shame on obama!! trying to sound like chris rock

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is out of touch. Sen. McCain is out of touch with most of the soldiers I know (who are referred to as bullet catchers by the elitist Navy sailors and Air Force pilots). The varying degrees to which there out of touch is up to everybody to judge for themselves. I know that I was shocked to find out that these 2 PRESIDENTIAL candidates who have been on the campaign trail for so long; and that have so many years of experience in Washington. Don't know that a large amount (some even say 80% of Americans polled are dissatisfied) of Americans are bitter. With all the important looking news clips of them at hospitals and poor people’s homes; and the pictures of them with concern etched on their face in some living room or picket line. I couldn't believe that neither one of them knew that there were God fearing, red blooded, patriotic, Americans who are bitter. I'm sure once they get wind of all these comments and see the error of they’re ways there’s going to be some quick backtracking. In the mean time I want to voice my opinion about this latest “Bitter Controversy”.
Because I’m bitter; after Two 15 and 16 month tours to the sandbox and less than 6 months together with my wife in the last 2 years… Yes I'm bitter; but I'm not the only one.  I see and run into bitter people all the time. Much more frequently than I run into happy go lucky optimistic satisfied people. To clarify my statement though I would like to add. Some of the bitter people I run into are very funny, well behaved, well spoken, law abiding, respectful citizens. Being bitter doesn’t mean they are violent, disgruntled, hateful, or walking around permanently angry. People are just bitter, with these high gas prices and the economy only getting worse and worse. Former New Orleans Louisiana Citizens are bitter with a federal government that seemingly left its own citizens to fend for themselves: in one of the worst natural disasters since the big quake in San Francisco. Every American citizen is bitter from living with an antiquated immigration policy that’s broken and that seems like the government is just playing politics with. People are bitter with racial tensions seemingly worse now than they were in the 90's, 80's, or even the 70's. The rest of the free world is bitter and disenchanted with us as World Leaders. The Euro is sometimes twice the value of a dollar: so a 4 Euro pack of cigarettes cost $8 American dollars. The ridiculous hundreds of billions of dollars in debt we are in to communist China should make any red blooded American bitter. While were steadily outsourcing jobs and in trade agreements with countries that could care less about our people or our families being out of work or struggling; I have family that’s in Akron and Dayton Ohio out of work getting old, bitter. Broken borders... The Democratic Party should be bitter that the Clintons again seemingly (with scandal after scandal) left the door wide open for Al Gore (A Nobel Prize winner) to crash and burn and go down in flames. It is in my opinion that its partially because of them that the Country wound up in the hands of the Republicans who have lead us into this disaster. I still love my country but I'm definitely bitter and upset with the last 2 administrations that I grew up in that have let things come to this.

I believe in the second amendment. I believe Sen. Obama believes in the Second Amendment and the right of Americans to be able to bear arms. He has been one of the Amendments fiercest defenders. I was baptized and have attended Christian School almost all of my life. My faith didn’t come out of bitterness but I know that Jesus message has always been to bring hope to the downtrodden and downcast. What the Senator said is correct.  We as Christians cast off our burdens and sorrows in Christ and in church where we believe we are uplifted by his Holy Spirit.. One of the reasons we fellowship in the Lord is because they're are bad governments. From the Pharaohs to Pontius Pilate they’re have been administrations that have made the people bitter. When times are tough people look to they’re faith for refuge Read Exodus, Psalms, Thessalonians, Corinthians, the New Testament... All those letters to the Churches after (the) Acts of the Apostles or Disciples were pretty much about staying strong in the faith through desperate times. I respect Sen. Obama more than ever for standing up and actually telling the truth. To say that most Americans are happy and optimistic like little children is out of touch. When times are good people aren’t worried so much about crime or guns. When times are good and people are happy and truly optimistic we don’t have so many people using drugs like Crystal Meth…  People are happy when they have good jobs that they’re confident they’re going to have the next year. When they’re’ not worried about loosing they’re home or worried about how they’re going to afford gas and still be able to save for they’re children’s education and they’re senior years… No government has ever been perfect, or utopian, but is it unrealistic to just want a President who will help the people instead of the lobbyist and big Bear Stearns?

