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if you're a typical white person...
Ha ha, I just wrote Bruce Tinsley's next 50 comics!
But seriously: That's about what this is. Something that will get tons of play in indignant editorial cartoons, e-mail, and right wing radio shows, and probably Fox and Friends, but it isn't that juicy.
by greatn on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 02:44:16 PM PDT
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plus McCain's campaign is running with it. Saying Obama's 'out of touch'. Its the whole Rev. Wright, Michelle Obama, patriotism thing. This will hurt. I don't know how much.
"Self-knowledge is always bad news" John Barth, The Sot Weed Factor
by ellenhamm on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 02:53:16 PM PDT
but probably from people who are seizing on the only arguably negative story on Obama today. That's happened before, to no great effect. This isn't like Wright with some big dramatic video.
by latinadem on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 02:55:32 PM PDT
to help paint a picture, to tell a story that is negative and that narrative may influence some.
Hoffa has ben going around Pennsyvania promoting Obama. This statement will undercut that.
i do not think it will help him in the Pennsylvania, Indiana, and North Carolina primaries.
If I were his opponnet, I would work that statement into a TV ad. I imagine it is being done as we speak.
The question is, how do we overcome this, if Obama is nominated?
He needs a counter narrative that reaches the very people he described. His current narrative does not.
"The answer is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels." Al Gore, 7/17/08
by TomP on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:07:53 PM PDT
seizes the opportunity:
Clinton hits Obama over reported 'bitter' comment Posted: 05:57 PM ET Clinton is seizing on a recently reported Obama comment. (CNN) — Democrat Hillary Clinton is seizing on comments Barack Obama recently made in which he reportedly said some Pennsylvanians who have lost their jobs are "bitter." "It's being reported that my opponent said that the people of Pennsylvania who face hard times are bitter," Clinton said during a campaign event in Philadelphia. "Well that's not my experience. As I travel around Pennsylvania. I meet people who are resilient, optimist positive who are rolling up their sleeves." "Pennsylvanians don't need a president who looks down on them," she said. "They need a president who stands up for them, who fights hard for your future, your jobs, your families."
Clinton hits Obama over reported 'bitter' comment Posted: 05:57 PM ET
Clinton is seizing on a recently reported Obama comment.
(CNN) — Democrat Hillary Clinton is seizing on comments Barack Obama recently made in which he reportedly said some Pennsylvanians who have lost their jobs are "bitter."
"It's being reported that my opponent said that the people of Pennsylvania who face hard times are bitter," Clinton said during a campaign event in Philadelphia. "Well that's not my experience. As I travel around Pennsylvania. I meet people who are resilient, optimist positive who are rolling up their sleeves."
"Pennsylvanians don't need a president who looks down on them," she said. "They need a president who stands up for them, who fights hard for your future, your jobs, your families."
cnn.com
by TomP on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:13:41 PM PDT
just got laid off from a SECOND job in a year. Damn right she's bitter.
(They don't live in PA, FWIW.)
"I'm trying to believe in you but this world sold its faith for parking lots and drunk sincerity." - the ataris
by indiemcemopants on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:17:28 PM PDT
because she's wealthy. Who wouldn't be bitter if they couldn't find a job?
by latinadem on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:19:07 PM PDT
It is what some will describe (hell, have described) as condescension.
See McCain's spokesman.
Obama gave Clinton (and McCain) a gift there.
In sports, I'd call that an unforced error.
I want the eventual winner to be able to beat McCain, whether that is Obama or Clinton.
by TomP on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:22:09 PM PDT
looks down on them? Well then she's certainly not campaigning for herself.
by Agent Scully on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:30:21 PM PDT
comment. She learned her lessons well.
by brueso on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:58:54 PM PDT
I emailed Ben Smith about this comment because my parents were at this fundraiser and he was VERY FLIPPANT in his response. I asked him to provide the full quote because my mom said that Obama also discussed how many in urban America feel resentment as well.
The media will do anything to make sure that a black man is not elected president.
I hate Harold Ford Jr.
by oak510 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:08:22 PM PDT
And I regretfully have to inform that you're completely wrong.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
by MBNYC on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:14:52 PM PDT
Who has had a disdain for Obama. I used to defend him but it is as clear as day now what he is doing.
by oak510 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:38:58 PM PDT
People needs to stop this. If someone disagrees with Obama or is pro-hillary, does not make that person a racist and the reverse is true. If you don't believe in Hillary, disagree with her stance, etc., does not make you a Sexist. This is getting out of hand.
by Secretasianman on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:42:51 PM PDT
someone who throws out accusations against people you don't know, thereby making an ass out of yourself, new user #149,985.
by MBNYC on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:44:40 PM PDT
by ObamaManiac2008 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 04:34:24 PM PDT
We need video these days. And even that isn't a guarantee to persuade people.
**sigh**
A liberal is a conversative who drank the Kool-Aid---Trust me when I say that Progressive Catholic Democrats Do Exist!
by mselite on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:30:31 PM PDT
---when will he ever learn?
by dotster on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:10:51 PM PDT
Obama for "looking down" on Pennsylvanians. She is so sad. She should spend more time reining in her campaign and her husband and stop worrying about trying to make Obama look bad.
"Well, that’s not my experience," she continued. "As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient, who are optimistic, who are positive, who are rolling up their sleeves. They’re working hard every day for a better future for themselves and their children." "Pennsylvanians don’t need a president who looks down on them. They need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them, who works hard for your futures, your jobs, and your families," she said, implicitly casting Obama as an elitist.
"Well, that’s not my experience," she continued. "As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient, who are optimistic, who are positive, who are rolling up their sleeves. They’re working hard every day for a better future for themselves and their children."
"Pennsylvanians don’t need a president who looks down on them. They need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them, who works hard for your futures, your jobs, and your families," she said, implicitly casting Obama as an elitist.
I so despise that woman, Hillary Clinton. SMH!
by deminpa08 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:23:38 PM PDT
(Notice Bill clinging on for dear life).
Welcome Back, Hillary & friends!
by Krum on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 04:16:48 PM PDT
wide narrow
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