Obama Corrects ‘Obama bin Laden’ Slip

Surely that was a setup by the Obama camp to distract voters from the ongoing issues and garner sympathy. Politics as usual.

lol so now the AP is in the tank for Obama. You guys are funny.

I don’t know why he doesn’t go after Hillary in the same manner. If Obama even slips or slightly trips, she is there to push him down and wipe the floor with him. Her disgraced husband and her supporters and classless surrogates are all right there, ready to pounce another Democrat.
He, on the other hand, does not do that to her. He ALWAYS lets these stories in the news go by WITHOUT even a whisper or comment from the guy. He better slam her come Wednesday night on this Bosina stuff, the elitiest crap and other junk or he will lose my support.
Anyone with even half a brain knows, an elite person is someone who makes MORE than 100 in less than 7 years – I don’t give a damn if they were the ex-president or first lady – that is still TO much money… So, he better go after her on that. He better let her know, the only one out of touch is the person that would vote against a bill that would make it easier for people to get out of debt if they so chose that method.
Therefore, she is the elite person, she made over 100 million and she voted against the common man, now she better answer to the Amer. people who is the elite person of the two. STEP IT UP OBAMA! Stop being NICE, THAT S//T DOESN’T WORK WITH GHETTO STYLE POLITICIANS AND TACTICS………..
If he can correct and comment on stupid comments such as the above, surely he can take on the POOREST MANAGED CAMPAIGN IN MODERN HISTORY and its candidate – and a campaign run by seasoned vets…..

Did everyone get that. Was the mic on loud enough. She didn’t do it on purpose. Good to see he still has the water prop from the staged faintings

“clearly a bit agitated”? I was watching it and he didn’t interrupt him, he responded at the end of the question, smiling. What he interrupted was the apology to tell him it was alright and his answer broke the tension getting a lot of laughter before applause.
Come on. Even the google mews summary of Fox’s report on this was
“After a pause and a smile, he said “I think that was OSAMA bin Laden.””
You know if he was agitated they’d want to report it.

I think Obama is cracking up to be quite honest. This bitter-gate has damaged his campaign. You can see the stress on his face and the angst in his words.
But to be fair, this article is everything we Clinton supporters have been FURIOUS about since January.
Taking something like this and giving it national exposure doesnt help Obama and further fuels the fact he is not a mainstream american.
We Clinton supporters have put up with this type of behavior to bash Bill and Hillary for months, so part of us is GLEEFUL seeing Obama get roasted.
But mostly we object to this low kind of media mudslinging.

No, no, no, this is part of the -– part of the exercises that I’ve been going though over the last fifteen months,” Obama said, “Which is why it’s pretty impressive that I’m standing here.”
Obama is so arrogant…so impressed with himself. Elitist, out of touch.

I’m surprised Obama didn’t say that Singleton was “clinging” to “Obama bin Laden, because he lost his job in the factory. Obama you old marxist you.

Obama is so proud of himself! He is the chosen one, so he thinks. What a fake bunch of BS he is.

There is a story in USA today interviewing people who knew obama’s grandmother who said she never made negative comments about others or even swore. i think obama made that up.

Republican troll fest. (See ya when Obama has been sworn in as President.)

This guy is so full of himself. If he loses PA by more then 10 points, he should save himself and the democratic party and step aside.

E.L…..Obama has more class than the other candidates. he prefers to stick to the issues and not lower himself to personal attacks. The are a waste of energy. I think most of the people in this country are totally SICK AND TIRED of these personal attacks. We want to hear about the issues…

it is amazing that he is still standing with all the bias he has to overcome. This is why our country elects the least qualified candidates like George W Bush, its because we kill the real leaders with this foolishness

HERE IS A NEW QUOTE FOR THE DAY – NOT FROM BARACK BUT FROM MICHELLE -
“Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual – UNINVOLVED and UNINFORMED”.
Will these two never stop.

You wont see them they will be in Bosnia

Cindyct, if you like hearing about the issues perhaps you should tune into Hillary. She has a real solid grasp of the issues and knows how to convey them in a clear and succinct manner.

New quote for the day folks —-
Michelle Obama -
“Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as ususal – UNINVOLVED, UNINFORMED.”
Just gets better everyday for the Obama’s. Someone needs to tell them to stop.

Barack,
I can’t help but think that you are being repaid by forces of Karma, for suggesting that people go duck hunting with six shooters.
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Obama, no wonder the people are bitter!
No ducks on the table!
They thought they were supposed to use a six shooter to go duck hunting!
Dang, I’d be bitter too!
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I think some people may have missed out on American culture since 9/11 (at least in the south-east) where anyone with a name even remotely similar to Osama Bin Laden could be sure to receive as much ridicule as possible. If Obama seemed “too pat”, it could be because he is used to dealing with these kinds of slip-ups and/or that kind of ridicule.

It was a slip. It was handled as humor. It was handled smartly. Give him cred where due. That is called *grace*.
In September, we all have to go back to being bridge trolls, so remember what the Troll King teaches:
At the other side of the universe is the back of your head.

what a trickster that journalist was. it reeks set up. Like we fell from the last tunip truck. OH you can do better.
Hey how about OBAMA/OSAMA ticket to clear the confusion?

West Coast Mess — Leader of the brittle people!
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

Tomdavie,
Bittergate, that’s good.
Alternatives?
1) Bittercaca
2) Jumped the bitter shark
3) Bittereeeeeeeeeeoooooooowwwwwwwwwww!
4) Osama Bitter Laden
I think your Bittergate works best.
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Obama, bitter is as bitter does!
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I saw this, and I can’t imagine anyone describing Obama as “clearly agitated”. He didn’t interrupt hiim. He merely corrected the guy and kind of laughed it off. I don’t know why the press has to report everything in this breathless tone. It was a simple mistake, the guy who made it was clearly embarrassed, and Obama let it pass pretty quickly.

No, no, no, this is part of the -– part of the exercises that I’ve been going though over the last fifteen months,” Obama said, “Which is why it’s pretty impressive that I’m standing here.”
It means with all this hoopla about Osama confusion, we are behind him and that is not only me but 1.3million people that have contributed to help him get here. That I call impressive by the hugest margin. I am sure he is impressed by the people that are keeping him go strong every day in the rallies, blogs, talk shows, town halls, etc…Stop hating if you have difficulty listening or don’t understand much of anything that is being said. Or, you choose to be ignorant.

I’m always impressed by Obama’s abilities as a speaker. Probably because I wish our leader was a bright person.
On the other hand, I think Bush supporters ought to be embarrassed by their support of their idiot.
Give me an elitist over an idiot any day of the week.

