"It's not surprising then they get bitter. They cling to guns, or religion, or antipathy to people who aren't like them, just like my cracker Grandma."
Posted on 04/12/2008 7:34:30 PM PDT by blam
Always the mark of a bigot and a dictator.
I remember the threads about that well. I called every office McCain had to get my name on the list. Most tried to tell me he didn’t say what I saw and heard him say on the video. Only one wasn’t condescending about it. He was clearly irritated at having been told to try to spin it.
Maybe he meant all three!?! Nahhhhh, no politician’s lackey would be that honest.
"It's not surprising then they get bitter. They cling to guns, or religion, or antipathy to people who aren't like them, just like my cracker Grandma."
Exactly correct.
The Democrats would love to turn "small towns" (ie., towns that have lost coal and manufacturing jobs) into government-addicted wards of the (Democrat-controlled) welfare state, like so many urban black neighborhoods did in the decades since Johnson's politically ingenious "Ingrate Society".
The problem that Obama and the rest of the Democrat scumbags face is that there is still a lot of pride and adherence to traditional American values in those "small towns".
I actually cut BO a little slack on this.
Considering his audience, I think he was attempting to explain to other Democratic elitists why they should not be so condemning of “ordinary Americans.” That they do have reasons for what, to the elitists, seems to be self-defeating and despicable behavior.
Have you read how Democratic activits on DU and elsewhere talk about “ordinary Americans?” How they think they can win an election by spewing hatred and contempt for most voters is a real good question.
I disagree with BO, but I think this statement is being somewhat taken out of context.
His nose is so high in the air that he’s drowning in the rain.
Apparently he was talking to a bunch of Pastor J Wright's referenced rich whiteys on Billionaires Row in San Francisco at the Getty mansion. hmmmm I would love to know who outed him and them.
The elitism to which the lackey referred could be inferred to those working inside the hallowed halls of the Congress and the House of Lords, excuse me, the Senate.
If anybody knows elitism, it's Hillary and Johnny Mac.
Does anyone know the venue for the “bitter” statement? Did this occur at the Billionaire’s Row event that Zombietime documents?
Obama Visits Billionaires Row
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998779/posts
I know. All three of the Presidential possibles fit the bill like few others on the scene today. It’s like Halloween and each one is trying to outdo the others by dressing up as one of history’s biggest megalomaniacs. Take your pick from day to day.
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