Posted on 04/11/2008 1:08:33 PM PDT by JRochelle
Mayhill Fowler has more from Obama's remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser Sunday, and they include an attempt to explain the resentment in small-town Pennsylvania that won't be appreciated by some of the people whose votes Obama's seeking:
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 nothing's replaced them...And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.
And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
That's pretty broad list of things to explain with job loss.
ISRA Alert:
YOUR HELP URGENTLY NEEDED – CALIFORNIA GUN CONTROL GROUP TO HOLD ANTI-GUN RALLY IN NAPERVILLE
The San Francisco-based “Legal Community Against Gun Violence” (LCAV) will be holding a gun control rally in Naperville on Monday, April 14, 2008.
The LCAV plays a crucial supporting role in Chicago Mayor Daley’s attempts to take your guns away from you. California lawyers write the actual legislation designed to ban and confiscate your guns, tax your ammunition, ration your ammo purchases and register you like a sex offender.
It’s time for Illinois gun owners to tell these Californians, “MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!”
Here is what you need to do:
1. Gather up all your firearm owning friends and assemble at the Naperville Campus of NIU, 1120 East Diehl Road, Room 101C, Naperville, IL. The campus is on the south side of Diehl Road, approximately 1/8 mile west of Naper Boulevard. Plan on arriving no later than 6:45 PM.
2. If you still have your IGOLD t-shirts or hats, wear them. If you have NRA or ISRA hats, wear them. DO NOT bring signs or other items that might get you kicked out before this thing gets under way.
3. Be advised that you will be in close proximity to people that hate your guts because you own guns. They will attempt to insult you and provoke you. Stand your ground, challenge their every assertion. Freedom is at stake here.
4. Please distribute this alert to all your gun owning friends and post it to every Internet bulletin board to which you belong.
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS IN HONOR OF CHARLTON HESTON’S MEMORY!
Posted Sat Apr 12 10:44:03 CDT 2008
ping
Obama would be a disaster. Jimmy Carter but not as decisive.
No, he believes it. What he was trying to say was that some folks who were "victimized" by capitalism and laid off still vote for Conservatives despite themselves IHHO. They put 2nd Amendment and God before their own self interest. They should be voting for libs IHHO. Forget freedom. Social safety net and Gubmint cheese, mother Earth, and global poverty should be the real issue for these idiots. They just don't get it. They are too stupid. They need somebody as brilliant as him to point it out to the unwashed masses.
he makes them sound like bad things????
no when he does it, it's called "righteous indignation". And don't you forget it!!! /sarcasm off.
Now it is all OUR fault again. He was mis-quoted. Can one imagine if Mccain or Bush made these comments about small town USA.
No, no, no, not at all. B.O. has directly addressed this question:
"What I was saying is that when economic hardship hits in these communities, what people have is they've got family, they've got their faith, they've got the traditions that have been passed onto them from generation to generation," Obama said at the forum, which was televised on CNN. "Those aren't bad things."You see, voters "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations", but those are good things, not bad things.
I hope this clarifies Mr. Obama's bold remarks for you. Not many democrats have the courage to take a stand in favor of xenophobia during the primary season, and I hope I don't see anyone attempt to portray this as a mealy-mouthed attempt to weasel out of his previous comments.
large 75 foot roll for extra bitter clingers
Good reminder of who founded this nation and why.
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