Kevin -
Never said she said it today. Actually it was in one of those “he is the one” speeches at UCLA.
Point being is the attitude and arrogance.
Cindyct – that is not the context of the speech. I don’t know about you but I was informed and involved way before Senator Obama showed up in our political life. Being involved is a personal choice.

Marla,
I doubt that Obama was clearly agitated. I think it probably just left a bitter taste in his mouth.
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Obama, the King of Bitterdom!
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He is so in touch he thinks you hunt duck with a pistol. omg.

BR,
Obama is talking about those people that don’t own six shooters, and therefore cannot go duck hunting. ROFLMAO, six shooters.
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Obama, hunter-in-chief!
Popping lil’ ducks with a six shooter!
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cindyct,
It’s ok when the media attacks Hillary but when The Chosen one puts his foot in his big “YES WE CAN” yap it should be glossed over. Tell him to keep his mouth shut if he doesn’t want his elitist views criticized.

B.S. Set up.

Look at the Obama Snob cartoon. Too funny!
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/11/photoshop-of-the-week-typical-liberal-snob/

So racist America hating Hussein O is already in deep doo doo and then slanders 80% of the American public. Too bad there is still 20% of the population (anti-americans) that constantly clean his mouth and butt with their tongue.
Daniel, your few pennies haven’t helped Hussein that much. The real money has comes from the Oil/Pharma companies, the billionaires, along with the millions he collects through his web sites (from terrorists) in the middle east. As he said, he doesn’t have to tell you who sends him the money. The blind, deaf and ‘dum’ democrats will never ask anyway. At least he knows the racist America haters and enemy supporters (aka traitors) well.

What MORONS!!!
When did Obama ever say he is please with himself?
JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY IT 1,000,000 TIMES DOESN’T MAKE IT TRUE.

Owen Hill,
Too bad you had to go through all those things, but the man from Harvard is going to rescue you, and put some duck right on your table.
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Obama: let them eat duck! (Snake is too bitter).
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OMG you Obama supporters are pathetic. Just because someone will not vote for this fraud DOES NOT MEAN it is because of his SKIN COLOR. Get over it. Most people don’t give rat’s behind what color he is. They don’t trust him!

Obama is right, it is pretty impressive that he was standing there. What a blessing it is to see a black man in this position. God Bless You Obama! Our Prayers are with you!

http://www.blogofascists.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/14/3637653.html
a little something for your reading pleasure. Since the Clinton’s want to capatilize on Obama, let us now examine some of the comments Willy has made and how about the Ice Princess herself – Im sure stay at home moms would love to know what she thinks of them! Let the games begin…

BR, he actually said that, trying to put down Clinton. Of course, McCain’s campaign has already announced that Obama doesn’t even know that you don’t go duck hunting with a six shooter.
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Obama, out of touch or elite?
You decide.
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Hillary will not bow out of this race. This will go to convention.
Go Hillary 08

chris,
I am not a big fan of reading comments by people who revise history. She was never suppose to beat Oblameless big in Tx.
He out spent Mrs. Clinton 4/5-1 in Tx. and Oh. and still couldn’t beat her.
If your candidate has such a lock on the nominee then why doesn’t he beat her in big electoral college states?
He only beats her in blood red states and caucus states. You really think he will expand the base in November with the youth and first time voters. Give it up, this HAS never happened and WILL never happen.
Why has your boy been trying to get HRC to get out of this race prematurely?
The bloom has come off the rose my friend. A big loss in PA will raise some SERIOUS doubts about Obambi’s elect ability among the s.d.’s
My Advice, prepare for the fall early and often.

Incoming News
Al Gore and Jimmy Carter will endorse Obama
This will be the final blow to the Clintons

Vanessa,
I’m glad you are reading the scotsman.com. There’s a real source for you. I’ve already complained to ABC for their sloppy reporting. Read the article, it disavows itself at the bottom, saying the content could not be substantiated.
You are a good Obama representative, though, a purveyor of nonsense.
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Obama, for bitter people like Vanessa
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LA in Indiana,
Why can’t Obama close the deal? Oh, yeah, I forgot, according to you the people of Pennsylvania are the same as the Ku Klux Klan.
Axelrod, is that you?

I actually read about this on foxnews.com
I’m guessing this will happen after PA
either way
This will be the final blow

Sure J, tell that bs to the hillary sheeple that believe it.
Most people already knw Klansylvania won’t vote for Obama.
Posted by: LA in Indiana ————–
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If I didn’t know any better I would think you were Obama. Typical Obama supporter bs.

I’ve seen it, too, and the “pictures” do not show the story as your reporters have written it. The story above portrays Obama and testy and exasperated. That IS NOT what happened. Where are the editors at ABC – ABC is starting to be just another unfiltered Internet news source.

You know what, I am a Republican and I don’t like other races, or other beliefs.
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Don’t you know we just want to make America as homogeneous as possible!
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graduate of ivy league schools, a millionaire at 46 without ever holding a real private sector job, he has lots to complain about.
cry me a river obama

Wow. Are people really eating up this garbage that you shouldn’t vote for a man because of his name? Something that none of us have any control over?
Seems to me like everyone here roasting Obama here after he’s had to put up with this nonsense (and it is nonsense) about his name have an agenda for another candidate or party.
I don’t think Obama might necessarily be the best candidate. But if you can’t beat him on the issues and then resort to trashing him because his name sounds foreign and rhymes with “Osama”, I think we sadly might deserve another 8 years of Bush.
If you don’t like his policies, say so. Don’t go around making stuff up about his name or how he is “elitist” (and this coming from Hillary Clinton, of all people. What a Joke).

Get out Hillary I need you to get out how else am I going to beat you in Pa.

br…if you call priveleged, his gradnparents mortgaging their home to send him to college and Barack just apying off his college loans this year…then you’re right he is priveleged….but he sure doesn’t make $100 million a year.

hey, what did i miss, i just got back from duck hunting with my pistol!
what happened while I was gone?

For those of you who think this guy is in the tank for Obama… he is a major republican donor.
If it was on purpose…and it sure seems from the stories about this guy he is pretty slimy… so it could’ve been on purpose but the reaction you got from Obama and the crowd is exactly how it will work in the general. He makes a joke defuses a moron statement and the crowd laughs with obama and thinks the other guy is an a##.
We have seen this same scenario play out over and over with this primary … it always backhands the person who tried to play the “oops. did I just slander Obama. Love the National polls went up for obama today.

Remember America a victory for Obama is a victory for McCain. Obama can not win.
Go Hillary!!!!

Good for Obama.

