
I would rather cling to my guns and faith then sit in the pews of Wright for 20 yrs.
If Obama wants to discuss bitterness he should look in the mirror and then go find Michelle and Rev. Wright.
That is what bitterness really is.

The story here is Clinton’s despicable behavior. McCain is not much better on this one.
Obama will be the best President since FDR if not Lincoln. And I can’t wait to see the look on Cheney’s face when President Obama is sworn in- God willing.

Just as a follow up, it may well be a fact that some people are bitter because they lost their job. Had Sen. Obama said THAT, then he wouldn’t have cause such a stir. But he LINKED that bitterness as to why people support the other issues. That is what was wrong with his statement.

OF COURSE OBAMA said what he said.
Any YES, he meant it the way he said it! It did sound sort of arrogant and condescending.
I should know, I was there in Marin when he said it.

Obama now has a coverup problem. He clearly views conservative voters as rationality challenged by religion and parochialism. Though he feels that way, he now suggests he never intended to say such a thing. His credibility now stands negatively affected. His spinmasters further erode his credibility by failing to concede this makes him unelectable.

Sounds like the NRCC is trying to goad Democrats into rallying to Obama’s defense. They’ve been gaming our primary all along.
*****A

jgaw said:foolish and emotional is to blame president bill clinton issues on Hillary
one minute you obama supporters are talking about how insignificant she was as first lady
and on the other hand-you talk as if she was responsible for everything that happened in bill’ presidency.
She takes credit for the good in his administration so why not the bad? You Hillary Clinton supporters are just mad because your cnadidate is behind and every opportunity she gets to exploit something she does. She is dirty and arrogant as well. She thought the contest would be over by February 5th, um WRONG!!! Now instead of being proactive she has to be reactive. She can’t even run her own campaign in a decent and orderly fashion. How can she run an entire nation? If this is any indication of what we will see in the White House then you can keep it.

orlando fl,
I know you would like to have a say in this-but according to dean and co.
(obama supporters one and all)
you are on punishment and you have been silenced.

Psst….Bush won with the rural vote.
What idiot would insult them, their religion, and their sport or source of food, who they vote for, why they vote for them, as well as insulting them for rightly blaming globalization, all the while calling them racists at least twice in the whole quote?
A candidate looking for a scapegoat for his racism….that’s who.

Are Democrats willing to go down with Obama? Carville said Richardson is a liar. Who do you believe. The newly goateed one is a flaming liar.

The Bible says alie will find you out.I believe obamas lies are finding him out.I believe that the likes of Dean,Kennedy and Dashall,Kerry,and Pelosi have done more damage to the Democratic party than we can overcome for years to come.I can only hope all of them get booted out when the REpublicans win the General and we can all thank them for four more years of great things for the rich. But then we will have to hear the whining from the blacks because unlike Bill Clinton,G Bush has done nada for yhem.

Senator Casey should rescind his endorsement of Obama immediately. Where does Obama get off making his derogatory comments about PA and small-town America? Casey ran on a pro-life campaign, but Obama is for partial-birth abortion and vetoed manadatory life-saving treatment for babies born alive during an abortion. Obama and his campaign forgets that he supported the Nafta expansion bill in 2007.