Has Obama written his political epi-gaffe?

[Craftsman]

The ebb and flow of the Democratic presidential race is an amazing thing to watch. Just when Barack Obama starts narrowing the gap in Pennsylvania and appears close to having Hillary Clinton on the ropes, a landmine explodes under him.

While it's not the only thing disturbing his campaign in recent days, Obama's major gaffe about small town America poses the most serious threat to what has seemed to be the inevitability of his capturing the nomination.

One of his challenges has been connecting with working class voters outside of cities, considered crucial in Pennsylvania's primary next week and later in the general election. Such voters have tended to go for Clinton. Asked about this at a fund-raiser for left-wing contributors in San Francisco, Obama gave the now notorious reply that these voters, in responding to economic stress, "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them."

Someone in the company of people who thinks like he does tends to let his guard down, be candid and reveal his true sentiments. The Harvard-educated resident of Chicago's liberal Hyde Park community was articulating the values of the left-wing Democrat elites.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/huntley/894271,CST-EDT-hunt15.article

[thevoiceofreason]

1. you again

Nice source

[Craftsman]

2. Truth hurts, he is increasingly unelectable

[Adelante]

4. You wish nt

[JoFerret]

80. It may not be a wish but rather

a real fear.

We have to win in November. Gaffes like this are a gift to the GOP. And I am not so sure it was a "gaffe" - except politically. I think it is what he really believes - except for the bit about the Clinton economy - that was a deliberate deception.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. He'll win the GE by 10.

[merbex]

42. In order for that to happen, you gotta hope that a substantial number

of those he undoubtedly offended will do a serious gut check

Imagine if Adlai Stevenson had made those remarks - he (and Obama) kept (and no doubt will keep) the people who normally would have voted for him anyway - but the rest decided back in '52 - egghead, doesn't really understand me,.....Obama just better stick to discussing economic situations and policies to correct said situations and leave the anthropolical, socialogical references for someone else to utter.

[riskpeace]

83. By 10 what?

Points? States? Electoral votes?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

84. Points.

20-30 EV's.

[cali]

9. opinion doesn't hurt and this opinion isn't anymore than wishful thinking

stick a fork in hillary. she's still done. And do try firing up your brain cells. It's the economy, stupid.

[Craftsman]

13. People will not vote for a bigoted elitest no matter how bad the economy is

[cali]

17. Sorry, you faux little oracle

most people don't see him through your sick and twisted lens. And when people can't feed their families and heat their homes, they won't be voting for McCain.

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[cali]

29. I'm sorry you're so arrogant that you actually think

that you can speak for millions. Polls tell a different story, regardless of your personal experience. Oh, and shove your bigotry where you pulled it out of- good and hard.

[Hepburn]

38. Hell of a survey....

...two people who work with you and told you what you wanted to hear.

:eyes:

[Danger Mouse]

19. fortunately, most people are far smarter than you.

[Craftsman]

21. Rather then debate points insult, that is spreading hope

[Danger Mouse]

23. you have nothing but hate to offer...

there's no point in debating someone like you.

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[Craftsman]

37. Actually I dislike both of them

I was for Edwards, but would vote Hillary. I would never vote for a bigot like Obama.

[cali]

45. ah yes, another embittered acolyte of the white male candidate

I detest racist pigs. Obama's not the bigot.

[Craftsman]

46. So, he could easily win

Obitot can't win and Hillary woudl do so with difficulty.

[Hepburn]

50. So that's why the polls show her losing to McCain and Obama beating him.

:eyes:

[cali]

52. no way of knowing that, faux oracle. duh.I

I personally think you're full of s**t and appallingly ignorant. And wrong. And as I said, I detest racist scum.

[JoFerret]

81. Who exactly are the racist pigs

to whom you refer?



Do you believe we live in a racist society?
I do.
And that racist society stains all of us. Including Obama. Including you.

The same with sexism and homophobia.

[JoFerret]

89. You have a strange

and limited definition of hate.

[Hepburn]

34. You just described Hilly perfectly.

Your point?

[YOY]

40. "bigoted elitest"...

[FatDave]

68. You sound like a republican.

You spell like one too.

[dchill]

86. snort.

[Texas Hill Country]

41. truth on the internets.

[Liberal Gramma]

72. WHO is unelectable?

Who has registered hundreds of thousands of new voters?
Who has inspired the young people to vote? That demographic that usually doesn't even turn up for GEs
Who has inspired that other demographic, black America, to vote in huge numbers?
Who has even some Republicans saying they could vote for him?

The answer is NOT Clinton. If Obama were unable to reach all those new and formerly infrequent voters, then he would be unelectable. But he does reach them, and Mrs. Clinton does not. It's a new world out there, Craftsman.

[cliffordu]

85. As opposed to the $800,000 columbian connected woman

who's husband is peddling influence to China like pokemon cards??

