ROFLMAO!! Well the leftie “citizen-journalist” is either a Hillary plant or else unusually conscientious for a leftist, because this story could do a lot of damage to Snobama.... as in ‘Snob-ama’ as Michelle Malkin is calling him.
What a revealing insight into the snooty mentality of better-than-we-are leftists like the Obamas and the Jon Carys and Albores...... not to mention the Clintonistas, although they are usually better at hiding their disdain for the masses....
Here’s an update from Politico — Obama’s campaign is trying to change the subject:
April 11, 2008
Categories: Obama
McCain camp hammers Obama on small town comments
The McCain campaign, finding a gift in its lap, tees off on the eye-opening comments by Barack Obama from a fundraiser last week in San Francisco (of all places).
Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a “remarkable statement and extremely revealing.”
“It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking,” Schmidt said. “It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans.”
Said Obama, as recorded by a HuffPost writer in attendance:
“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,” Obama said. “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.”
The Republicans are itching to play the elitism card against Obama, and these comments just made that task a whole lot easier.
UPDATE: Obama’s camp, not confirming or even mentioning their candidate’s comments, issues a statement from spokesman Tommy Vietor:
“Senator Obama has said many times in this campaign that Americans are understandably upset with their leaders in Washington for saying anything to win elections while failing to stand up to the special interests and fight for an economic agenda that will bring jobs and opportunity back to struggling communities. And if John McCain wants a debate about who’s out of touch with the American people, we can start by talking about the tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans that he once said offended his conscience but now wants to make permanent,”
“ROFLMAO!! Well the leftie “citizen-journalist” is either a Hillary plant or else unusually conscientious for a leftist, because this story could do a lot of damage to Snobama.... as in ‘Snob-ama’ as Michelle Malkin is calling him.”
She did sound a little conflicted in the interview. She said she did`nt want to hurt his campaign, but thought his comments were important enough to put out. But by the tone of her voice, I got the impression she was second guessing her decision.
Update on the HuffPo citizen journalist. It looks like she sat on the tape for one or two days before releasing it.
Funny thing happened on the way home from the bank: after these so-called tax breaks, the wealthiest now pay an even larger share of the total tax burden and the number of people paying no tax at all has increased.
But of course this putz won't give you actual numbers, just platitudes designed for the masses to suckle on.