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Obama's Bitter Aftertaste
But the only poll that matters will be held a week from today when voters cast votes in the Pennsylvania primary. Only then will we know whether voters in small towns are "bitter" or mad as hell at Obama.
John Judis of the New Republic thinks that Obama will be the one who's bitter when all is said and done:
Some liberal commentators have downplayed the effect of Barack Obama's fundraising speech at a San Francisco fundraiser last week. But that's wishful thinking. Along with the revelations about Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright, his remarks in San Francisco will haunt him not only in the upcoming primaries in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia, but also in the general election against John McCain, assuming he gets the Democratic nomination.With just 10 contests left, Obama has yet to show that he can win over these "salt-of-the-earth" Democrats.
To win in November, a Democratic presidential candidate has to carry most of the industrial heartland states that stretch from Pennsylvania to Missouri. That becomes even more imperative if a Democrat can't carry Florida--and because of his relative weakness in South Florida, Obama is unlikely to do so against McCain. Ruy Teixeira and I have calculated that in the heartland states, a Democratic presidential candidate has to win from 45 to 48 percent of the white working class vote. In some states, like West Virginia and Kentucky, the percentage is well over a majority.
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 5)Susie2:58PMApr 15th 2008
If elected, will Barack and Michelle continue to insult me for the next four years?
Typical white person
Changes3:24PMApr 15th 2008
So, should I trust Hillary and her sleazy husband? Yeah, let's trust the people who pardoned four FALN terrorists at the end of Bubba's term. Let's trust the people who pardoned fugitive financier Marc Rich in exchange for campaign donations. Let's trust the people who brazenly stole furniture from the White House, and returned it only when the Justice Department ordered them to.
By the way, is Hillary sweating yet? She should be. The Peter Paul trial starts soon.
If you want to compare Obama and Clinton for trustworthiness, it is not even close.
Hillary should change her campaign slogan. It should be "My husband cheated on me, so I should be President of the United States".
Obama in 2008. Integrity matters and the Clintons have none.
Lie Detector3:35PMApr 15th 2008
Hillary said she is in favor of guns, but at a convention in 2000 she said that gun control was of the highest priority. She also said she had to dodge snipers on Bosnia and that a certain woman in Illinois couldn't go to the hospital because of no insurance. Why don't we all keep repeating these words to counter what she is saying about Obama, the clear choice. Or we could just wait for Bill Clinton to react to normal criticism of Hillary and show his ass again.
OBAMA=SCARY3:48PMApr 15th 2008
OBAMA AND HIS ANTI-AMERICAN WIFE SHOULD BE ASHAMED! SHE NEEDED MORE "WHITE" PEOPLE. HE NEEDS MORE "DUMB" PEOPLE!
THIS JUST IN: “WE NEED MORE DUMB PEOPLE”
OBAMA IS FORMING THE BACKDROP FOR HIS NOVEMBER ASPIRATIONS: 5 YELLOW PEOPLE, 4 BROWN PEOPLE, 20 WHITE PEOPLE, 1 BLACK PERSON, 4 GREEN PEOPLE, 20 PURPLE PEOPLE AND 55 “MILLION” DUMB PEOPLE REQUIRED.
THE OBAMA COMMITTEE WILL MOVE PEOPLE AROUND FROM WHERE THEY WERE SITTING TO HAVE MORE “DUMB” PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW, SITTING DIRECTLY BEHIND OBAMA, TO CHEER HIM ON.
OBAMA, MICHELLE, PELOSI, DEAN, REID, KENNEDY, KERRY AND JEREMIAH WRIGHT ARE STUCK ON STUPID!
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT!
HILLARY 2008!
not-bitter-just-typical3:49PMApr 15th 2008
When the chips are down for Barack Hussein Obama, the biased media always seem to rush to the rescue.
The Obamas have been affiliated with some of the worst in America. Have YOU forgotten the radical man who married them, mentored them and baptized their kids; the Rezko slum-lord neighbor and the financial ‘dealings’ with their home; and the uncovering of ties to Louis Farrakhan, and our own anti-American bomber, Ayers, right here in America and teaching our kids?
