The faux "bittergate" scandal is winding down, but I do want to call attention to one thing overlooked: The press reaction has been that what Obama said was a "gaffe" and politically perilous, the worst crisis since Rev. Wright. My question is (the horse race aspect aside) why???
Specifically, the remarks on clinging to guns, God, and anti-immigrant sentiment are singled out. The key point overlooked is that the remarks that are supposedly untouchable are taboo only from an ultra-rightwing perspective. From a liberal perspective, they are entirely legitimate, and more than that, totally correct, at least from a liberal POV.
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