[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From the Slate article ( Link in the article):

Obama is offering voters his talent for empathy. But if he's going to bring the country together, he can't go pissing off huge swathes of it. He says the key to enacting the policies he thinks will help blue-collar whites is the rallying of the nation behind his candidacy. How can small-town regular folk rally around someone they don't trust?

[DGHoodini]

Even this story glosses over Obamas implication that Small Town Americans are all bigoted racists.

[Gumdrop]

Obama'r use of biblical phrases also is wanting - in that he claims that he justifies advocating same sex marriage as a Christian message from the Eight Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, and & "not clinging to an obscure phrase in Romans". He not only deliberately misinterpreted the words of Jesus, but he also mocked St. Paul. Obama has a greatly inflated ego.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From Flopping Aces:

McCain On Obama’s “Elitist” Comments

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Video at the link:

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Not too rough of an attack. Actually it was more of a rundown on the real values of these Americans Obama disparaged.

Well played…

This whole episode has actually put something upfront and center into the national debate. The difference between Democrats and Republicans on how they view people. To a Democrat people who are out of work appear to need bail out from big daddy. When it doesn’t come they turn into that which Obama described. A bunch of xenophobic, gun luvin, bible thumping, bigots. Whereas Republicans view those same people as wanting big daddy out of their way so they can get a better job which are taxed less. They don’t need a helping hand for five years to get back on their feet again, just a gentle shove maybe. And they love their guns because they strongly believe in the 2nd Amendment and the need to protect their family. They love their God because it gives them strength. And they believe in punishing crime, which ILLEGAL immigration is.

[tobyhill]

Obama is clinging to hopes of becoming President.

[Mr. K]

does any one else but me see the Clintoon machine in full force here? the media are on this like a dog on a porkchop...

I mean, OK -the guy said people were ‘bitter’... um, so?

I mean it’s not like he lied about being under sniper fire...or whitewaterlewinskyvincefoster900fbifilesronbrownroselawfirmbillingrecordsimpeachmentZZZZZzzzz..—++**!

[ctdonath2]

Little-observed is that his comment is predicated on people clinginging to those things - those traditional core values - as a fallback position when the government fails to follow thru. Thing is, that presumes that instead of government facilitating traditional core values, its place is to replace them.

[denydenydeny]

Why won’t Kansas voters support Democrats trying to buy them off?

A perfect expression of everything I hate about the "What's the Matter with Kansas" thesis.