NO OBAMA........HILLARY '08!
buckskin7114:10PMApr 15th 2008
if hillary clinton would have went to san francisco and met with billionaires, one of which was a billionaire arab,and said what obama said about small town america, the media would have tarred and feathered her. and now they want you to believe that what he said was just the truth and "their" polls indicate that there was no damage.......bullshit ! the media can keep spinning this away, they will see at the exit polls in pennsylvania and from now on,that their boy obama' is done fooling the american people. hillary 08
tzada4:20PMApr 15th 2008
Lie Detector3:35PMApr 15th 2008
Hillary said she is in favor of guns, but at a convention in 2000 she said that gun control was of the highest priority. She also said she had to dodge snipers on Bosnia and that a certain woman in Illinois couldn't go to the hospital because of no insurance. Why don't we all keep repeating these words to counter what she is saying about Obama, the clear choice. Or we could just wait for Bill Clinton to react to normal criticism of Hillary and show his ass again.
From me
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The Associated Press
A look at some of the presidential candidates' positions on gun control:
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.: Voted against ban on assault-type weapons but in favor of requiring background checks at gun shows. Voted to shield gun-makers and dealers from civil suits. "I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control."
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY: Voted for ban on assault-type weapons and to require background checks at gun shows. Calls for renewing the ban, which expired in 2004. Favored leaving gun-makers and dealers open to civil suits. In 2000, supported proposals for a federal requirement for state-issued photo gun licenses, as well as a national registry for handgun sales.
-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.: Voted to leave gun-makers and dealers open to suit. Also, as Illinois state lawmaker, supported ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter state restrictions generally on firearms.
OBAMA WANTS OUR GUNS
Responding to Clinton’s speech about his bitter remarks…..about clinging to religion and GUNS.
Obama mocked Hillary’s affinity to “gun culture” while failing to inform his audience that he had once filed a questionnaire in 1996, advocating a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns
He also didn’t reveal that he was on the board of the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, which takes an aggressive gun control position and in which he had considered (2001) becoming its full-time president
Obama also didn’t reference his audience to his own senatorial website, where he states that “the passage of legal protection for the gun industry would mark an enormous setback for gun control advocates and for leaders of cities such as Chicago, who have filed suit against gun dealers and manufacturers.”
Or, that he told the Chicago Tribune that “I believe we need to renew–not roll back–this common sense gun law,” referring to the 1994 AWB.
The whole sordid tale of Barack Obama keeps getting stranger and stranger. Let me introduce you to Rev. Pfleger another member of our Chicago “cast”
Rev. Michael Pfleger, is a Chicago Catholic priest at St. Sabina . They describe themselves as a "Bible-teaching" African-American Catholic Church.
Like Rev Wright his friend, Father Michael Pfleger has close ties to Barack Hussein Obama. Father Michael Pfleger's endorsement appears on Obama's faith endorsements page, where Jeremiah Wright's used to be... before he became too much of an embarrassment. http://faith.barackobama.com/page/content/faithtestimonials
With that kind of violent mindset and hateful rhetoric, it's no surprise that Father Michael Pfleger is so close to Louis Farrakhan. Or that he's used violent rhetoric when threatening critics of Obama. So Father Pfleger is out with a warning: "Do not touch this man," he says, "for if you do, you will answer to us all.
Pfleger has also defended the Nation of Islam repeatedly and insulted Jewish critics of NOI as "narrow minded" Father Michael Pfleger also invited Kareem Irfan, former chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago to speak on the anniversary of 9/11. Kareem Irfan is infamous for excusing beheadings by terrorists and is an ISNA member, a Saudi subsidized Wahhabi group with close ties to terrorism.