Obama supports Jimmy Carter meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Mashal, while Democratic and Republican leaders are condemning Carter for the meeting. “Hamas terrorists are responsible for the murders of at least 26 American citizens—some of them teenagers, children and infants,” write Reps. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Shelley Berkley (D-NV), along with their colleagues, in a bipartisan letter to Carter asking him not to meet with “the man who ordered their deaths.” Obama’s friends include Rezko, a Syrian, home to many terrorists, Khalidi, labeled a member of the PLO by the state department in the early 1970′s, Edward Said, now deceased supporter of the PLO. Obama, supporter of Arab terrorists, not small town Americans. Our Manchurian candidate..”I am what you have been waiting for”…must be on the reporters brains, too bad they can’t report what they really know…

Vanessa, If Al Gore endorses Oblameless, all of his credibility on the environment and global warming will be out the window.
Do you really think Gore would jeopardize his life’s passion by throwing his support behind an empty suit?

It would be nice if people who are screaming about Obama being “elitist” and insulting to small town Americans actually bothered and read what he said.
You know, read the 4 or so paragraphs of his whole answer. To have context. I know it goes beyond listening to the 20 second, 2-line sound bite on ABC, CNN etc. But it helps if you are really interested in what he was actually trying to say.
Truth is, however, many of the people blasting Obama here made up their mind about him long ago. They were just looking for a bone to gnaw at so they can tear him down and “prove” to everyone they were right all along.
Well, it’s the nature of politics and the nature of people sadly. Political discourse in this country is about as mature as a 5th grade schoolyard yelling match.
I’m voting Obama because no matter what you say about him, he consistently tries to raise the bar of politics in this country, as opposed to it being about sound bites and the big “scandal” of the week. Really folks, if he can stay away from Hillary’s sniper fire bit (which anyone could have exploited for political advantage) then the man is either a total fool or he’s trying to act on principle.
I like that kind of character personally. Even if I am called “delusional”, “stupid”, or “suckered in by the Obama cult” for it. Judge people by their actions I always say. That’s in the Bible you know (and it makes perfect sense).

Vanessa,
Really, because I don’t see it on Drudge, and if it ain’t on Drudge it doesn’t exist. Bogus story.
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Obama supporters are dreamers!
Dream on, dream on!
A mighty speech is a comin’
Obama will say or do anything to avoid getting elected as President
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It is so incredibly irritating how you “Obama feet lickers are so blind to the truth!!
I am completely P.Od about his Pa. Comments! We are not bitter people! If the Fool would have taken the time to tour our state- not just a couple of ghetto areas outside of Philly- He would know that Pennsylvania has thousands of small, Beautiful, Quant, well cared for towns, villages and hamlets from one corner to the next! We are the very defination of Americana!! To live here is the American Dream!! Town after town you will find Happy, Prosperous Folks, ( Sorry to tell you Obama ) We do not hide behind our “Guns” or Cling to our ‘Religion” as Obama would like to portray us . But then how could he possibly continue to Tout his message of Hope- or convince shallow minds that He is the Coming Saviour ??
How insulting it is for him or anyone to speak of us as if we were poor forgotten refugees hiding and waiting for him to come and rescue us from ourselves!!
And a word of caution to you “Barack Hussein Obama”- Those folks who do carry guns and cling fast to their ways of life- do not look upon you as anything more than A radical ,Afro-American whose Church members hate whites and blame us for 9/11!! This doe not go over very well in families who lost loved ones because of a mid-east radical with a very similar name to that of Obama-Osama- Barack Hussein- Sadaam -Hussein-Bin Ladin Iraq- etc.
-these folks still have loved ones at war! We consider ourselves American-Americans! We do not have hidden secrets or links to terrorists! And we do not like being labeled as “Bitter” or spoke of as if we are lost ,fearful, Citizens !! Especially by An inexperienced, arrogant, Half-american named Barack Hussein Obama! !!

If you read the article,
Gore and Carter are endorsing Obama because of the tone of the Dem party at this moment
Clinton has no one but to blame but herself
The article also quotes Carter and Gore are in talks of when to endorse
Both are planning to meet with Clinton privately
If she refuses to drop out… I guess its then they will take action
When asked about Carter and Gore possible endorsement of Obama
The Clinton campiagn quoted…
“This is an incredibly close race and there are still millions of voters who haven’t cast ballots yet. We think every voter should have a chance to have their voice heard”
I’m guessing the endorsement will happen after PA
Gore could care less about “credibility”
He cares about the party

I can’t take Obama seriously. How can a man who went to Harvard and whose wife went to Princeton complain about how tough life is. It must be tough to go to one of the most elite colleges on the planet and have a couple million dollars in the bank.

Has any one really checked Obama out? Do you guys see who his friends are and the people he has been associated with? I would think that you Obama supporters would be a little concerned. He does not hang out with the best of people.

Let’s talk about real issues. This article is a waste.
I’m not voting for Obama because he is a globalist who says America should have no borders. I’d rather have an American like Ron Paul preserving our sovereignty and borders. Ron Paul is still electable. McCain isn’t nominated. That happens in the convention.

I just don’t want anyone that is not of my race in the White House.
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I’m not bitter that he is gonna win.
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Boy, Senator Obama can stop a person dead center when that person makes an incorrect remark but when he does it, why, it doesn’t matter. He simply sweeps it under the rug as unimportant and them become very angry when other people are offended by his statements. When is this man going to learn, this sort of thing is a two-way street. What you say wrong should and will come back to haunt you. Speak correctly the first time or be called down. And sometimes, an apology is not enough.

Hey ! I don’t care if Barack Obama is full of himseof or not. at this point who gives a fu…I want my job back…and if a humble or arrogant person can give it to me…I’m voting for them…period. I swear some of you kill me with this bash obama crap. Hillary did not bring jobs to new york but rather since she’s been here we’ve lost 30,000 jobs in upstate alone. John Mccain admittedly knows nothing about the economy…ok..enough of the silly season…this politics stuff was all to intriguiong until I filed my taxes today and realized I made exactly HALF of what i made last year… I’m voting for the new guy…

Clearly that was a set up by the Republicans who have many times did the slip. From Huckabee to McCain, from Bush to Chaney. It is so obvious who the real name callers are.