I believe that out of the three viable candidates that we have left, that Sen. Obama is the one who is the most in touch and connected to us. He didn’t grow up in a wealthy Illinois Republican dynasty, or in some very wealthy Military family that could give him access to the elitist Navy Pilot School. That doesn’t except the children of the common American family. Sen. Obama wasn’t some fancy Navy fly boy… He would’ve been one of us (or like me a Grunt).
Then Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has some nerve; when she doesn’t even realize how out of touch she is. Look how she sounds in her new commercials being run in Pennsylvania: where she talks about her family summers at “The Cottage”. It's like she doesn’t get the difference or really care that most common people don’t have summers at “The Fabulous Cottage“ that looks like a mansion or some manor… or the White House.  She’s completely out of touch. Most of the people I know spent summers on the porch or at they’re friend’s house; with a 2 or 3 day trip somewhere like Disneyland or the beach or some place. I can’t even imagine a whole summer of my whole family not working and being able to hang out at some gated Mansion with butlers and maids. You can see in the commercial the place was humongous. The fabulous Hiltons and Mrs. Rodham Clinton may be used to summers like this at “The Cottage”; but what is this the Simple Life or the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous? The Hills or Richie Rich?  
Sen. Obama grew up with a single Mother and from his childhood pictures (looked Happy and Loved on the beach with his Grandparents) with his Mom doing the best she could; but he had to make it on his own.  Like the most of us he had to make it by using his own wits and drive; without the rich connections or a Father that is the Admiral of the Pacific Fleet of the Navy. He didn’t even have the brand new convertible Corvette Stingray like Sen. McCain. He didn’t have the trust fund; like most of the rest of us he had to work and pray hard for everything. The President of the Harvard Law Review, a self made yet very intellectual Senator that really seems to still be one of us. That hasn’t completely forgotten what it‘s really like to be one of the 'have not’s'. Neither One of the other two candidates has ever even experienced an average or lower middle class lifestyle. They have all led fantastic lives and achieved and done amazing things. They have all had to overcome. The difference is 2 of them are completely out of touch with the common American or the average tax payer/voter. Senators McCain and the distinguished Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton are completely out of touch with the people, with the small hands that turn the wheels...They can read about being poor, or some older politician’s thoughts on abortion, and being frightened and out of work or being a young single mother… They can visit the barrio and the poor and be gracious enough to listen to you and me gripe; but they have never known a day of not being monetarily rich or financially set for life or even of having an immediate family member that wasn’t rich. Bill Clinton seems to me to be as close as Hillary will ever get to having someone who may have been poor in her family. Sen. Obama or Barry knows what it means to really have a debt or college loans that have to be paid back that you can‘t afford.
The rich kids like the Kennedy’s’ like him and have endorsed him. Stars like Oprah, George Clooney, George Lucas, and even Rolling Stone magazine believe in him and support him... So the wealthy and well to do should know that he’s’ not out to get them or that he wouldn't just forget about them either. He’s just of and for the people and he’s honest with us because he knows people are intelligent enough to handle it.
You don’t have to sugar coat things or try to trick or politic us into liking you. I can’t afford a new set of Nomax gloves to take to the field with me. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton telling me that I’m happy and optimistic isn’t going to get those gloves or make them magically appear.

