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Dave Starr
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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…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.
More here
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/11/obama-on-small-town-voters-bitter-xenophobic-religious/ |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
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Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:51 pm |
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twotap
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| Finally, the real Barack H. Obama starts letting the real he shine thru. Keep it up Barack. Lets hear more get it out there. |
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Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:00 pm |
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Dave Starr
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Obama Unveils Jobs Plan for Bitter Rural People
by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace
(2008-04-12) — Senator Barack Obama today announced a plan to employ millions of bitter, small town Americans who, in their anger over jobs lost in the 1980s, have turned to guns, God, and xenophobia.
Campaigning in Pennsylvania, Sen. Obama said his new proposal addresses remarks made this week at a San Francisco fundraiser, during which 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. 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.”
The presumptive Democrat presidential front runner, said his plan would employ “these Archie Bunker-type people” in government programs “to register and/or confiscate inappropriate personal firearms, to monitor churches for hate-speech about homosexuality or abortion, and to build tax-funded housing for low income illegal aliens.”
“Twenty-five years is a long time to wallow in bitterness like our friends in Pennsylvania, the Midwest and elsewhere have been doing,” said Sen. Obama, “So, until the steel mills can all be converted to casinos and re-opened, we’ll provide good government jobs at high wages that will soothe the rage, and help to re-educate these small-town folk.” |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:49 am |
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FlintConservative
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First, I love the fact that he's going to put us all on the government teet so that we'll vote for him.
Second, what about hate speech from his pastor? |
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:47 pm |
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Obama Concedes Remarks Were Ill Chosen
2008-04-12 11:23:01
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama concedes that comments he made about bitter working class voters who cling to guns or religion were ill chosen.
Obama's comments drew immediate criticism, including a full-throated response from Hillary Rodham Clinton, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama scrambled Saturday to quell the furor. Clinton's response to his remarks is one of her lengthiest and most pointed criticisms to date.
Obama made the marks at a fundraising gathering in San Francisco last Sunday.
I love it when some leftist like Barack lets his real feelings out and then has to backpeddle away from them.
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:56 pm |
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FlintConservative
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heh heh heh...a "full throated" response from Hillary.
I ain't touching that one! |
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:53 pm |
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twotap
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quote:
I ain't touching that one!
I doubht if Willie would want her to.  |
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:28 pm |
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squash
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Ya know what he really meant was...
I mean if you examine today's culture of...
In politics sometimes you have to...
Oh crap! There's no defending this. What a stupid thing to say.
[/quote]You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and...
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:23 pm |
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twotap
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Stupid is as Stupid does. Yup and we wont forget it.  |
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:25 pm |
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squash
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One oops deserves another.
'That boy's finger does not need to be on the button'
Um:
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, a Hebron Republican, compared Obama and his message for change similar to a "snake oil salesman" [at a Northern Kentucky Lincoln Day dinner].
He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a "highly classified, national security simulation" with Obama.
"I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," Davis said. "He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country."
An aide to Davis, Jeremy Hughes, declined to comment on the remark, and didn't dispute the accuracy of the quote.
UPDATE: Davis apologizes.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/Secrecy_and_propriety_in_Kentucky.html |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:35 pm |
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Ill bet none of these tunes are on baracks Ipod. I wonder if their will be a nationwide push to ban the word. Wheres the revs al and Jesse? 
) Mercedes Boy - Pebbles
2) This Boy - James Morrison
4) That Boy - Cherish
5) Dear Boy - Paul McCartney
6) Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon
7) Bad Boy - Ringo Starr
 Bad Boys - WHAM!
9) One Boy, One Girl - Colin Raye
10) Boys - The Beatles
11) Legal Boys - Elton John
12) Boys Do (Fall In Love) - Robin Gibb
13) Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
14) Boy From New York City - Manhatten Transfer
15) Sick Boys - Social Distortion
16) Where Is My Boy? - Coldplay
17) My Boy - Elvis Presley
1 baby boy-beyonce
2. the boy is mine- brandy monica
3. i didnt steal your boyfriend- ashley
4, like a boy
5. stupid boy1. Sk8er Boi-Avril Lavigne
2. This Boy-The Beatles
3. Music is My Boyfriend-Skye Sweetnam
4. Air-Sexy Boy
5. Johnny Cash-A Boy named Sue
6. Cascada-Bad Boy
7. Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldier
8. Chemical Brothers-Hey Boy, Hey Girl
9. Little Drummer Boy-David Bowie
10. James Morrison-This Boy
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Down Boy
12. Beyonce-Baby Boy
Oh boy. Buddy holly
And my favorite, Bad Boys the theme from COPS.