Obama was at a secret San Francisco fundraiser at the home of highly devout Sunni Muslim Sohaib Abbasi..Obama supports Jimmy Carters meeting with Hamas, even though members of Congress and the State Department are speaking out against Carter meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Mashal, “Hamas terrorists are responsible for the murders of at least 26 American citizens—some of them teenagers, children and infants,” write Reps. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Shelley Berkley (D-NV), along with their colleagues, in a bipartisan letter to Carter asking him not to meet with “the man who ordered their deaths.” Obama’s friend Rezko is Syrian, home to terrorists, Obama’s friend Khalidi was labeled a member of the PLO by the state department in the early 1970′s, Obama, the manchurian candidate…he cares for the Arab terrorists of the world, not small town Americans..
Note to Vanessa: just guessing that Obama doesn’t want Carter’s endorsement, and their is a HUGE segment of democrats and Americans that think Jimmy Carter is an idiot, if not an anti-semite. Although Carter may be the only guy around ready to endorse Obama right about now…

Obama is Elitist? While Obama was taking out student loans to go to Harvard Law and working for civil rights, Hillary was sitting on the board of directors at Wal Mart working only for corporations. Harvard and any other top school is NOT cheap, so coming out of school a quarter of a million dollars in debt is not elitist. Hillary said all the states Obama has won, “don’t matter”. Hillary says everyone who has lost their job is “optimistic” (yeah right). Hillary says we shouldn’t disenfranchase Michigan and Florida voters (which is the opposite of what she said a year ago when she agreed their delegates would not be seated) yet tells North Dakota’s pledged delegates they can switch sides, thus disenfranchising all those who voted for Obama. Hillary voted for the Iraq war and now says she was “misled”. Hillary voted for NCLB, then says “Bush mismanaged the program”. Hillary supported NAFTA for a decade and now says she was privately opposed. Hillary says she was fired at in Bosnia (a year after the war ended, no less) and now says she “mispoke” (NO one forgets being fired at) even as those who were there contradicted her story (including the little girl who gave her the poem). Hillary says she supports universal healthcare, yet takes more money from the pharmaceutical and health care industry than any other member except one. Hillary claims to have foreign policy experience, yet angers the Irish over her comments about the peace process, angers Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia over her comments about sniper fire, can’t pronounce Medvedev’s name, and didn’t know Musharaff wasn’t up for re-election. I’ve seen no evidence that she knows anything about foreign policy. What has Hillary not lied about? Where does Hillary really stand? Based on these facts alone including countless others, is why Obama has my support. Obama worked his butt off to get where he’s at and understands what the average American goes through on a daily basis. Student loan repayments can be half your monthly paycheck. Obama could have worked for a large firm and made millions. He could have lived a much cushier life style. Hillary is the elitist. Hillary is out of touch to not believe people are bitter. Hillary is the reason so many jobs have gone overseas. Hillary is responsible for the Iraq War. She’s made a lot of “mistakes and mistatements”. Somewhere in there people have to realize that as much as Hillary wants to shift the responsibility for her actions, take credit for all the positive accomplishments of her husband and Congress, while shifting the focus away from her lack of judgement and failures. Hillary tells everyone who is to blame for their problems and talks a lot of dirt about everyone else, but never do you hear Hillary answer a question straight nor do you hear her talk about how she plans to implement her policies or her ideas. OBAMA 08!!!!!!

Get a grip… these Obama bloggers are professional campaign staff… this guy doesn’t believe in our country and therefore doesn’t deserve to be president

Senator Oboma is so impressed by himself that his ego is bigger than a l6 wheeler but his intergity is smaller than a thimble. He has not proven himself as a leader since being elected to political office in south Chicago. The place has not improved under his leadship. He is simply an over-ambitious politician wanting power without the judgement, experience, honesty and policies to get elected. Hope voters wake up soon. He has nothing to offer America except his ego.

Sorry Paul, but I have just two things to say to you:
1) Pay attention and get the entire story before you open your pie hole.
Obama DID apologize in case he offended anyone (although I don’t know why anyone would be offended by that true comment. More likely they should be offended by the way they’ve been treated and IGNORED by this administration, which is what Obama was referring to.
2) Learn how to spell.

John Baer: Decades of working-class neglect – now that’s insulting
By John Baer
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Political Columnist
SOME THOUGHTS on the latest diversion of Campaign ’08, a campaign apparently hell-bent on keeping the nation mired in its own stupidity.
As a native-born, small-town Pennsylvanian, a son of native-born, small-town Pennsylvania parents – one from the coal region, one from Lancaster County – let me assure you that the so-called offensive, condescending things Barack Obama said about the people I come from are basically right on target.
“Bitter” perhaps best describes my late mother, an angry Irish Catholic who absolutely clung to her religion.
Dad, also a journalist, wasn’t really bitter as far as I know, but he sure liked to hunt.
So, despite carping from Hillary Clinton and annoying yapping from her surrogates (really, it’s like turning on the lights at night in a puppy farm), I take no offense.
What’s offensive to me is suggesting that small-town, working-class, gun-toting and/or religious Pennsylvanians are somehow injured by a politician’s words.
Are you kidding me?
They’re injured all right, but the injury is long-term and from lots more than “just words.”
They’ve been injured from decades of neglect by political cultures in Washington and Harrisburg driven by special interests.
They’re injured by a system of isolated, insulated political leadership that protects itself and the status quo above all else.
They’ve been harmed by a lack of political guts to fix a health-care system that works against the poor and forces middle-class families to pay more for less, while at the same time giving politicians the best coverage taxpayer money can buy.
They’ve been taken for granted by political parties and candidates who stay in power by – and this was the apparent gist of Obama’s remarks – forcing attention and debate on issues tied to guns, religion and race (precisely because such issues resonate) rather than real problems such as health care and the economy.
They’ve been consistently made fools of by their own elected representatives who, year after year, pull fat salaries ($169,000 for every member of Congress; $150,000 in salary, perks and benefits for every state lawmaker) with automatic raises no matter how little gets done.
A new Associated Press poll shows Congress’ approval rating at 23 percent. And don’t even get me started on the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Insulting?
What’s insulting are the sizes of salaries and perks of politicians in a state where the median household income is $43,714.
What’s insulting is the ongoing failure of elected “leaders” to deal with long-term, working-class worries while insuring their own futures with hefty, over-rich pensions.
And, look, what Obama said, given a charged atmosphere close to a critical primary, was ill-advised – not because he’s wrong, but because it changes the discussion.
The 24-hour broadcast-news cycle will jabber on this for days – the irony being that Obama’s “words,” which had positioned him so well, now threaten to trip him up.
Another irony is that the candidate running to effect change where change is needed, and to offer hope to those without it, is suddenly tagged as somehow diminishing those he seeks to serve.
So the question is whether Obama effectively defuses this, as he did the controversy surrounding his former minister. And that remains to be seen.
Just don’t tell me that he insulted a state or, given his background, that he’s an out-of-touch elitist.
And I especially don’t want to hear such arguments from a candidate who spent decades in the bubble of a governor’s mansion, the White House and the U.S. Senate, and under the blanket of $109 million income during the last eight years.
Pennsylvanians might cling to religion and guns. I hope they don’t cling to stupidity.
Send e-mail to baerj@phillynews.com.
For recent columns, go to
http://go.philly.com/baer.