 I believe that Sen. Obama is really special. Like Governor Richardson said he’s the type of Politician that (if we’re lucky) we get, or that comes around once in a lifetime. I think this last much a do about nothing, is the result of panic and jealousy that the cats out of the bag and the other politicians are really looking bad. To anyone calling him out of touch for overtly being OBVIOUSLY in touch; it’s definitely just a jealous and desperate, frightened reaction. The words he said behind those closed doors in Marin weren’t scandalous or out of touch. The response from McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton has been… It’s easy to see. People are at the gas pumps bitter, Protesting the War bitter, (Pink against the War or whatever…) Michael Moore and Sicko and the environmentalist are bitter…  The problem with Immigration on both sides of the border is bitter the Minutemen are bitter. Out of Work people are bitter and mad at the way there jobs have been outsourced and that Nike is building a brand new 2.3 billion dollar factory in Vietnam. Dell and America Online etc… are spending millions building buildings and business in India spending millions training people in India. People are bringing guns to school and shooting everybody and killing themselves, bitter. They’re not optimistic. They say that there were officially One Hundred and something suicides in the Army last year; but I can almost guarantee that there were more than that, that the Army won’t classify as a suicide. In every unit there putting Soldiers on Suicide watch taking the bolts out of their weapons they’re boot laces and belts.  When people are happy and optimistic they don’t have to give up their educations and dreams to join the Army to defend their country and families.

I am a little bitter but I do love my country and I BELIEVE in Sen. Barack Obama for President in 08.

Thank You.

Hillary, stick to your guns.  You are right about his comments being demeaning.  These Obama cult followers are dumb, deaf and blind.  The are mesmerized by his wonderful smile and the elegant tone of his voice.  It is so frustrating for me or my husband to watch him, we get angry when we here people spin his words to make him sound like some King who is commanding his loyal subjects.  Sometimes I want him to be the nominee just so I can see the Republicans tear him apart.  He is so disgustingly deceitful.....He is a Liar, a Hypocrite and Con Artist.  He is running a game on the American people.  Don't fall for the bull.  He is cocky and arrogant and this is why he said what he did.  He is only apologizing now because he has too just like he had to explain Rev. Wright.  How many time are you people going to fall for this crap.  The Republicans are waiting with a sharp hatchet to chop him down when he becomes the nominee.  People who support Obama will regret their decision wants he becomes the nominee.  I promise you......

Go Obama!  Hillary should be ashamed of herself for doing the GOP's dirty work.  She would be perfect for McCain's VP.

It's about time he start hitting back. He needs to bring it to peoples attention that a former member of the WalMart board is calling him an elitist. She's desperate. I guess this is all part of her kitchen sink strategy.

I don`t know how Hillary has time to campaign, she is so busy on the assembly line , wearing her hairnet and overalls( extra large ) and of course she goes for beer and pizza, she is a hoot, and tells us about all her experience, did you know she fought sniper fire in Bosnia, she marched with MLK , she rescued people on 911, and she even bakes cookies. But around 11pm , she does get a little tired and testy.. And we have to drive her home. She has quite a nice house for a working girl.

What character and integrity?

Today in Scranton, Senator Clinton made the case that Senator Obama, while being a "good man" is also an "elitist" who said "divisive" and "demeaning" words.  She went on to say that "good men" like Al Gore and John Kerry had been painted as "elitists" by Republican operatives and that she is tired of seeing Democrats painted as "elitists".

HUH?!

The fact of the matter is that Senator Clinton, in a desperate opportunistic Hail Mary attempt to undo Senator Obama's insurmountable lead over her, is herself doing the sleazy job of undermining the "good man" who WILL likely be the Democratic nominee.  Her selfish, narcissistic need to win - at all costs - has apparently blinded her to the damage she is inflicting on the Democratic Party and, ultimately, on herself.

Senator Clinton has every right to continue the campaign, but her shameless mischaracterizations of Senator Obama's words and intent are disgraceful.  

Her actions are also counter-productive to her own self-interests.  If (by some unimaginable miracle) Senator Clinton succeeds in destroying Senator Obama, she can only do so by concurrently destroying herself and the Democratic Party.  In such an unlikely event, I won't be the only Democrat who decides not to support or vote for Senator Clinton.

