Latest Obama Gaffe...

[MobBoss]

This is all over the news as I type it up. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obama-explains.html apparently he said:

"You go into 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," Obama said. "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. And it's not surprising then 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."

Is it just me or does anyone else see that he is labeling people in small towns in Pennsylvania and in other small Midwest towns as bigots who cling to guns and religion and are anti-immigrant racists merely because they are bitter on how the Clintons and Bush's have treated them for the last 20 years?

Secondly, the next obvious question is whats wrong with clinging to religion? Whats wrong with guns? Or are people who cling to both of those simply crazy rednecks who dont know any better?

Wow. Simply wow.

By all means discuss.

 

[JollyRoger]

1. It's just you.

2. Nothing's wrong with either if all you've got going for you is being a crazy redneck who doesn't know any better.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I'm not sure what to make of that. I certianly don't think he was trying to insult anyone. Either way, it would have been better to say it differently.

 

[skadistic]

Guns and religion are evil to liberals. SO are people who dare to be against illegal immigration.

Having lived in a few small towns in PA I think Obama is full of it.

 

[Phlegmak]

1. It's just you.

2. Nothing's wrong with either if all you've got going for you is being a crazy redneck who doesn't know any better.

I saw your original response before you edited it. It was pure genius. You should have left it that way. Even though this goes against the rules of comedy, I'll write JollyRoger's previous response. It was this only:

It's just you.

 

[Kraznaya]

Not on the front page of any major news site or politics front page. A non-story.

 

[JollyRoger]

Guns and religion are evil to liberals. SO are people who dare to be against illegal immigration.

This liberal finds nothing wrong with guns. Religion isn't evil, just certain fundies are. People who are against illegal immigration are usually too lazy to take up my offer of mowing my lawn for the decent number of pesos I offer.

 

[MobBoss]

1. It's just you.

2. Nothing's wrong with either if all you've got going for you is being a crazy redneck who doesn't know any better.

If it were just me, it wouldnt be all over the news right now.

 

[Trajan12]

When people believe that immigration, international trade and outsourcing are the cause of their unemployment, they do tend to become xenophobic. They think the outside world is at fault. A recent Economist poll that I'll dig up shows Americans MUCH less open to free trade than Brits.

If you don't believe me go grab a Caucasian friend and walk through poverty stricken areas of Russia.

 

[JollyRoger]

If it were just me, it wouldnt be all over the news right now.

Ok. It's just 28% of you.

 

[Masquerouge]

Yeah, Obama hates religion, he loathes guns, but more than anything else, he positively can not stand people living in small towns.
This is the REAL reason why he ran for President. He just wants a way to stick it to religious people with guns in small towns.

 

[JollyRoger]

Time to finsih off Shay's Rebellion.

 

[skadistic]

Yeah, Obama hates religion, he loathes guns, but more than anything else, he positively can not stand people living in small towns.
This is the REAL reason why he ran for President. He just wants a way to stick it to religious people with guns in small towns.

His comments are in line with the "intellectual elite" that small towns in the mountains are filled with gun loving religious nuts that are racist and stupid. Its also a really common mind set of CFC too.

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

Time to finsih off Shay's Rebellion.

More Like Bacon's.

I won't hold this against obama as long as he doesn't hold sniper fire in bosnia against hillary.

 

[JollyRoger]

I won't hold this against obama as long as he doesn't hold sniper fire in bosnia against hillary.

He's probably for her making up more tall tales like that.

 

[LightFang]

It feels like, Mobby, that you're just Obama bashing where you can.

"Look, he said something! Let's take it and jump on it!"

 

[Masquerouge]

And to be honest I've heard bigger gaffes this year from all candidates. This one is pretty minor.

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

It feels like, Mobby, that you're just Obama bashing where you can.

"Look, he said something! Let's take it and jump on it!"

Why not? He is a big butt.

 

[JollyRoger]

His comments are in line with the "intellectual elite" that small towns in the mountains are filled with gun loving religious nuts that are racist and stupid. Its also a really common mind set of CFC too.

Aspen is full of gun loving religious nuts?

I thought you had to go to Colorado Springs to find them. Guess I'm not elite.

 

[Kozmos]

So the man speaks facts and somehow it's a gaffe? I've got so much to learn about American politics....