[livingmadness]

88. Ahhhh ... best you look at the latest big WaPo/ABC poll

read it carefully and tell me, as a super-delegate, who do you think is looking shaky in terms of electability?

[JoFerret]

90. Stamp out all opposing views

(Is it really that difficult to imagine that democrats of good will - as intelligent and caring and capable as you - can arrive at a different conclusion about who should be president?)

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[countingbluecars]

6. Owow.

Oclever.

[cali]

14. who is hillary clinton?

In my opinion, she's a crass, self-entitled, delusional woman clinging to her husband's coattails. She's arrogant, a filthy liar, and covered in dirty money. she's slimy and willing to use racism and she's an anti-semite who is documented using disgusting anti-semitic slurs. She's a rove acolyte and an insecure creature who's willing for hundreds of thousands to die for her overweaning political ambitions. Putrid and vile woman.


Two can play at this.

[Craftsman]

22. True she is, but of the 2 she is the most electable

[cali]

35. says some poster who fashions himself a soothsayer.

no one is buying your bullshit, genius.

[SoxFan]

65. Hitting the Crown Royal again?

[Beacool]

51. Typical delusional Obama supporter.

Your guy has done nothing to help humanity at the level that both Clintons have done. IMO, he's not even worthy to carry her purse. I feel nothing but disdain for this arrogant man.

[cali]

56. typical delusional, pathetic hillarian.

Obama actually worked on the ground, for years, for the marginalized and disenfranchised. I have nothing but contempt and disgust for that creature, hillary, and her disgusting acolytes.

[Beacool]

62. Well, then we're even.

I won't vote for your guy and you won't vote for my gal.

Whatever.......

[cali]

66. duh. I'll vote for her, genius. Try reading my sig line

unjlike you I care about my neighbors and friends who are struggling. Unlike YOU and your selfish ilk, I care about the SC. Unlike YOU, I care about our troops and the Iraqi people. Disgusting and vile to not vote for the dem nominee this year. Inexcusable.

[Beacool]

71. You still would vote for Hillary after the constant vile you spew about her?

Wow, that's something else.

Well, according to Time magazine's poll, 16% of Obama supporters won't vote for Hillary and a whopping 32% of Hillary supporters won't vote for Obama.

It might be that we end up with a shotgun wedding after all.......

[cali]

76. I throw trash talk at trash talkers like YOU

and though I'm disgusted with her campaign tactics and her corporate crap, I know that she'd be a damn sight better than McCain. And people aren't wedded to the polls you cite.

[Beacool]

77. We'll just have to wait and see what happens in November.

Won't we?

[JoFerret]

91. The trouble with that tactic is

...it gets thrown at everyone. Trash talkers or not.

And that means you get the blowback that sometimes you don't necessarily "deserve".

(No-one deserves trash talk imo. And especially not EITHER of the dem candidates.).

[Danger Mouse]

15. 'obigot'? 'obigot'??

did karl rove teach you that one?

[SeaLyons]

26. No, not at all.....

it's how I view Obama, and it's based on real facts. Sorry if that pisses you off. It pisses me off that we have a candidate coming so close to being nominated, that is clearly a bigot. So is his wife.

[Craftsman]

28. Hear, Hear!!!!!

[cali]

59. it's based on bigoted delusions- not facts.

Disgusting hillarian shit that you swallowed.

[Danger Mouse]

67. take the hillary avatar off your profile...

since she would not support your point of view.

[JoFerret]

92. He's not

So stop saying that.

There are "real' enemies out there that deserve your attention.

[leftofcool]

44. He's a snake oil salesman

[Beacool]

48. He's a slick operator with a wafer thin record.

If he had been any other senator, the party leaders would have told him to wait and to build up his resume. If, God forbid, he manages to win the WH, we'll see how effective he is in carrying out his plans. I think that he's more Jimmy Carter than Bill Clinton. One was an effective president, the other was not.

Jimmy Carter is a great humanitarian, but was a lousy president.

[ClassWarrior]

58. "If he had been any other senator?" What does that mean?

What makes him so priveleged in your view?

Hmmmmm?...

NGU.

[ClassWarrior]

73. Okay, don't answer and let others come to their own conclusions.

I think it's pretty obvious what it means.

NGU.

[Beacool]

74. You know what I mean.

It's what Gerry Ferraro tried to say, albeit inarticulately, and what Bob Johnson just said this week.

Any other senator would have been told to wait, build up his resume and work for the promotion.

[guyanakoolaid]

87. I know, I can't believe he didn't wait his turn. It's not fair.

:eyes:

You Clintonistas are starting to say some weird things, including the one about Hillary still having a mathematical chance in hell. Bill had zero national or foreign policy experience, but apparently the irony is completely lost on you, so I'll point it out to you as well.

[emilyg]

57. Amen.

[npincus]

7. Don't you wish

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[npincus]

27. certainly, Ojackass.