Senator Clinton's all-out offensive may allow her to win the battle, but she will certainly lose the war.  

Calimity Jane is closer to Hillary.  Jane was known to embellish the truth a bit.

This whole controversy is nonsense.  Hillary is a leader in the anit-gun movement.

 Any day now, we'll see Hill and Dick, out there
  a huntin' and a shootin'
 Hey Sen. Clinton-don't forget to duck.

Now that is funny stuff... a duck blind! Maybe she is counting the $109,000,000 in that duck blind.

People are tired of the usual political foolishness.  Glad to see voters are not fooled by political spinning.  She could lose Pennsylvania cause this whole bitter thing may backfire on Clinton

And so have his supporters on this post.  How often have we seen Billary, Monica, Whitewater, Cattle Futures, divisive etc....

Go HOME Hillary...  The party's over... We know who you are now and what you want...  218M in 8 years?

Nothin like a $$$ legacy, and you call yourself the 'peoples candidate'...  You're the Clinton's candidate. The people don't matter in your play book.  

Its time BO starts responding to the attack and 'Take his glove off' like he promised after Texas.

Thanks HRC for the practice you're giving BO, preparing him for the Republican attacks...its very important he's firmed up.

I don't believe Barack Obama meant for his statements to be harmful.  But it does give many people pause because it gives insight into his mind by showing he does not have enough experience to be our President.  He is an incredible person but these latest statements show is inability to unite our people.  The leader of the free world needs to understand how his words can effect others.  Especially when it comes to foreign policy.  I believe he can win in 2012. Bottom line, he just needs more experience.  

oh SNAP!!
Hillary has been served
Obama 08

Shame on you Hillary. Shame on you ... and you know it.

dig it.

I will never vote for hillary, which is unfortunate because I defended her for so long prior to this campaign.  I will certainly not vote for McCain either.  Hillary has policies I like, McCain does not.  McCain has some level of integrity, Hillary does not.  Obama has both, and if he loses the nomination I see no candidate who offers policies and integrity, so I will simply sit this one out and forever become an independent.

You know Chuck, I am so amused by the fact that Hillary seems to pluck ANYTHING Obama and his supporters say, because she is so desperate to survive politically. I don't even comment much on stuff like this because I already know what kind of person she is and that her supporters are simply too out of touch with realities in America and too prejudiced or ignorant to think clearly.
Instead of commenting, I have been reading how much effort Hillary has made to try to force anything she says down idiotic voters' throats so that they will believe her and vote accordingly. This strategy has apparently succeeded to some extent, but there are plenty of informed voters who are able to see through her deceptive campaign strategies and her chronic lies that they have been turned off.
Shameon her! Calling him elitist as he tries to understand the difficulties of small town Americans under difficult circumstances (remember he was a community organizer) while she makes millions of dollars is totally laughable and even does not warrant being posted on First Read.

What the heck is Hillary thinking?  Can someone in the party please hit the gong and get her off the stage before we lose again in November?  Or are they afraid they'll get shot by the suddenly gun-loving Hillary?

I am happy that Obama called Hillary on her apparent flip-flop. Hillary's new kitchen sink strategy of using this latest comment to destroy Obama will hopefully fall on deaf ears. This is again another example of how Hillary is willing to do and say ANYTHING to obtain her self-perceived birthrite. Hillary a supporter of gun rights...PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

Wow. No mention of the lack of emphasis he put on the "shame" comments? He was making a fool of her use of it before. I didn't see as many exclamations points coming out of his mouth as the writer of this piece did. Probably didn't watch the video. Did you?

She just does NOT get it. And neither do her supporters. Are these the type of people you want representing you?

I think its a shame that this is the conversation we're having while Americans are being injured and are dying in a disastrous war that should have never been waged.  If this "outburst" from Obama is what the American people want to talk about, then they should continue having that conversation with Hillary or McCain in the White House.  More of the same folks, just what we need.  Good luck.
Obama '08.

