Obama: “We can make progress…”
April 15th, 2008 by joe
Yes, it’s old news, but it’s important enough to recall this quote periodically to ensure everyone goes into the voting booth with eyes wide open:
But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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April 16th, 2008 at 12:02 am
While I find it hard to believe a politician actually said what was on his mind (which is what I believe he did) I have to also believe this one statement will cost him the presidency. It ought to. There is a word for someone that says that people cling to guns and religion (as a result of bitterness) which is not pretty; the word is bigot. The statement itself is so full of prejudice against those that have traditional values, that if he is elected, it will have a polarizing effect upon the country worse than anything we have had in the past. I wouldn’t be surprised if he looses the South, the Mid-West and a large swath of every rural area of the country.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:47 am
“The word is bigot”
Thanks for putting the point on this topic, Brian. You are exactly right - and the first person I have seen to make the observation.
He’s been able to ride a nice voice to the probable Democratic nomination and possibly the US presidency, but scratch the surface and a sad, sick personality lurks beneath.
April 16th, 2008 at 7:40 am
But Obama, alas, is not the only one who holds these views. People like Kennedy, Kerry, Pelosi et al are simpley better at hiding their prejudices or are smart enough not to bring it up. This of course goes for more than a few higher ups in the GOP hierarchy who are more than happy to say the right things to get the country bumpkin vote but then promptly forget about them until the next election cycle.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:30 am
What bothers me is not enough people see it, know it, or care about it. What will it take for the people to realize that those in gov’t are using/demeaning them? Does Dr. Butrose make housecalls?
April 16th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Joe and Brian,
What hoooey. Don’t both of you ignorant white wretches know that it is impossible for a Black Senator to be a bigot. It’s right there on page 1 of the PC though-speak manual. Page 2 shows how it is impossible for a woman to be a chauvinist. You are only giving Michelle Obama more reason to think this country is just mean.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:54 am
The media has been focusing on the word bitter, when Brian is correct, cling is the word that is offense. People are bitter when they lose jobs, not that I believe that is what Obama was “saying.” He was espousing the view, which is prevelant among the intellectuals of the left, that those who are anti-immigrant (purposefully forgot to include illegal), anti-trade, religious or pro-2nd amendment are rubes, simpletons or naive. Only the prophet Obama can enlighten us and show us the way. The San Francisco liberals loved it, and it speaks volumes that this is the crowd he felt comfortable enough with to share his true views.
Hopefully this will continue to be debated in the general election. We all know the MSM has not and will not cover it properly.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:04 am
“are rubes, simpletons or naive.”
Translation=in-bred redneck crackers.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:30 am
ACT - You are correct, sir. I used the term “red necks” and “ignorant bumpkins” when discussing this over the weekend, but the in-bred description is true as well.
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