Another backpedel job by Obama

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edited April 2008 in A Moving Train
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/12/obama-on-bitter-comments-i-didnt-say-it-as-well-as-i-should/


MUNCIE, Indiana (CNN) — Barack Obama said Saturday that he didn't word his recent comments at a fundraiser "as well as he should have" but added that the back and forth that developed between Obama and fellow White House hopefuls Hillary Clinton and John McCain is "typical."

At a closed-press event in California Sunday Obama referred to some jobless Pennsylvanians as "bitter" who "cling to guns or religion." Saturday, the Illinois senator sought to douse any further firestorm over the comments.

"I didn't say it as well as I should have," Obama told an audience in Muncie, Indiana, the day after he first defended his comments, "because the truth is is that these traditions that are passed on from generation to generation–those are important."

The campaign added that the "traditions" Obama referred to are those of gun ownership and religion. Obama said those traditions are "what sustains us."

He also labeled the dust up that's developed as "a little typical sort of political flare up" because, as he contends, he said something that "everybody knows is true."


The Democratic candidate maintained–as he had Friday night after the story first broke–that people are frustrated because Washington isn't listening to the average American.

"There are a whole bunch of folks in small towns in Pennsylvania, in towns right here in Indiana, in my home town in Illinois who are bitter. They are angry."

"When you're bitter, you turn to what you can count on," Obama said, adding they then turn to voting "about guns" and "taking comfort" in their faith and family.

"That's a natural response."

UPDATE: McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds responded in a statement and said, "Barack Obama’s elitism allows him to believe that the American traditions that have contributed to the identity and greatness of this country are actually just frustrations and bitterness. What ‘everyone knows’ is that the Constitution’s Second Amendment and our country’s strong roots in faith are cornerstone customs in this country, and Barack Obama’s dismissal of those values is revealing."




This should get those kool-aid drinkers coming up with new excuses for him...again
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  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    How dare he tell the truth?! He left out incest and bigotry.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Trust me, I lived the first 30 years of my life in PA, and he was pretty accurate in what he said.

    Politically, it was a stupid thing to say though.
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,351
    What he said is pretty much exactly true.

    Not a smart thing to say to get votes, but then again the public doesn't like to hear those reality checks.
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    mca47 wrote:
    but then again the public doesn't like to hear those reality checks.


    yeah, tell me about it, just look our electoral process for starters

    ;)
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    we've come a long way where a black man is not only running, but has a legitimate chance of winning the presidency and now is an elitist! ;)


    now if could just figure out what part of what he said is controversial....


    oh and to the original poster, i haven't had kool aid in probably 35 years but i sure loved it as a kid!


    :rolleyes:
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    cutback wrote:
    we've come a long way where a black man is not only running, but has a legitimate chance of winning the presidency and now is an elitist! ;)


    now if could just figure out what part of what he said is controversial....


    oh and to the original poster, i haven't had kool aid in probably 35 years but i sure loved it as a kid!


    :rolleyes:


    Are you saying because he's black it's a stretch to say he is elitist? I wasn't sure where you were going with that remark.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Are you saying because he's black it's a stretch to say he is elitist? I wasn't sure where you were going with that remark.


    no that's a positive statement....not only is a black man having success in his candidacy but now is being called elitist....never thought i'd see that in my lifetime and i'm still relatively young :)


    btw it doesn't mean i'm voting for the guy :)
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    cutback wrote:
    no that's a positive statement....not only is a black man having success in his candidacy but now is being called elitist....never thought i'd see that in my lifetime and i'm still relatively young :)


    Well I've seen plenty of elitists of all colors and genders but I would agree that it is more rare for a minority to be so usually.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Well I've seen plenty of elitists of all colors and genders but I would agree that it is more rare for a minority to be so usually.


    oh yeah i'm saying this is precedent or anything but i found that comment from mccain's camp interesting....they really do see obama as a threat....
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    cutback wrote:


    btw it doesn't mean i'm voting for the guy :)


    I don't mind who you vote for...I'm just gonna keep singing the praise of my guy whom I greatly admire...more and more with every article or speech I see of his. And I'm gonna keep pointing out the things about Obama that I see as a problem. I would do the same about McCain but it seems everyone here pretty much knows the deal with him. In the end, it's your choice and your voice. :)
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I don't mind who you vote for...I'm just gonna keep singing the praise of my guy whom I greatly admire...more and more with every article or speech I see of his. And I'm gonna keep pointing out the things about Obama that I see as a problem. I would do the same about McCain but it seems everyone here pretty much knows the deal with him. In the end, it's your choice and your voice. :)

    please keep up the fight!! i haven't voted for a mainstream candidate since my first election.....still makes me queasy i voted for papa george :(

    come november if my vote might help obama beat mccain then i'll go that way....otherwise it's Gravel '08!! unless ralphie is deep into the mix :)
  • SundaySilence
    SundaySilence Posts: 537
    doesn't sound like a backpedal to me:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc9PepjyDow
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    unsung wrote:
    At a closed-press event in California Sunday Obama referred to some jobless Pennsylvanians as "bitter" who "cling to guns or religion."

    being a resident in PA, i am still trying to find what is untrue about his statement. PA is home to the uneducated "blue collar fuck".
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,632
    cutback wrote:


    now if could just figure out what part of what he said is controversial....


    I dont get it either.
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    As a former resident of PA...I can say Obama is correct in his assessment...

    I know, the truth can be painful to hear sometimes....

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