Poor Mr. Singleton had a simple slip of the tongue that he did not realize he even had. Senator Barack Obama, clearly showing his arrogant side, used the innocent slip of the tongue as an opportunity to brag about himself and play the race victim. He does impress himself easily doesnt he! A man with this large a chip on his shoulder would make a bad President.

Oh for Pete sake, do people honestly believe that the board chair of the Associated Press would go on camera and call the likely democratic nominee for president—that name—as a favor? Get real. Obama didn’t make a big deal of it. He kept it low key and corrected it with a smile. Every podium everywhere offers the speaker a glass of water. Both dems have been talking for fifteen months during this long primary. People get dry throats. How do you spell desperate?

Is there video of this? It’s usually in Obama’s face that we see his arrogance and disdain.
I guess he can only see the humor of his unusual name when HE’s the one making it work to his advantage.

The amount of money doesnt determine whether or not someone is an elite individual does it? I guess millionaire rappers are elitists by this theory.

Sen. Obama is not arrogant at all. He really needs to push back on this sort of thing, even where it’s accidental. There are too many yahoos out there who insist on thinking Obama is a Muslim terrorist.
Why, some of these yahoos may be among us right now, even as we speak!

When you find “elitist” in your dictionary, you will see the irony of McCain calling Obama elitist.
McCain, who dumped his first wife who waited for him when he was a POW, to marry a very wealthy woman who funded his campaigns, and now wants to be the next in a series of white male presidents, is an elitist.
Clinton, former first lady who wants to keep her own family in charge of this country is even MORE elitist.
Barack Obama, who has built the largest grassroots campaign in history, made up of the most diverse constituency in history, is FAR from being an elitist.

Obama Bin Laden?
Hussein?
How about Malcom O?

Obama, Osama, I don’t think one letter makes the difference. Sooner or later people will find out there’s not much difference.

geevil, DCVoter, WestCoastMessanger, HillLovers, you know that Hill the Bosnian General is unlectable. Take it easy and rally behind the winner. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

There’s way too many adjectives to describe this arrogant man: halfwit, dunce, dolt, dimwit, moron, ignoramus, ninny, boneheaded, numbskull, airhead, nitwit, peabrain, bozo, twerp, schmuck, oaf, dingbat, lambrain, ditz, numbnuts, lummox, knucklehead,doofus, imbecile,simpletoon, nincompoop, dummy, witless, dopey, indolent, fatuous, brainless, foolhardy,phony, deceiver, sanctimonious, dull, slow, dubios, absurd…….That people is Barack Hussein Obama.

Maybe they’re related!

BKMC – Which God? Oh, Wright, you mean Mohammad.

for those of you that still have a problem with barak’s middle name, it mean’s “beautiful boy” for your information!!!

tomdavie, paging tomdavie. Please come to the front desk to pick up your integrity.
Thank You

Was Nedra Pickler there?

I see that dogsoldier can find facts to support his prejudice. What made you think he is a muslim and worships allah? Or do you just like to bandy that around so you can influence the ignorant.
Do you also know that farrakhan did a march for bill clinton too. Forget that you are selective about the facts.

…. but the three names combined mean
“empty suit….. or is it “teflon man”…

sean – Politics. Some days they both play well and on other days both Obama and Hillary don’t play well with others.

Keith: What’s so classy about Obama? I find him very arrogant,a liar and a candidate who has to read other president’s speeches so he will be able to talk to the public. How could he possibly run this country if he can’t form a speech.

Incidentally Vanessa – you are totally WRONG about Gore and Carter endorsing or asking anything of Clinton – I just received the following message, which was a follow up of two other, very very rapid fire answers from the Gore’s Office – Between CNN folks answering in 5 mintues to Gore’s people answering the same, you suppose my Laundry List Of Lies has someone’s ear?
4/14/2008 5:59pm
Gore Office [info@carthagegroup.com]
“That story was inaccurate and the Scotsman has been contacted and we have asked for a redaction. Mr. Gore has not endorsed a candidate and he has not shared with us plans to do so.”
Here was the first letter and answer:
“Dear Whoever You Think You Are,
Stop trying to decide for us. It’s not your vote to cast – it’s not your election to win or lose.
It is OUR VOTE and OUR CHOICE. Do not ram down our throats an unqualified, reverse racist, Muslim/terrorist sympathizing amateur who left his District in Chicago more like Haiti after a plague, then Home on the range.
Lifetime Democrats across the nation have decided that if you do this, we will send a lesson to you all, in the DNC and out of it, locally, and nationally – force this person on us, and thus ensuring a Democratic loss, and we will not only vote Republican for the first time EVER, we will leave the party and NEVER look back. All our passion, efforts, support, and money will be going with us. The media has done enough damage in their attempt to sway the vote. They look a lot like Pravda with less objectivity.
Again. Let US decide who wins our Nomination. Not you.
Sincerely with as much respect as I can must right now”
and her reply:
Dear Sir,
That rumor is simply untrue. We are working to get a retraction printed.
Cheers, Kalee
then my followup and her reply again:
“Dear Kalee,
Thank you for your swift reply. I am so tired of the media doing this to us it is just awful. I have been a lifelong democrat and I just can’t take the idea that for all these years my heroes may be a lot less than what they seem. I hope you get the retraction – but if in the end, the endorsement or push is the same, we will not stand by the party’s decision. I am trying to be honest here. I have YET to meet a fellow Dem, or hear from one (and we are on SavagePolitics.com with huge hit numbers and I have a list of lies on Obama that has swept the internet!) that will vote with the party if they force Obama down our throats while overlooking Wright, Ayers, NAFTA, Khalidi, Rezko, Never Been Proud, Hands in lap and not on heart, Bitter remarks, arrogance and inexperience to boot. District 11 is a nightmare not to be forgotten the way that Obama did, for higher ground and ambition. The job he did in District 11 is not indicative of the type of job one would expect to receive a promotion for. You are promoted on merits that are PROVABLE and real. Not on flowery speeches and not on self-invented historical connections that never existed (a la Selma getting him born, 4 years after his birth, or President Kennedy helping his father come to the US – in September 1960).
We cannot abide by this force-feeding. Please, if you are an official, please look into the statements and try to see if they are false before slamming me for being a racist, or a bigot or a liar on my own part. I am not saying you will do that, but I get hate mail beyond belief, without the accuser ever checking a date, a time, or a fact.
Thank you again for your reply!
Respectfully,
and her answer – note it doesn’t defend Obama in the SLIGHTEST -
“4/13/2008 11:13pm
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR ANGER (emphasis added) and did not read anything into it other than your sincere concern. I am trying to get the record corrected, which is difficult in this environment!
Take care,
kalee
So if you are going to be a paid blogger, make sure your lies can’t be fact checked. You might want to pass that advice on to your boss. Dates, Times, Events, Facts, Figures – they are funny things – you can’t undo them, no matter how much Kool-Aid you pass out.
:)

If Hillary backers or MCCain backers said it he would ask for an apology .

