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| B.O. rejects 'elitist' tag |
| 2008-04-15 |
 Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says his remarks about "bitter" working class voters "clinging to guns or religion" were ill-chosen. But the Illinois senator, who is leading his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, hit back at his opponents, accusing them of twisting his words for political gain. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 Talking about "angry people" yesterday crossing the street I passed in front of a stopped beautiful Candy-Apple Green car, I tapped on the window to say "Beautiful car" and got cussed out by the (Black) Driver, he obviously thought I was upset about something, or just had a chip on his shoulder, whichever it was he wasn't listening, so never heard "Nice Car" just whatever he wanted to hear. Too bad. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-15 16:04 |
| #19 What? I have no regard for the peasants? They are my people, I am their sovereign... I love them! PULL! Drifting to the left. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-15 15:45 |
| #18 McCain senior advisor Mark Salter: It's hard to keep a straight face when you're accused of being out of touch by a guy who thinks the whole country is worried about the high price of arugula or that you hunt ducks with a six shooter. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-04-15 15:14 |
| #17 I don't get it. Wouldn't he have to first be 31337 in order to be an 31_17157? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-04-15 14:24 |
| #16 Hoe DARE you peons call me elitist! |
| Posted by: Chief Running Gag 2008-04-15 14:16 |
| #15 John Dickerson at Slate: Obama has not helped himself in his efforts at damage control. First, he said he was just telling the truth, but edited the truth he was telling... Obama then argued that he was really complimenting small-town voters. At the CNN Compassion Forum Sunday night, he said, "you know, Scripture talks about clinging to what's good." This works only if you close your eyes to the rest of Obama's original sentence, since surely he wasn't saying it's a good thing to cling to xenophobia and racism... |
| Posted by: RD 2008-04-15 13:29 |
| #14 So now we know that he walks like a duck. His comments in SF shows that he talks like a duck. His mentor Rev. Wright shows that he hangs out with ducks. Any reasonable conclusions to make? That hillarity is out there behind a blind with a 6 shooter? His words, not mine! Watch out o-hole, I hear she is like Annie Oakley - you know, cabin trash. Seriously, but the all-factory reigns down since I don't think I have misheard you on at least 15 important points. He has had so many mulligans that he might even be able to beat Kim Jong in a round of golf. When are the richies going to realize that he has pandered to so many bases that it will be timewise impossible to repay all favors so they are not going to get their money's worth? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-04-15 10:59 |
| #13 In non-political speak, "He told how he felt when he shouldn't have." |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-15 10:36 |
| #12 elitist n. - Someone who believes in rule by an elite group. Let’s cut through the crap here. Senator Obamas’ sweeping generalization may have seemed as an offensive reference to all people from rural America. However, in reality he was focused on the specific target demographic of “Staunch Union Democrats”. These are the guys at the end of the bar that voice legitimate complaints such as government intrusion, high taxes, and gun-grabbers. Yet, year after year, these same guys will predictably vote for the candidate with a “D” after their name. And usually it’s for no specific reason other then these candidates profess to “Represent Labor”. The Democrat power-brokers, such as Obama (And ironically Senator Clinton), know that without union influence it’s difficult, if not impossible, to manipulate this group for their greater party interests. Moreover, it means less union dues funneled into their political coffers. However, the real telling portion of Obama’s statement is his belief that this group (As a result of job loss or more specifically no Union manipulation) has an “antipathy to people who aren't like them”. This reoccurring theme appears to be the reminiscent influence from Obamas’ longtime Reverend and spiritual advisor…“Whitey just don’t get it”. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-04-15 10:28 |
| #11 He's just pandering to his base... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-15 09:48 |
| #10 "How dare you call me elitist! Overseer, I command you to thrash that insolent peasant to within an inch of his life--and let that be a lesson to the rest of you!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-04-15 09:23 |
| #9 Today is tax day. Anyone who even considers the possibility of voting for this liberal shill deserves to have their taxes raised by two percent. Those who actually do vote for him deserve to have them raised ten percent. I'm sick to death of both parties thinking there's no end to either my wallet or my patience. Most people in the middle class get damned little for the money they pay. It's time would-be big tax-and-spenders like this jerk get kicked square in the balls by the voting public. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-04-15 09:10 |
| #8 In Obamaland "ELITIST TAG" rejects YOU! "Twisting the words"? No it was pretty evident what Obama said and meant in the company of his peers. Nice to see the mask torn off of the rich elitist socialist race-hustlers for once. Even nicer he did it himself. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-15 09:09 |
| #7 Oh, what do you smelly people know? You *really* believe your my "boss"??? |
| Posted by: Harry Reid 2008-04-15 09:06 |
| #6 So now we know that he walks like a duck. His comments in SF shows that he talks like a duck. His mentor Rev. Wright shows that he hangs out with ducks. Any reasonable conclusions to make? well...if he...weighs the same as a duck...he must be.. ah.... a WITCH! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-15 08:13 |
| #5 I live in semi-rural America. I see those bitter folks, the one's who can't get a parking space close enough to the front door of Walmart, an edifice that populates rural America far more than any neighborhood Obama ever lived or transits. Their rural education is good enough to read Thailand, Malaysia, and China on the clothes and products they can actual afford to purchase. By the size of the lines at the checkout counters, they don't seem to have much problem with international trade. Neither do the hundreds of employees who'd otherwise never get a job at the old Mom & Pop stores that at best charged more than 30% for similar commodities. The bitterness they show at the little table outside the front door manned by the local church group isn't about the need to donate to the local family needing assistance to tie them over because of death or severe disability, but because the pain they suffered was just as likely the result of drunk or impaired driver in this country illegally. That bitterness is reserved for a government that won't enforce its own laws for the safety of its own citizens. The same government which in the rural areas couldn't make it to your home in an hour's driving time, so one of those shopping bags is hold another load for the home security device which 'elitists' don't want you to have. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-15 08:05 |
| #4 Good pic, and probably easy to find too. I've noticed for months that he has a tenancy to stand with his chin in the air, looking down his nose at voters. So now we know that he walks like a duck. His comments in SF shows that he talks like a duck. His mentor Rev. Wright shows that he hangs out with ducks. Any reasonable conclusions to make? |
| Posted by: Vanc 2008-04-15 03:15 |
| #3 Hey, it's what they really think. It boggles the mind to consider that LIBERALS are attacking working class ordinary folk. They really have gone off the deep end. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-04-15 01:54 |
| #2 "Barack Obama says his remarks about "bitter" working class voters "clinging to guns or religion" were ill-chosen." Do you notice that democrats a) seem to forget the last part of the sentence that those bitter folks also can't accept folks not like themselves (ie the bitter are bigots). b) Most liberals agree with the sentiment expressed but wish that it wasn't expressed quite that way. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-04-15 01:18 |
| #1 FOX NEWS + MSNBC > Dem analysts argue that the real sigificance of Obama's new "bitter" controversy is being overlooked, i.e. THAT THERE ARE MANY OR MILYUHNS OF DEMOCRATS + PRO-LEFTIES IN AMER WHOM ARE CONSERVATIVE, BELIEVE IN GOD + GUN OWNERSHIP + PRO-LIFE, etc. BUT WHOM ALSO HOLD THAT THE PREMISES OF CONSERVATISM IS NOT AGZ OR INCONSISTENT WID MAINSTREAM PREMISES OF LIBERALISM??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-15 00:31 |