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2008-04-12 Home Front: Politix
Obama Draws Fire for Comments on Small-Town America
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Posted by Fred 2008-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Obama denies his white DNA. That is the worst sort of condescension.

Why "cling to guns"? In dozens of court findings, judges have denied that police bear an obligation to protect the public. Ergo: protect yourself with appropriate means.
Posted by McZoid 2008-04-12 02:18||   2008-04-12 02:18|| Front Page Top

#2 This has much less to do with Obama denying his white DNA than his telling San Francisco limousine liberals what they want to hear. He's arrogant enough to believe that he can say anything to anyone and never be called on it ... sad thing is it appears that he's correct.
Posted by AzCat 2008-04-12 04:21||   2008-04-12 04:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Whadda ya expect? A marxist empty suit that spouts crap the media not only loves to hear but believes explicitly.
I'm a half drunk Bircher, I think I have a better chance of becoming President.
Posted by JerseyMike 2008-04-12 06:35||   2008-04-12 06:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Typical urban elitist.

Obama, what a tool.
Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-12 09:01||   2008-04-12 09:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope, hope, hope the Dems are stupid enough to run Obama as their candidate. They'll be setting themselves up for a world-class butt-kicking. I'm talking McGovern-style butt-kicking. VDH called it the same way and I'd bet big bucks he's right.
Posted by Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-04-12 09:34||   2008-04-12 09:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Geez…don’t take it so personally Mr. and Mrs. Blue Collar. Are you really shocked to learn that liberals view Small-town, USA as just another demographic to be manipulated? Just remember, in the rough and tumble world of identity-politics no group is immune. It just so happens this was a fund-raiser with wealthy San Francisco academic-types. Really…it’s nothing personal. It’s just that West-coast Progressives seem to warm up to the stereotypes about you folks as being a bunch of rural rubes. You see…it kinda makes them feel superior….and that’s when they tend to loosen up their purse strings. And don’t forget, Senator Obama has all kinds of speeches for you guys too. You may have heard the one about Wall Street vs. Main Street. It’s a good-un. And if his speech about the evil corporate CEO’s and their elite cronies doesn’t make you grab for your checkbook you best be talking to the closest union representative. So buck-up and get ready for some “Change”.
Posted by DepotGuy 2008-04-12 13:41||   2008-04-12 13:41|| Front Page Top

#7 You guys sound bitter.
Posted by Crolusing tse Tung2778 2008-04-12 13:56||   2008-04-12 13:56|| Front Page Top

#8 “You guys sound bitter.”

Crolusing tse Tung2778,
Senator Obama has said Saul Alinsky was an enormous influence on his political philosophy. In Alinskys’ book ‘Rules for Radicals’ he said “Organization for action will now and in the decades ahead center upon America's white middle class.” I could be off base but personally I detect a pattern.

“On the other side is the older generation, whose members are not less confused. If they are not as vocal or conscious, it may be because they can escape to a past when the world was simpler.They can still cling to the old values in the simple hope that everything will work out somehow, some way.”
Saul Alinsky - ‘Rules for Radicals’


"Like the anger within the black community, these resentments aren’t always expressed in polite company. But they have helped shape the political landscape for at least a generation. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition."
Barak Obama - Speech on race relations 2008

"And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations”
Barak Obama – Fundraiser speech 2008
Posted by DepotGuy 2008-04-12 15:03||   2008-04-12 15:03|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm willing to bet very few of those religous, gun-toting rednecks go to a church where the pastor rants about conspiracy, Jews and hating AmeriKKKa. They may be residents of small towns, but that does not mean they are small-minded.
Posted by SteveS 2008-04-12 15:04||   2008-04-12 15:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Now if we could just get rid of that Electoral College thingy that gives disproportianate weight to the votes of those Jesus loving gun nuts...
Posted by Barak Obama 2008-04-12 15:17||   2008-04-12 15:17|| Front Page Top

#11 But your home state has already done so, BO. Was that your idea of change?
Posted by Bobby 2008-04-12 16:53||   2008-04-12 16:53|| Front Page Top

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