Mokopane – That’s how you know an Obama groupie. They usually answer, go to the web site.

Does it matter Carter and Al Gore endorse him?
Jimmy Carter was not a good president.

Did’nt I tell you every time Obama got slammed he will ask for endorsement.

Hillary is lower than a snake: With her it’s a case of, if I can’t get the nomination I’ll make sure it’s as rough as possible for Obama.

Mokpane, there’s no question about it. This has become a campaign for 2012. What happens to America in the interim is not Hillary’s problem (in her mind). Watch: if she doesn’t figure out a way to steal the nomination this time, she’ll talk a HUGE game about how much she’s going to campaign for Barack but watch how much she’s actually on the stump and watch how hard she tries to pull her supporters back in. It’ll be yet another example of her saying one thing and doing another.

Russ G…you seem correct! It was a gaffe. AND there bare some real ignorant and stupid people responding to this….most would guess are either Hillary or McCain supporters! If you like Bush and this stupid war in Iraq, Vote for McCain and go enlist in the military and ask for “footsoldier” duty in Baghdad for the rest of your life….which will probably be short on the streets of Baghdad. AND REMEMBER HILLARY VOTED FOR THIS STUPID WAR! I served in Vietnam which was also a stupid war. We have had too many stupid wars and McCain would keep us in Iraq for a 100 years! And Hillary would be there cheering McCain on!

Obama doesn’t deserve his US Senate seat — let alone the White House.
His whole career is based on divisive lies, and back stabbing people, with an incredible capacity for being absolutely uninspiring.
It took Barack Obama more than a year to repudiate his former pastor’s radical, racially-charged anti-American tirades, but when it came to denouncing Don Imus for his racial slurs against the Rutgers girls basketball team, it took Obama only a day to demand the shock jock be fired.
How about Obama’s relationship with another racist Reverend? This one is Rev. Meeks. Check him out!
If Obama thinks this about “working class people”, then what does he think about a man who was born in a manger, who had no formal education, was basically homeless and wondered around speaking to strangers?
NO OBAMA! We don’t need a president who looks down on us — we need a president who stands up for us.
HILLARY 2008!

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Democratic Party on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission seeking to force the group to investigate whether Sen. John McCain has violated federal spending limits for his primary campaign.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court in Washington, is the latest move by the Democratic National Committee that seeks to prove the Arizona senator locked himself into campaign spending limits earlier this year.
The DNC claims McCain did so when he used the prospect of $6 million in federal matching funds as collateral for a December bank loan to his campaign.
But after it became apparent he would be the Republican presidential nominee, McCain notified the FEC in early February that he was not claiming federal matching funds. Claiming those funds would limit his spending on the primary campaign to $54 million. Watch more on the public financing controversy »
The DNC then filed a complaint with the FEC in February, arguing that McCain should be forced to accept the matching funds — and the spending limits that come with it.
DNC Chairman Howard Dean said that McCain not only used the prospect of the funds as loan collateral, but he also accepted automatic ballot access in every state — an advantage given to those who accept federal matching funds. Those who do not accept federal matching funds are forced to gain ballot access themselves — a task that can cost millions of dollars.
McCain, a chief advocate of campaign finance reform, sought the option of public financing last fall when his campaign was in dire need of money.
Don’t Miss
Dean: McCain skirts election law with campaign loan
Dems vs. McCain on campaign financing
Election Center 2008
The primary campaign officially lasts through the party’s convention at the end of the summer. FEC filings show McCain spent close to $60 million through the end of February, meaning a ruling in DNC’s favor would essentially leave McCain unable to campaign for the presidency over the next five months.
“Despite Sen. McCain’s apparent belief that the reforms he championed apply to everyone but himself, there is a compelling public interest in determining whether Sen. McCain agreed to participate in the matching funds program so he could get a loan for his campaign, then violated the terms of that agreement so he could ignore the spending cap and raise unlimited money from lobbyists and special interests,” Tom McMahon, the DNC’s executive director, said in a statement Monday.
The Republican National Committee called the lawsuit “total nonsense.”
“It is now clear that the trial-lawyer Democrats’ idea of campaigning for president is to hire lawyers and file frivolous lawsuits,” RNC spokesman Alex Conant said. “It’s unfortunate the DNC is now trying to drag the federal courts into their circus as well.”
According to FEC rules, the body has 120 days to act after a complaint is filed before court action can be taken. Less than half that amount of time has passed since the complaint was filed in February.
But the FEC is currently hamstrung by vacancies — four of the commission’s six seats are empty, and a deadlock between President Bush and the Senate has stalled nominees for those posts. With the absence of a quorum, the body is unable to act on any complaints filed.
The DNC says it hoped the lawsuit will compel the FEC to take action, but in the likely event the commission continues to lack a quorum, it will seek to sue McCain’s campaign directly.
The lawsuit comes just days after McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama for appearing to back away from his initial indication he would accept public matching funds for his general election campaign. McCain himself has left the option open of accepting matching funds this fall. Watch more on where the candidates are getting their money »
“He committed to it,” McCain told reporters on Friday. “So in direct contradiction to his rhetoric, he’s now saying well he may not do it. So facts are facts. Facts are stubborn things.
“I repeat my commitment to public financing if he will, and I call on him to keep his commitment that he made a year ago, and not flip-flop.
Obama has raised more than $230 million from about 1.3 million donors on the Internet since his campaign began last year.
McCain has raised approximately $80 million in the same period.
Should Obama and McCain accept public financing, they would be granted $84 million by the federal government and would be unable to spend any more. E-mail to a friend

I guess I’m not seeing where Sen Obama was “clearly agitated.” A bit of bias in that reporting, ABC?

Concerned: My point is this, how CONCERNED are we about REAL ISSUES? I vote on issues and vision, not blog innuendo or the McCain/Clinton mudslinging of late.

rs just posted…um..misstatements? Lies
rs said “Obama supports Jimmy Carters meeting with Hamas, even though members of Congress and the State Department are speaking out against Carter meeting with Hamas leader”
No rs, google is your friend even if the facts disappoint you. He put out this statement immediately on the announcement of Carter’s plans:
“Senator Obama does not agree with President Carter’s decision to go forward with this meeting because he does not support negotiations with Hamas until they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and abide by past agreements,”
rs said “Obama was at a secret San Francisco fund raiser at the home of highly devout Sunni Muslim”
Well first the fundraiser wasn’t secret. After campaigning in Oregon he did go to Southern California and there were several small fund-raisers at peoples homes. They weren’t publicized in the newspaper if that is what secret means but supporters in the area knew, whole neighborhoods were outside to greet him, the block was taped off by the police, that isn’t too secret.
People who went have written about all of them. At the one you posted about the daddy of a happy 4 year old posted her picture when Obama had picked her up to talk to her, She still tells her dad it was the best day of her life and they were just at Disney world-she liked this better. They were white, is that better?
What the heck, I just noticed the “manchurian candidate” part of the rs post. What strange crap people post, really.