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Ken Green4:31PMApr 15th 2008
Baraqi hates white middle America, at least that what's my brother Cletus told me while he was cleaning his rifle and listening to the Bible on tape and cursing out illegal aliens...........
arrogantobama4:39PMApr 15th 2008
Obama is going to find out something on April 22nd.. That he truly is a loser..lol He is going to get massacred at the polls by the white voters in every state the is holding elections..
The Obama campaign has been undercovered for who they truly are..A bunch of raicst terrorist and anti american supporters..
Better Informed4:42PMApr 15th 2008
Here we go again! The media is eating out of Hillary's hand and not reporting all her recent lies like Bosnia, No Health Insurance, etc.
Concerned4:56PMApr 15th 2008
THINK ABOUT IT FIRST. DO YOU STILL WANT HILLARY TO HAVE A GUN AFTER READING THIS?
All of these folks are indeed dead and it might all just be a tragic coincidence--- But I wouldn't want to be on their list of associates (just to be on the safe side)!!!!!!!!!!!
SO NOW YOU MIGHT VOTE FOR HILLARY? THINK ABOUT IT FIRST......
This is what happens when you have dirt on the Clintons :
1 - James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation.
2 - Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
3 - Vince Foster - Former white House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.
4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.
5 - C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.
6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992... Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor."
7- Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.
8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.
9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.
10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.
11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.
12 - Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.
13 - Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.
14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds.
15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.
16 - Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.
17 - Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation.
18 - Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno three weeks before his death
19 - Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guarantee scandal.
20 - Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.
21- Charles Meissner - Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.
22 - Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee, died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother.
23 - Barry Seal - Drug running pilot out of Mena, Arkansas, death was no accident.
24 - Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.
25 - Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guarantee. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.
26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded.
27 - Kevin Ives and Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the two boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:
28 - Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, July 1988.
29 - Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988
30 - Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.
31 - Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.
33 - James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes."
34 - Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.
35 - Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.
THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 36 - Major William S. Barkley Jr. 37 - Captain Scott J. Reynolds 38 - Sgt. Brian Hanley 39 - Sgt. Tim Sabel 40 - Major General William Robertson 41 - Col. William Densberger 42 - Col. Robert Kelly 43 - Spec. Gary Rhodes 44 - Steve Willis 45 - Robert Williams 46 - Conway LeBleu 47 - Todd McKeehan
Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of what happens to anyone who might damage the Clinton machine
arrogantobama4:59PMApr 15th 2008
WHY ARE US TAX PAYERS FORCED TO PAY FOR SECRET SERVICE AGENTS OF A POLITICAL CANDIDATE THAT ISN'T EVEN THE OFFICAL CANDIDIATE OF A PARTY??
Obama should be sued by us tax payers and be forced to pay for these agents services..
I want to start a petition to sue Obama on behalf of the tax payers of American.. Join the suit..
Voice of Reason5:01PMApr 15th 2008
To: arrogantobama4:59PMApr 15th 2008
He needs Secret Service protection to keep bigots like you away from him
Voice of Reason5:07PMApr 15th 2008
To: arrogantobama4:59PMApr 15th 2008
Let's file a suit against Hillary Clinton for receiving campaign funds from a foreign national, Elton John. I'll join you in that suit.
Bret5:14PMApr 15th 2008
I believe democrats need to pull their heads out of their asses and quit fighting amongst each other and focus on the bigger issue. Putting Mc Bush in office is gonna be the plunger that finishes flushing our country down the toilet. I voted for Hillary and hope that she gets the nomination, but if it is between Barrack and McCain, Mr. Obama has my vote. People are getting too caught up with crap that really doesn't matter. Bottom line. If we want four more years of Americans dying for reasons that were lies to begin with is retarded. Our tax dollars would have been much better spent had we sent in some of our best special forces to Afganistan and as quietly and discreetly as possible, hunted down Osama Bin Laden, the one responsible for our country being fucked right now, (besides Bush and his cronies) like the dirty dog that he is instead of getting us bogged down in Iraq over lies. Sure, Saddam was a douchebag, but he was in no position to pose any real threat to America and more importantly, he was not the one responsible for 9/11.