Good grief, Hillary has been harping on gender, race and religion thoughout this campaign and she says Senator Obama is picking on her for defending himself against her silly accusations. Let's hear about 'Clinton vs Paul' a real scandal in Federal Court. How about her proven lies about not supporting NAFTA and her husband and campaign manager out lobbying for the passage of the Columbian Trade Deal. These are real issues voter's would like addressed, instead the news media has spent 3 days on front page news of the word "bitter"; and yes, people do feel bitter when we are losing our jobs, our homes while our government is spending 3 billion dollars a week in Iraq on their failed reconstruction plan.

Bill the voters will certainly bring Hillary home……to you where she belongs. It is time you Clintons realize that the world is changing, politics is changing and your type of politicking is quickly becoming archaic. Keep going Hillary. Team with old man McCain and stick it to Obama for everything he says or does, keep cannibalizing the Dem party. High-ranking officials should rein you in. It is disingenuous to face the public with the same old same old like an overworked cliché. People are not stupid. They see right through you. You can fool some people sometimes but you cannot fool everyone all the time. The odds are against you big time as the winds of change are blowing. Obama 08!

The Clinton Campaign is done. Their desperation is apparent like never before when every thing in their aresenal is thrown at this pathetic attack strategy, which won't work simply because millions and millions of  Americans ARE bitter and aren't ashamed to admit it. There is nothing shameful about being pissed off at the government.

I really am starting to think that Hillary is working her onto the republican ticket, everyday she talks more and more like a republican. She will throw her democratic ideals out the window for one states rural community, probably because they are her only hope of winning.

I salute Sen. Obama for his strong response ridiculing the behavior of Sen. Clinton in response to the so-called "bitter" controversy. If anyone has questioned whether she will do and say anything to get elected, her actions of the past several days should erase all doubt.

In his original remarks, Sen. Obama tapped into the feelings of millions of Americans who feel abandoned by their government in the face of so many threats to our way of life and our core beliefs. If Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain don't realize this, they are certainly out of touch!

Someone needs to do some good, old-fashioned, investigative reporting on how Senator Obama's "bitter" statement became public.  This was supposedly said behind closed doors at a fund-raising event - not a public speech.  Who surreptitiously recorded his comments and released them to the public.  This seems to me to be the height of "dirty tricks" in politics.  The audio sounds like a private conversation between Senator Obama and another person, so who was eavesdropping on their conversation and how low is that behavior?  This is a story that needs to be told.

I have an economic indicator for towns to tell which direction the manufacturing jobs are going.  That is how many antique malls, Army/Navy stores, Goodwill, Salvation Army stores, second hand stores, Dollar stores you have per capita.

Hillary is WMD- Weapons of Mass Destruction

Maybe Mr. Obama is showing a little of the bitterness his wife has shown  with her past statements. He once again is showing his true colors in respect to how he feels about the American people. If he makes it into the White House, I can only hope he knows how to use the right words when representing our country. He sounds to "street" for me.

he's been attacking HER for months out of some Republican playbook? You've gotta be kidding me! What a hypoctrite.

Well, finally the primary is OVER after her remarks on Gore and the democratic party.

How can democrats now support her when she claims that the democratic party is a "party that didn't understand and respect the values and the way of life of many of our fellow Americans,"

Democrats, c'mon, you know much better than this………

Who's the real obama?  Does he have dual personalities here?  Which obama is it going to be tomorrow?  If he can't stand the heat he shouldn't be such an arrogant elitist jerk!  LOL first he steals his speech from Gov. Deval, then he steals Hillary's economic plan, then he copies and hides behind Hillary's answers in the debates, now he is trying to steal her outrage?  ROFLMAO!!!!

Obama your done!  You said to your snobby crowd in answering why you couldn't get Hillary's voters that it was because you were black, then went on to say that because they are bitter they "cling" to there guns, god, and are biggoted.  obama your an arrogant elitist jerk and there is no way you will ever win in the general.  

