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.
Of course, if he wins the presidency, you can only blame yourself.
Obama is incredibly overbearing and egotistical. He’s also a racist and a baby killer, but hey, nobody’s perfect./s
Arrogant was the word I was searching for to describe Obama. There is no end to his arrogance.
We’ve allowed leftism to become more and more mainstream, people don’t realize how radical it is, and with a dem Congress and an Obama presidency we are about to get one heck of a shocking dose of marxism right up the keyster.
If McQueeg weren’t so lame this election would be a walkover for the GOP.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The left is seductive, especially in times of trouble and fear. Obama knows how to wield white guilt to his advantage.
That was Obama’s Howard Dean moment.
Got a source for that one? An audio quote would be perfect.
It was from a NYT article from 2006.
What an arrogant bunch of crap he talks.
This from the guy who cannot bare to wear an american flag pin. He can take the horse he rode in on and gallop off a cliff. good riddance
He seems to think americans are so stupid they will vote for someone who is basically calling them a bunch of ignorant bitter morons. God I hope he is wrong.
What an arrogant bunch of crap he talks.
This from the guy who cannot bare to wear an american flag pin. He can take the horse he rode in on and gallop off a cliff. good riddance
He seems to think americans are so stupid they will vote for someone who is basically calling them a bunch of ignorant bitter morons. God I hope he is wrong.
“The only politician who would be worse that Obama as President would be Ted Kennedy.”
Obama would live longer.
LOL. That’s great!
That is a great image.
It perfectly describes how the leftists feel about their hogwash. If you disagree you are ignorant backwoods sort.
Only the truly enlightened have realized that religion and defending your countries borders from islamic nutjobs is not part of a happy elite sociey.
Obama and his racist supporters makes me sick but I hope he is the nominee because he and his wife are willing to advertise what anti-american scum they are.
Even hillary would wear an american flag pin to not ruffle feathers.
“Tell me one urban area in the country where such a lifestyle is possible if you are not already independently wealthy?”
Ohio. Howdy neighbor!
B-b-b-b-ut I thought that being a Democrat meant you were for the little people and the blue collar workers.
When I read about this on LGF I knew that there would be a post here about this. It seems like when a Democrat says something truly elitist and condescending, which they do often, while masking themselves in populistic cliches it is always a big hit at places like here and I love it. The fact that Hillary and Bill, while saying ridiculous things, have not stooped this low(especially because of Bill’s roots) and Obama is still the Party’s choice is depressing.
It wasn’t long ago when the Democratic Party was Anti-Gun Control Pro-Life and also was focused on Immigration issues, basically small town Pennsylvania, until they slipped on a bog. Nowadays Obama paints the admirable nostalgic small towns of Pennsylvania(ones that people like my mom grew up in) as the charicatures you see in the movies made by Hollywood. He probably also thinks that they are made up of very scary, rigid people who will kill you if you are not very Christian. No wonder blue collar workers would rather vote for Hillary over Obama, to them Obama is another rich white man who doesn’t give a darn about them.
Their candidate, John Edwards, left and now you’ve got either Hillary “I picked Janet Reno for Bill” or Obama “I have no record of ever doing anything worthy but I am black so vote for me”. I also find it interesting that he, and Hillary have made outrageous statements with the hoi pilloi crowd in San Francisco. Personally I really don’t like both but at least Hillary knows a little on how a Presidential candidate acts, Obama doesn’t.
Heads up, we have spin response from Obama (w/video):
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/obama_in_his_own_words.php
Going to grab the Illinois and senate vote positions.
Now I'm thinking you and that other poster were talking about a link that went to a different source for the story?
The audio of course came from a Huffington Post person that recorded the remarks on a voice recorder
I think I saw up thread something about a Huff mention.
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