Hillary '08
TJ5:15PMApr 15th 2008
FAYE, THANKS FOR THAT NOTE OF SOBRIETY.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN HOPIONG TO SPIN THIS AWAY BUT THEY ARE FOOLISH. WE ALL KNOW WHAT OBAMA MEANT. . .
IN SAN FRANCISCO OBAMA WAS WITH THE "MILLIONARE BOYS' CLUB," WHO ARE FUELING HIS CAMPAIGN WITH CASH.
THE DOORS WERE CLOSED AND HE NEVER THOUGHJT HE'D EVER BE HEARD. THEN WE HEARD THE REAL OBAMA.
OBAMA IS EITHER REALLY STILL AN ANIMIST, LIKE HIS GRANDPARENTS AND MOTHER, OR REALLY A MUSLIM.
THE REST IS A GAME OF MACHIAVELISM. TELL THE BITTER "MASSES" WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR AND TO HELL WITH THEM.
TO HOPE TO BULLY HIS WAY OUT OF THIS OR SPIN HIS WAY OUT OF THIS IS A DELUSION AND WILL PALY INTO HILLARY'S HANDS... JOKES ABOUT ANN OAKLEY---
OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE.
TO FORCE HIM ON DEMOS IS TO LOSE THE ELECTION.
IF HE IS NOMINATED, I WILL VOTE MCCAIN FOR SURE, OR STAY HOME. TWO POLLS SHOW HILLARY LEADING BY 20 POINTS. (ARG & SUSA) HOW DO WE KNOW RTHOSE 2 ARE NOT ACCURATE. WHY DO WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT 50: 46.
IF ITS OVER IN PA , ITS OVER FOR OBAMA . . . HE CANT WIN BIG STATES AND IDAHO AND UTAH AINT GONNA CUT IT.
Katherine5:18PMApr 15th 2008
Barack Obama will never be President.
Anyone who thinks this is not a big deal is fooling themselves. Anyone who spins the story into something about being bitter because they are missing work is fooling themselves.
For those people:
Obama made these statements about small town USA not only in front of elitist rich people in Pacific Heights...
But it was a fundraiser at a multi-millionaire's mansion with many millionaires present and the media was disallowed. So, he was speaking as though no one else would find out. His own follow along reporter from Huffington.com was so disturbed by it she had to report it.
The mansion is owned by multi-millionaire "Pakistan native and ardently Muslim Sohaib Abbasi (CEO of Informatica)"....
Here. Look at all the pictures of the string of millionaire and billionaire fundraisers Obama went to in San Fran on billionaire's row:
http://savagepolitics.com/
http://www.zombietime.com/obama_visits_billionaires_row/
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He didn't just say people are bitter because they lost jobs.
He said people in small towns in PA and the mid-west cling to their guns, and their God, and they don't like anyone who is not like them, and they don't like immigrants...
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He called small town USA a bunch of gun-toting bigots and xenophobes who are isolationist religious zealot bible thumper and bitter people.
It is the quintessential small town stereotype. It's mean and....
I am SICK of Michelle and Barack verbally abusing our country!!
Katherine5:18PMApr 15th 2008
You know what. I saw this video a few days ago and now there are a lot more hits. I thought I should share it with Hillary supporters. And yeah...all women too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcdnlNZg2iM
Kevin Taylor5:25PMApr 15th 2008
Why do politicians get in trouble when they speak the truth?
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richard2:53PMApr 15th 2008
The old priest lay dying in the hospital and asked to see Bill and Hillary. The old priest took Bill's hand in his right hand and Hillary's hand in his left. There was silence and a look of serenity on the old priest's face. Finally Bill Clinton spoke. 'Father, of all the people you could have chosen, why did you choose us to be with you as you near the end?' The old priest slowly replied, 'I have always tried to pattern my life after our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.'
'Amen' said Bill.
'Amen' said Hillary.
The old priest continued... 'He died between two lying thieves. I would like to do the same.'
'AMEN said the Nurse.