Obama bashes "bitter" Pennsylvanians
Elitist, much?
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"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 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."
-- U.S. Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, campaigning in Indiana
Love the spin, btw -- somehow what he meant was that "clinging" to religion is a good thing?
Hmm, how about the rest of the comment, where he says that rural Pennsylvanians "cling" to xenophobia and racism?
Oh, Obama -- how about just giving an honest apology?
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"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 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."
-- U.S. Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, campaigning in Indiana
Love the spin, btw -- somehow what he meant was that "clinging" to religion is a good thing?
Hmm, how about the rest of the comment, where he says that rural Pennsylvanians "cling" to xenophobia and racism?
Oh, Obama -- how about just giving an honest apology?