Obama does damage control (Photoshop satire)

ExurbanLeague.com ^ | April 12, 2008 | Exurban Jon

[inkling]

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign veered into damage control mode today following the reporting of the candidate's comments at a San Francisco fundraiser.

Trying to explain rural white culture to the California billionaires, the Democratic candidate said, "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... 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."

Although Obama merely stated the obvious truth, many voters in Pennsylvania were apparently angered by the characterization. To stem the backlash before the state's primary, the candidate hastily arranged a meeting with typical white people in rural Pennsylvania.



Obama's Rural Outreach Coordinator Miss Jane Hathaway (top left) called the 10-minute meeting a "rousing success."

"Contrary to some press reports, Sen. Obama has the common touch," according to Hathaway. "He may not have understood the folksy references to possums and cement ponds, but the Clampett family was very receptive to the senator's economic assistance."

By all accounts, the family will be supporting Obama on April 22 — especially if their newly-decorated car is any indication.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link!

[Enterprise]

ROFL! - And up from Chicago came a babblin’ crude - a babblin’ crude idiot named Obama!

[HereInTheHeartland]

Obama is a arrogant, uninformed ass.

He has never earned a real living, and has made a living as a parasite on our economic system.

[Enterprise]

On a more serious note though, I thank the founders of our nation who clung to their religion and clung to their guns. Without either, we would not be here. And Obama would be in Africa.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Obama can take his snotty, liberal, arrogant, elitist remarks and kindly go kiss my cold instant grits. This Virginian will be glad to cheer and say right on to any and all rural and small town Pennsylvanians who’ve been offended and insulted by this clown’s remarks.

[norton]

"Can anyone win after giving up 20% of his base? I guess not.

Senator Mc Cain - is that you?

[norton]

"Now EVERYBODY knows that “BEANS” are a plural so that SHOULD be...
“...Before THEY’s get cold...”

Where'd you go to school?

It's "Afore they gets cold.."

(I HAD to jump into this exchange - great post!)

[archy]

What is it?

That's Gordy's L-39 Lahti, AKA the Norsupyssy, or *elephant shooter* as the Finnish troops who first used the things on the light Soviet tanks of 1939 nicknamed it.

As heavier tanks came along, it became less useful, though it would still ruin the Soviet amphibious vehicles that had to be less heavily-armoured, and it worked great against such vehicles as armored cars...whose crews found out weren't armored enough.

Finally a time came when they were thought militarily useless...until armored ground-attack aircraft like the Russian *Stormovik* and the later attack helicopters brought the guns out of storage and back into the hands of Finnish soldiers, mostly on vehicular AA mounts. Finally, finally, after almost 6 decades of service, the last batch of guns was sold off, to collectors and as spare parts for a few American shooters who had picked up one of the first bunch of guns to be sold around 1959-60.

The Finnish taxpayers got their money's worth out of those old guns. So too did the Americans who picked one up for $199.95, plus shipping. I know of two for sale now, at around $10,000 each.