[bowens43]

8. Your land mine wasn't even a firecracker.

Hillary is expected to win Pa. She's always been expected to win Pa. Winning Pa will not save her. Winning all of the remaining races (which she won't do) would not give her the nomination.

[susankh4]

10. Not to worry.

He will be fully electable once he teams up with Hillary, and gets the Big Dawg to explain it all to the good ole boys down south....

[Craftsman]

12. That would be the worst of both worlds

All the negatives both have in one package.

[susankh4]

18. Think again....

Cuz that is what we're going to get.

:woohoo:

[Danger Mouse]

16. ew. you're still here?

i thought i smelled something.

[ClassWarrior]

24. It's "Democratic." Not "Democrat."

And "left wing" Democratic values are America's best values. Since you're apparently not aware of the fact...

NGU.

[ampad]

33. Who else call the Democratic party the Democrat party?

Yet we got idiot falling behind this fool who is probably a freeper pulling their little strings all because he/she/it hates the black man. It show how desperate some of you really are which is pretty fucking sad.

[Hepburn]

54. And used the term "Obigot."

Hmmmmm.....sounds a bit too familiar, IMO.

[Orsino]

30. "Close to having Clinton on the ropes"?

I assume that you're aware that even the big win she had been counting for in PA will still leave her far behind. She's been on the ropes for a long time now, and will remain so barring some sort of 90% victory next week.

[Craftsman]

32. So, if the super delegates do their job she wins

Their job is to keep and unelectable person from getting the nomination, like McGovern.

[Orsino]

53. Ah. Thank you for clarifying the basis of your opinion.

I can now file it with the other bogus "electability" concerns.

[Mooney]

60. That's funny, because the first time they picked the nominee that way,

they chose Walter Mondale, who carried one state. So the superdelegates are basically good for turning a 50-state defeat into a 49-state defeat.

[cali]

63. lol. The SDs have been doing their jobs- going with

Obama and staying away from Hillary Flick Dukakis. Do try and pay attention. He's received over 70 in the last couple of months. Hillary Flick? -2. Thankfully, the SDs are much smarter than the likes of racist pigs.

[not_too_L8]

dup

GOBAMA!!!!

[not_too_L8]

36. grasping... sinking... on the ropes...getting desperate... Hillary

GOBAMA!!!!

[backscatter712]

39. Did he outdo Bush in the gaffe department, I don't think so.

Every week, it seems the Hill-shills take something Obama said, twist it and take it out of context and start screeching "OMG, HE JUST TORPEDOED HIS CAMPAIGN!!!"

Was what he said anywhere close to "Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their ... love with women across the country!" or "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere ... nope, no weapons over there ... maybe under here?"

No? Not close? Then Obama's campaign is not sunk. At worst, he'll get a small, reversible hit in the polls as Hillary does the dead cat bounce.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

43. good stuf!!!! vaudeville ain't dead after all!

[ananda]

47. This "bitter" gaffe is..

.. really hurting Obama.

He's not gaining any votes in PA, still
in the low forties. Even worse, McCain
is capitalizing on it, and the MSM is
making it a very big negative issue for
Obama.

[Craftsman]

49. It hurts him in the primaries and is another bullet in the rethug gun

to go after him in the fall. I predict one of their stratagies is to paint him as an elitiest bigot.

[Hepburn]

55. You wish....

...:eyes:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

61. this is getting stale now, move on

[smiley_glad_hands]

64. All you got is Obama is unelectable?

If he is so damn unelectable then why the hell is he leading in delegates?

[yardwork]

69. "...appears close to having Hillary on the ropes...?" He's way ahead!

Hillary isn't close to having Obama on the ropes.

[Moochy]

70. Activate HillaryClinton Supporter #828737881292034

[Teaser]

75. sex with what????

.

[JoFerret]

78. Some believe the mask slipped

I certainly think he spoke as he thinks. Hence the reluctance to retract.

Big deal. This is who he is. You either like it or you don't. You either think he's a patronising and poor politician or you don't.

Personally i think his attack on the Clinton economy was deceptive.
I find his attitudes in general to be supercilious. So these remarks fit snugly with that already formed view.

More distressing is the gifts he keeps handing the GOP. Gifts that we will have to fight back in myriad forms once the GE gets underway. I just wish the Obama folk could see that. Wishing it away is not a good strategy.

[brentspeak]

79. "Left-wing" Democratic elites?

The Democratic "elites" are either right down the center or slightly right-of-center. There are no "left-wing" Democratic elites.

[DefenseLawyer]

82. Scoreboard n/t

[Lucky 13]

93. Hillary was just BOOED by union workers in small town PA for mentioning bittergate...

and Obama was cheered. There's once again video-taped evidence of this fact. Seems Hillary is the one out of touch. That woman gets booed more than any political candidate I've ever seen.