To My fellow Hillary Supporters– Let’s ignore this hoopla. We know the BO campaign paid for this piece– just as a mere distraction/ sympathy piece. Let’s get back to making calls and making contributions to her campaign.
http://www.hillaryclinton.com
Please donate what you can!! :)

Obama-Osama, and Michelle will be history come the GE if he is the nominee, thank goodness! They are so tiring and never inspiring for sure.
McCain Wins!

oBAMA WAS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON, WENT TO PREP SCHOOLS IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII,YET HE CAN NOT SAY ANYTHING ROGHT WITOUT A WRITTEN SPEECH.OBAMA THINKS THAT ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT “GET HIM” IS IGNORANT AND BITTER.

To the people of Illinois: We are sorry but your little plot is not going to work. We do not want Obama or Michelle. Please take them back as quickly as possible.
cc: DNC

I never realized how much bigotry & ignorance this country posesses until reading these blogs during this presidential election process… more so over the last 6 months. It is truly stunning & pathetic!

I always knew there were many racist in the U.S., but I never had any idea HOW MUCH MORE racism there really is… AND THERE IS ALOT OF IT! Unbelievable! I can honestly say that the U.S. is a very racist country. It really sucks and its too bad. The good news is that I really think that the next couple of generations will eradicate racism immensely!

Paul– he has apologized several times since then saying that he is “very sorry if he offended anybody,” and that he did not choose his words well.

Gosh looks like we lost Emileanna after she got to read the link electronic intifada.net/ editorial-barack

maybe cater is going to obamas church lol

Do you know why Obama is in such a good position in this eletion till now?
#1, Hillary’s campaign made huge mistakes, they thought no one could beat her, they didn’t try hard in the early stage of the primary, and they only care about big states, so they gave Obama FREE RIDE in many states.
#2, People hate Bush adminastraion, so they want Democratic to win, they especially like Bill Clinton’s policy, so Obama copied Clinton’s policies, but tried very hard to bring out people’s hatred against Bill Clinton, so some voters diserted Hillary and voted for him.
There might be other reasons, but none of them are because this Obama is really a talented leader and he can really be a better president than all the president in the past. NO, Obama is nothing except for his luck. He’ll be the worst if he wins.

It doesn’t matter how much money you have, “Elitist” is an attitude. Obama made more money last year than I will ever have. His wife makes $300+ thou a year working for that hospital in Chicago. She got that big raise after Obama sent some pork home to the hospital from Washington.I guess between the two of them they will have to learn to live “poor” on a President’s salary.
He couldn’t care less about you white folks in small towns,after all you don’t like Blacks because they don’t look like you. All he wants is your vote so he can be the ruler and decider.
Hillary/Edwards ’08

I PRAY FOR OBAMA AND HIS CAMPAIGN. THAT IS ALL I NEED TO SAY. GOD BLESS OBAMA AND HELP HIM STAND THE WAY HILLARY AND MCAIN IS TREATING HIM LIKE HE IS AN UNINTELLIGENT PERSON. HE IS AN INTELLIGENT MAN THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA LOVE HIM AND WE WILL SUPPORT HIM ALL THE WAY. GOD BLESS OBAMA AND MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS GOES OUT TO HIM.

He looked bitter walikng off the stage…

sj/r.com Rezko Witness Says Obama Attended Party For Billionaire by Mike Robinson AP Legal Affairs Writer
WQAD Associated Press April 14 8:04pm
Star Witness At Rezko Trial Says Obama Attended Party

The one thing I have noticed is that Obama and his advisors or his supporters
never take resposiblity for anything they do or say.
Clinton did not hold a gun to Obama’s
head and make him say these things.
She didn’t have him chose Rev. Wright,
do business with Rezko, Lied about being
a law professor, saying he doesn’t want
his daughter punished with a baby, basically says people in small towns
are bigots with his anti-trade and anti-immagration statments, lies about not
taking pac money, wife says we are a mean country, first time she’s been
proud
II won’t vote for him

So? The Osama Bin Laden was a slip-up. Hey Barack, people do make mistakes…Maybe you and your American Idols dont think you make mistakes, but others do! I dont want a hypersensitive, inexperienced, race lecturer as my President. By the way, the next time your pastor curses America and Whites, please spare us the lecture on ‘Race.’ We dont need it, save it for your Church..You know the same one Oprah quit a few years ago..Take a hike, buddy!

Melissa – Oh please! You and your analogy sounds like a “fish that can’t swim”! Do you always compare apples to beets and oranges to pecans? Are you wake up and smelling the canibus? I think so! It must be some good Aurora Indica!

George “Walker” Bush / George “Washington” Bush… Get it! Close enough isn’t it? Simpleton!
No, it is not close at all. Ever hear of a rhyme? there is one letter difference between oBama and oSama..they rhyme. The slip has happened before, accidentally and deliberately and will surely happen again, accidentally and deliberately.
Both are Muslim names. Get over it.

mpwdc – My point is, after all the BS over his name, I would think if you are the “BOARD CHAIR” of the “ASSOCIATED PRESS” and a “LONGTIME NEWSPAPER EXECUTIVE”, it would be MUCH MORE difficult to make a mistake such as that one… wouldn’t you?
Even my 8yo niece would not perform such a blunder as that one. And she’s not even an Associated Press employee, much less a newspaper executive.
So put down the canibus sativa and get with the rest of us! :-) kiddin’.. but really not!
“OBAMA THE GREAT” in 08′ WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

Well.. how would you react if Obama ( heaven forbids) become a president and some foreign dignitaries will commit a slip on mistake and call him President Osama ,, the nemisis of the US becomes the president now. Name by itself is a factor to consider because the White House is not Hollywood. Obama is not running as Americna Idol.

Jackson – Issues aren’t being discussed because BIGOTRY & RACISM will always somehow intervene! Thats the bottom line!

