Posted on 04/12/2008 9:09:39 PM PDT by neverdem
Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive before a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically distressed communities.
For a second day, Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fund-raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations.
Acknowledging Saturday that “I didn’t say it as well as I should have,” he explained his remarks by focusing on his characterization of those voters’ economic woes. He meant, he said, that voters in places that had been losing jobs for years expressed their anxiety at the polls by focusing on cultural and social issues like gun laws and immigration.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton activated her entire campaign apparatus to portray Mr. Obama’s remarks as reflective of an elitist view of faith and community. His comments, she said, were “not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans.”
Mrs. Clinton suggested that Mr. Obama saw religious commitment, hunting and concern about immigration as emotional responses to economic strain rather than as deeply embedded values.
“I grew up in a church-going family, a family that believed in the importance of living out and expressing our faith,” she said at a rally in Indianapolis. “The people of faith I know don’t ‘cling to’ religion because they’re bitter. People embrace faith not because they are materially poor, but because they are spiritually rich.”...
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“It could mean he’s rendered himself unelectable,” Mr. Saunders said. “This is a perfect example of why Democrats lose elections.”
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Doesn't make you a member of the Kingdom of Christ. In fact, by their actions Hillary and O'Bama both, are dancing with the church of Satan.
BamBam, - he’s his own worst enemy.
bitter about taxes...bitter about having no say in the primaries..bitter about immigrants taking American jobs and benefits...bitter that our stupid Congress and Prez can't see fit to alleviate our oil dependency on the rest of the world...bitter that thugs are out on the street repeated raping, killing good people...
there's got to be a slogan in there someplace...
O’Bamma also said “People feel ignored”
He is RIGHT on that one, we people who pay taxes feel ignored by him and Hillary - we don’t want higher taxes - but they promise them anyway. I feel VERY ignored by the democrats who want to tax tax tax
You’re kidding...right?
I've been wondering about the Ivy League pedigree ever since he made the "typical white person" blunder. Obama may be an elitist in the sense that he thinks he's better than everyone else, but I see no evidence of unusual smarts or talent. It seems Columbia and Harvard didn't instill in him an abiding awareness of the meaning, impact, value or danger of words. There's no affirmative action for a politician who cannot wield words.
-Eric
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