MAYBE IT'S TIME THAT OBAMA THOUGHT ABOUT A 3rd PARTY RUN.  
It seems like neither the Democratic Party or the Republican Party like him.
The way things look, Obama could pull more than 35% of the votes.  He has shown his ability to outraiseboth McCain and Hillary in $ and most of it coming from common people.  I say it's time for real change and I think a lot of Americans are ready for Real Change too.

4/13/2008
Response to Sen. Obama's Outburst
Phil Singer, Deputy Communications Director, issued the following statement tonight:

For months, Barack Obama and his campaign have relentlessly attacked Hillary Clinton's character and integrity by using Republican talking points from the 1990s. The shame is his.

Sen. Clinton does know better -- she knows better than to condescend and talk down to voters like Senator Obama did. Senator Obama’s outburst won't change the fact that he has embraced his characterization of the millions of Americans who live in small towns.

You have to go to Huffington Post... They have the video...

Senator Obama is letting her have it.

Obama! A convinced atheist and a stupid elitist! A full of sh.. arrogant! A puppet of ex-communist Soro.., semi-racist Opera and semi-oriental-extremists !!

Wow! I love this side of Obama! He really showed some grit here. This is refreshing to see and very fair in light of the hit job McCain and Clinton put on him yesterday. I bet that rant he let out felt theraputic for him. BRAVO Obama!

"Annie Oakley"!!! Ha! Now that is classic!

Here's the video link to Obama's response.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxmi3e2Vmo

Beautiful.

SHAME ON OBAMA - HE IS SO ARROGANT !
He will not win due to his radical comments, radical friends - his background & judgment are far too questionable to be President of the UNITED States.

UNCLE REV WRIGHT
FL & MI VOTERS
SUPERDELEGATES
DNC
BITTER  PA  PEOPLE
CLINTON
OBAMA

   SADDLE  UP!!!

Way to go Barack we are with you. We need you to let Hillary know that you will respond to her many lies.

Thanks for speaking the truth to the people. Hillary dosn't know what the truth is anymore. Thank God for sending you a true leader who will not lie to get elected.

HRC, Thou shall not lie!!  Shame is the Clinton's hollow experience!  Both know they are going to hell in a hand basket.    """THOU SHALL NOT BARE FALSE WITTNESS""
""""THOU SHALL NOT BE A LIAR"""""

First of all.... Bill Clinton AGREES with Obama!!! He expressed the exact same sentiment on the Charlie Rose show on December 15, 2007 about how people's voting is affected by their sense of disenfranchisement...

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/bill_clinton_on_antitrade_anti.php

Second of all, IF Hillary ACTUALLY believed that Obama was wrong and that he was being condescending, then I would totally understand her going after him for it. But the problem is, she KNOWS that he was not. Yet she is intentionally trying to spin it and portray him as something that she herself does does not believe he is. It is so completely disingenuous that it's sickening. It's just like that Ronald Reagan quote - she KNEW what he meant by it, but she went through great lengths to try and convince the voters that he meant something else. This type of politics is just so disgusting.

And the irony of it all? You'd think that of all people, right now Hillary Clinton would be able to relate to being bitter. Because she CLEARLY is.

This is interesting, but I'm really more interested in reading First Read's take about Obama's reaction to Hillary's comments this evening where she called not only Obama elitist, but also inferred that both Kerry and Gore lost because they too were elitist(from the Compassion Forum).  See Ben Smith's blog on Politico for the whole quote.  Let's see First Read explore that whole back and forth exchange.  I'm still having a hard time getting my head around what Hillary Clinton appeared to say.

Clinton is silly< dilly dalley

Why talk down when you can lie! Right!

What trust can I place in her? I can't stand to even listen to this woman anymore so why would I want her as my leader for 4 years?

Enough!

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