Obama on Small Town Life — Page 3

Memo to Obama...God and Guns are to always be praised!

Hell, folks are still mourning the passing of Charlton Heston so his timing was bad on several levels.

Once again a leading Democratic candidate seeking the office of POTUS overlooked Rule #1 of American Politics...that is, it's not about being right or wrong but winning elections.

I'm still s-m-h in disbelief. This coming from one of Obama's biggest supporters. I hope he doesn't experience backlash from rural Illinois voters if/when he attempts to re-up as a US Senator in a couple of years.

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"He's great with prepared speeches but when he makes off-the-cuff remarks he seems arrogant and supercilious.

He's got to stop sticking those size 11 1/2's in his mouth."

says the man who supports senator "sniper fire in bosnia" clinton... i believe she said that "off-the-cuff" and during prepared speeches.

please... i dont think this will cost him anything. and the way this election is going, i think the democrats are going to end up voting for john mccain as well... so we deserve whats coming to us.

Updated On: 4/13/08 at 09:21 AM

oh well. i'm over the election anyhow. its a shame that he said it, its 100% true, but its a shame... too much "brutal honesty" is not a quality americans seem to want in a president.

if anything i was much more offended by senator botoxes jokes on Leno when she said she was late because she was under sniper fire attack. how hilarious. to make a joke of the fact that you blatantly lied to the country (many times) in hopes that people would forgive and forget quickly. hilarious. a true politician if there ever was one. the clintons should teach a class on how to climb to the top by doing whatever it takes and playing as dirty as possible.

over the election. over the democratic party. over obama and clinton. we're getting mccain and we deserve it.

best,

it sounds like i'm being negative, but i'm just so frustrated and disappointed and over it all. it does sound negative. not my intention. just exhausted. we had a big office lunch on friday, everyone in the room was a dem except one of my coworkers... and half of them were bashing obama so much it was ridiculous. saying they would all vote mccain. the other half bashing clinton saying they'd vote mccain.

its ridiculous whats happened. we deserve whats coming to us. 4 more years of GWB. i hope we're all ready.

and on that note i'm signing off BWW for a while... papa and pal open the champagne bottles and start celebrating... i need to take a break from all the obama vs clinton bull****.

Updated On: 4/13/08 at 10:07 AM

I don't know, and I guess he's backtracked since then, but I think this is a pretty good response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc9PepjyDow

"It isn't derogatory. It's a truthful observation with empathy. And in an era filled with B.S. politicians who only speak when it serves them, flatters them, or to sling crap at another politician, I like his assessment of things.

He's telling us what we need to hear, not what we want to hear.

Very interesting. And very risky. But ESSENTIAL in order to see exactly where we are and move forward. "


Those were my thoughts exactly.

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Christ almighty. Are we really so soundbite-controlled that one perhaps ill-phrased but no less accurate statement can undo a campaign? (side note: why was the "speaking to a specific group of supporters" excuse supposed to fly for Sally Kern but not here)?

People ARE bitter. Why else would certain blogs be giving so much ink of late to the evil plans of Absolut Vodka to give the Southwest back to Mexico, Obama's lack of manhood because he can't bowl and eats arugula instead of cheesesteaks and whether American Idol censored the word "Jesus" the other day? Pathetic grasping for boogeymen to explain their own failures.

If anything, the chip-on-the-shoulder overreaction from this just confirms what he was saying.

Person A: You have a violent temper.
Person B: What the hell are you talking about? I don't have a violent temper. I should slit your throat for even saying that.

(another side note: Obama and I wear the same size shoes?)

I aspire to be the Jeremiah Wright of BWW.

Note to Obama:

People in PA have embraced guns and religion for decades (if not generations), when times were good and jobs abundant. To associate their faith and embracing of the second amendment to feelings of bitterness due to economic downturns, loss of jobs and industry, and the rise of immigration is, imo, totally misguided. Are they bitter? Yes. But don't attribute clinging to their core believes on bitterness.

I've lived both in PA and in the "elite" world of Beverly Hills. I can tell you first hand, the people in Beverly Hills love their guns too. You just don't hear about it.

This may be just another bump in the road, or it may be something bigger. We’ll see. I think tonight’s CNN Compassion Forum and Wednesday’s debate will be the moments that define whether or not this has legs.

I think that most people are smart enough to understand the true intention of Obama’s words. I’m not hearing any of these small town people coming out saying they’re offended. The only claims of offense I’m hearing are coming from Clinton supporters, who are not so much outraged as they are masturbating over the silver bullet they think been given, and Republicans who would love to see Obama fail because they know they can more easily beat Hillary in November.

The notion of the last minute silver bullet bringing down the frontrunner so the underdog can break through to glory is also a gift to the press. They’ll run it as long as the drama of it plays. If Obama comes through tonight and Wednesday night in a direct discussion of it, and people are satisfied, we’re back where we were last week, with Obama a little bruised but still clearly in the lead. If he doesn’t address it to people’s satisfaction, it’ll continue and Hillary will use it with super delegates.

The issue will remain then, at this point, that she will still most likely be behind in pledged delegates and, to nominate her, super delegates would have to go against the pledged delegate count. The reception this will get from the people will be interesting.

In any event, I certainly wouldn’t count Obama out at this point. This is nothing compared to Hillary’s Bosnia/Penn/Bill/Columbia/NAFTA pile, all of which point to her lack of judgment and trustworthiness, things that will offend the entire country, not just small town America. If those things didn’t knock her out, why should this knock him out?

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Updated On: 4/13/08 at 03:12 PM

"People in PA have embraced guns and religion for decades (if not generations), when times were good and jobs abundant. To associate their faith and embracing of the second amendment to feelings of bitterness due to economic downturns, loss of jobs and industry, and the rise of immigration is, imo, totally misguided. Are they bitter? Yes. But don't attribute clinging to their core believes on bitterness. "

This is not what Obama was saying at all, and it just reminds me how much I hate Clinton for spinning this way beyond anything intelligible.

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Amen, Priest. I used to be FOR Clinton . . . but I am so tired of her at this point. Obama all the way, baby!

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