Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama recently addressed the concerns of small-town Pennsylvania voters at a private fundraiser.
Those voters were "bitter" about job losses and other economic woes and so "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," Obama, an Illinois senator, said.After a video leaked of the comments, Obama came under fire from both McCain and Hillary for taking a condescending view of "working-class" voters.
As a result, he did not hesitate to retreat from them. On Saturday he called the description clumsy and said, "I didn't say it as well as I should have."
I'm yet to understand how an American exercising their right to bear arms and enjoying their freedom of religion has anything to do with the economy. But what do I know? I was raised in a small-town by a "working-class" family.
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ref:http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN1220078920080412
8 comments:
I think you may have missed the point. And by tagging the article with "Obama Osama" you more or less confirm what he said as being true. But what would I know, eh?
p.s. Small town is not hypenated.
Maybe that is why we have a constitution and all those silly amendments, Then there is that pesky Bill of Rights...
Hmmm...I agree. It's not "hypenated." However I will pass along your concerns to Reuters who also "hyphenated" but did not "hypenate" the expression.
Forgive me. My degree came from a college in the "small-town" of San Antonio. You know how those "small-town" educations can be.
As a working class voter in a small town in Indiana where churches and gun shops flourish, I more than appreciate this article in spite of the tags.
If she's missing the point, maybe it's because Obama never has one?
Obama retreated from his statements? Man you are out of your mind. Anyway youre a fucking idiot for tagging it Obama Osama. Fucking moron rednicks in the middle states ruining the country because they are too retarded to move.
"Moron Rednicks"?
I dunno whar you live sir but if it is near wun a dose big city grade skoolz i suggest you attend.
You might also chek what yore food comes from...Not the local Kroger's That is fer shure...
yep, dd877, you'll have dat from dem city folk. ROFL
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