GOD: it is obvious by your name that you think you have never made a mistake or have never misspoken. That’s wonderful, but you have made one flawed judgment by supporting Barack Hussein Osama..oops, I mean OBAMA>

mpwdc – Now what would make you think that I am a Barack Hussein Obama supporter?
It must be your high level of intelligence!
And it is for my high level of intelligence, the reason why I support Obama. I’m sorry, Barack Hussein Obama… as you would say.
“OBAMA THE GREAT” in 08′

ouch, another stone thrown at him

Wow!! You’ve come a long way baby.Only in America could a black man decended from mixed parentage come from nowhere to be labeled “elitest” by a pair of multi-millionaires who claim that they are in touch with the common man.Only in America can a black man with a name graced to him by his father long before “Osama” became a terrorist reply with such grace to an obvious slight,and still not be given credit .What a country!!!

O - OPTIMISTIC
B - BRAINY
A - ALLURING
M - MAGNETIC
A - ABLE

Vote McCain, feel the pain and don’t complain..because if you do complain you’ll be called unpatriotic..so Americans please vote McCain, feel the pain and don’t complain.

i believe many american are good smart people. BUT MANY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ARE SO NAIVE TO VOTE FOR HILARY WITH ALL THE ACADEMY AWARD PERFORMANCES.
SHE LIES ABOUT BOSNIA AND GETS AWAY WITH A “MISPOKE” EXCUSE AND HER HUSBAND REPEATS IT. SHE LIED TO ALL OF AMERICAN ABOUT IT!! WHY ARE YOU SMART WORKING CLASS PEOPLE NOT UP IN ARMS ABOUT THAT? OBAMA TRYS TO EXPLAIN YOUR FRUSTRATIONS AND YOU POUNCE ON HIM?
NO WONDER AMERICA IS GOING DOWN, AND WILL KEEP GOING DOWN. YOU ARE EASILY FOOLED BY POLITICIANS LIKE HILARY.
she is a rich lying selfish women who does not give a damn about working class people except to get their vote SO THEY CAN MAKE ANOTHER 109 MILLION!!!
HOW COULD A MAN WHO IS A MINORITY, GREW UP WITH A SINGLE MOM IN A POOR HOME BE ELITIST? ITS AMAZING HOW AMERICANS ALLOW HILARY TO INSULT THEIR INTELLIGENCE. HILARY NEVER WOULD TRY THAT NONSENSE UNLESS SHE THOUGHT AMERICAN ARE SO IGNORANT WITH A VERY SHORT MEMORY (CLINTON NAFTA, COLUMBIA, BOSNIA, IMPEACHMEN AND ON AND ON….)
CAN YOU FOR ONCE WAKE UP AND SEE A MAN LIKE OBAMA COMES AROUND ONCE EVERY 40 YEARS? YOU WANT YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED, THEN GIVE THE MAN A CHANCE, HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. OR ELSE YOU CAN VOTE FOR HILARY AND HER CLOSED DOOR BACKROOM DEALS, WHILE SHOWING A DIFFERENT FACE IN PUBLIC.
THIS IS A turning point in american history since the economy is breaking and so is the banks!!! if we dont turn around now, IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR AMERICA, TOO LATE.
SAVE THIS COUNTRY NOW IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN!!!
MCCAIN=4 MORE YEARS OF GEORG BUSH
HILARY=4 MORE YEARS OF POLITICS AS USUAL, INCLUDING LYING AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.
OBAMA=THE BEST CHOICE TO GIVE AMERICA A CHANCE, YES GIVE AMERICA A CHANCE!!!!

Earl & pet: WoW… at least this blog is beginning to offer some substance on the issues; along with open minded, but yet realistic, views as opposed to constant distortions filled with deception no matter what the topic.
It would be great if we had more refreshing views/outlooks such as yours!

Eric: Unfortunately,I think there are many who find it much more rewarding to talk about topics such as Obama, and his so-called Elitism or Obama’s word choice- bitter.
The real issues Iraq, Iran, gas prices, home foreclosures, economy, college tuition, global warming, social security, rising food costs, home heating costs, healthcare, etc.
But once again, there are so many shallow fools out there that just pounce on the “elitism” of a candidate- which is very much a false stereotype of Obama mind you.
I mean, can’t they just look around at their surroundings and notice that there are some real problems/issues surrounding them? Or is it just me? Am I not seeing the light?
Ok… Lights out!!
GOD BLESS!
GOD

(Demo Rules)ask-What does the Christian Community, think about Hillary, a future Presidential Canidate Taking Shots Of Whisky On Live News? What message is Hillary sending our kids!
sin all week and be forgiven on sunday just drop a few bucks in the plate on the way out…the kids know the game, Hillary did not do anything different than most of your (Christian Community) do daily………..

“Agitated”? I saw the video and I would not describe Obama’s demeanor as “agitated.” He appeared to frown for a split second, paused, and then said, “That’s Osama.” He then offered a clever retort. I think that is called “grace under pressure” rather than “agitation.”

Huffington Post did the Ap chief mis spoke? yes! could Sen. Obama use another word other than bitter to describe the fustrations of the White working class in Penn.? Yes! But Hillary Clinton Lied she made up a story and used it over and over again until she was caught, the press have not call her out on this fairytale story about snipper fire the way you’re blanketing the coverage over this bitter statement, Sen. Obama did not go around the country lying over and over again. Sen. Clinton did, can we say DOUBLE STANDERED??

MM, I have to agree with you. Clinton supporters are astonishing me with their accusations. All of which directly apply in more ways than a few to Hillary Clinton! I just can not understand it for the life of me.
They accuse Obama of being a liar, when Hillary has been caught up in so many lies , it’s not even funny anymore!
They accuse Obama of being an Elitist, when the only time during this entire campaign that Hillary really tried connecting with the every day people was this past weekend when she paraded around with them for the tv cameras while trashing Obama, not talking about bringing jobs to their area, lowering gas prices, improving education, in other words the real issues concerning the people she was pandering to. Hillary only cares about working class people when it is beneficial to her.
They accuse Obama of being unelectable, when the truth of the matter is, Hillary doesn’t stand a chance against McCain! The Republican Machine is going to air every dirty little secret and scandal in the Clinton camp and by the time they’re done with her, it’d be a miracle if she could get herself elected, dog catcher!
It’s a shame but what’s worse it the state this country will be in, in 4 years, if we allow Hillary to continue wasting our time!

I didn’t draw the same conclusion as many did on the “bitter” statement. The real issue is “what do voters really vote on”. I think he was saying since our politicians do not react to economic trials for the less fortunate Americans, voting on economic reasons are not important to the middle class. So we choose those things we feel we can make a difference in. Examples include religion, abortion, gay rights, rights to bear arms, etc. It appears these are the only issues the government will listen to. We really do have a big problem with the way our government do business and Senator Obama wants to change that.

“But he said it so I assumed I did”
Coward.
I said it, therefore you are apparently.

It’s all nonsense

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