Breaking: Obama's do-over on Pennsylvania
The Obama campaign sends along a transcript of his comments tonight trying to square up the Pennsylvania remarks at a town hall in Indiana. The whole thing is after the jump. He basically repeats his riff about Pennsylvania small towns being frustrated by economic slump and unhelpful government, and then:
"So people end up- they don’t vote on economic issues because they don’t expect anybody’s going to help them. So people end up, you know, voting on issues like guns, and are they going to have the right to bear arms. They vote on issues like gay marriage. And they take refuge in their faith and their community and their families and things they can count on. But they don’t believe they can count on Washington. So I made this statement-- so, here’s what rich. Senator Clinton says ‘No, I don’t think that people are bitter in Pennsylvania. You know, I think Barack’s being condescending.’ John McCain says, ‘Oh, how could he say that? How could he say people are bitter? You know, he’s obviously out of touch with people.’
“Out of touch? Out of touch? I mean, John McCain—it took him three tries to finally figure out that the home foreclosure crisis was a problem and to come up with a plan for it, and he’s saying I’m out of touch? ...."
Full transcript of Obama in Terre Haute, from Obama campaign:
“When I go around and I talk to people there is frustration and there is anger and there is bitterness. And what’s worse is when people are expressing their anger then politicians try to say what are you angry about? This just happened – I want to make a point here today.
“I was in San Francisco talking to a group at a fundraiser and somebody asked how’re you going to get votes in Pennsylvania? What’s going on there? We hear that’s its hard for some working class people to get behind you’re campaign. I said, “Well look, they’re frustrated and for good reason. Because for the last 25 years they’ve seen jobs shipped overseas. They’ve seen their economies collapse. They have lost their jobs. They have lost their pensions. They have lost their healthcare.
“And for 25, 30 years Democrats and Republicans have come before them and said we’re going to make your community better. We’re going to make it right and nothing ever happens. And of course they’re bitter. Of course they’re frustrated. You would be too. In fact many of you are. Because the same thing has happened here in Indiana. The same thing happened across the border in Decatur. The same thing has happened all across the country. Nobody is looking out for you. Nobody is thinking about you. And so people end up- they don’t vote on economic issues because they don’t expect anybody’s going to help them. So people end up, you know, voting on issues like guns, and are they going to have the right to bear arms. They vote on issues like gay marriage. And they take refuge in their faith and their community and their families and things they can count on. But they don’t believe they can count on Washington. So I made this statement-- so, here’s what rich. Senator Clinton says ‘No, I don’t think that people are bitter in Pennsylvania. You know, I think Barack’s being condescending.’ John McCain says, ‘Oh, how could he say that? How could he say people are bitter? You know, he’s obviously out of touch with people.’
"Out of touch? Out of touch? I mean, John McCain—it took him three tries to finally figure out that the home foreclosure crisis was a problem and to come up with a plan for it, and he’s saying I’m out of touch? Senator Clinton voted for a credit card-sponsored bankruptcy bill that made it harder for people to get out of debt after taking money from the financial services companies, and she says I’m out of touch? No, I’m in touch. I know exactly what’s going on. I know what’s going on in Pennsylvania. I know what’s going on in Indiana. I know what’s going on in Illinois. People are fed-up. They’re angry and they’re frustrated and they’re bitter. And they want to see a change in Washington and that’s why I’m running for President of the United States of America.”
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from swimming freestyle:
"Barack Obama is a remarkably eloquent man and turning into a remarkably capable politician. But if the Senator believes it's smart to insult voters from a state critical to your success, he's hit one of the worst false notes yet in his campaign.
Yeah, I know what his campaign said, and that may have been what he meant. But a sophisticated candidate doesn't refer to voters in language that can be construed as derogatory or insulting. Obama asserted Pennsylvania voters are bitter and so simple and lacking in maturity and intelligence that they address their frustration by clinging to primitive and reactionary crutches rather than addressing their problems in constructive ways.
It's divisive. And not the way to attract the voters you need most."
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My fellow elitist Americans understand me completely! For all you "Whitey's, Rednecks and Crackers" in Pennsylvania and rural America, I meant what I said! I am sick and tired of all you Whitey's hiding behind the constitution (freedom of religion, right to bear arms, etc.) and the bill of rights! My views (and Michelle's) are not radical, they are a blend of Marxism and Socialism, we like to call it OBAMARXSOLISM. Do not fear CHANGE!!! I is change I can believe in!!!
All you crackers complain too much! I do not see a problem with not pledging allegiance to the flag! Mentor Wright and my Whitey friend Bill Ayers told me that it is a fascist symbol of oppression as is everything else American. On inauguration day I will put my hand on the Koran and begin the destruction of this American illusion of greatness once and for all.
I am sick and tired of you bible-thumping-gun-toting-crackers complaining about illegal immigration! All you crackers can move to Canada because I will open the southern border and there will be no more illegal’s - problem solved!
One of my daughters was working on a school project the other day and asked me about the sacrifices you crackers made during the Civil War - more than 620,000 dead, countless wounded - more than all American wars - to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. I correctly informed her that this was "cracker propaganda", the same propaganda made about WWII where 6 million Zionists were exterminated - completely false, these are " Whitey's history lies" and I will eliminate these perverse beliefs when I am president!!! That was the last straw, the girls are going to a Madrassa or be home schooled by Michelle!!!
So, in closing, my dear zombie Whitey followers, I want you to continue to not believe your lying eyes, ears and conscience and continue to give me your blind support and remember that I am the gatekeeper of all truth!!! May Allah reward your efforts!!!
Salam Alaykum!!!
Your Fascist Leader,
Barack Husein "Osama" Obama