The funny thing is no one will remember what Davis said 24 hrs from now but Obamas quotes will haunt him till November. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:18 pm |
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squash
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That's an interesting defense. Why do you suppose he apologized?
Is this one of your playlists tap? |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:53 pm |
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Obama's comments were made at a fundraiser in San Francisco (insert TwoTap joke here). I'm sure there was a lot more said and done at that event that many self-righteous Americans (urban and rural alike) would find 'offensive.' Yet when Ole Iron Mind himself goes into the heart of the Middle East and goofs while making unwarranted threats against Iran, a Bushish blunder that actually could spark an international firestorm, he is saved from himself and his gaff by everyone's favorite waffling 'centrist' side-kick. Still, we'd rather knit-pick and blow out of proportion a standard audience-pandering comment meant to solicit campaign contributions. I'm not defending salesman politics, nor the remarks themselves, but there is a difference between rhetoric intended to open lefty wallets and rhetoric that should be trying improve our relationships in the Middle East, especially when addressing an audience on shaky ally soil. At least Obama knew where he was . . . and doesn't pal around with a side-kick relic from the Clinton clique.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/19/mccain-mistakenly-says-iran-allowing-al-qaeda-fighters-into-country-later-corrects-error/
MCCAIN MISTAKENLY SAYS IRAN ALLOWING AL QAEDA FIGHTERS INTO COUNTRY, LATER CORRECTS ERROR
AMMAN, Jordan — Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, mistakenly said Tuesday that Iran was allowing Al Qaeda fighters into the country to be trained and returned to Iraq.
McCain, expressing concern about Iran’s rising sway in the Mideast, said, “Al Qaeda is going back into Iran and is receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran.” He made the comments Tuesday at a news conference in Jordan; he made similar comments earlier to radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.
Iran is a predominantly Shiite Muslim country and has been at pains to close its borders to Al Qaeda fighters of the rival Sunni sect.
Iran has been accused by the United States of funding, training and arming Iraqi Shiite militants in their uprising against the United States. But there have been no allegations by Washington and no evidence that Al Qaeda has benefited from Iranian assistance.
After Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who was traveling with McCain, stepped forward to whisper in the candidate’s ear, McCain said: “I’m sorry; the Iranians are training the extremists, not Al Qaeda. Not Al Qaeda. I’m sorry.”
McCain, who has linked his political future to U.S. success in Iraq, had just completed his eighth visit to Iraq. He was in the wartorn country on Monday for meetings with Iraqi and U.S. diplomatic and military officials.
McCain’s gaffe immediately drew criticism from the Democratic National Committee, which insisted he must not understand the challenges facing Iraq.
“Not only is Senator McCain wrong on Iraq once again, but he showed he either doesn’t understand the challenges facing Iraq and the region or is willing to ignore the facts on the ground,” said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney.
McCain also voiced similar concern that Tehran is bringing militants over the border into Iran for training before sending them back to fight U.S. troops in Iraq, and he blamed Syria for allegedly continuing to expedite a flow of foreign fighters.
“We continue to be concerned about Iranian influence and assistance to Hezbollah as well as Iranian pursuit of nuclear weapons,” McCain said.
He added that, if elected president, he would coordinate better with Europe to impose a “broad range of sanctions and punishments” on Tehran, to “convince them that their activities, particularly development of nuclear weapons, is not a beneficial goal to seek.”
McCain declined to comment on whether he could back an eventual decision to strike Iran if Tehran doesn’t cease its nuclear activities.
In response to a question about possible U.S. strikes against Tehran, McCain only said: “At the end of the day, we cannot afford having a nuclear-armed Iran.”
In addition, McCain noted U.S. military officials recently discovered a cache of armor-piercing bombs in Iraq, and he hinted the explosives had been provided by Iran. U.S. officials have long been saying that Iran provides explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs to, Shiite militias in Iraq, although the Iranian government denies any role.
The U.S. military reported two such finds during the past week.
McCain warned that any hasty pullout from Iraq would be a mistake that would favor Iran and Al Qaeda.
“We continue to be very concerned about the Iranian influence in Iraq and in the region,” McCain said.
McCain ran into trouble last year when he joked about bombing Iran, giving a campaign audience in South Carolina a rendition of the opening lyrics of the Beach Boys rock classic “Barbara Ann,” calling the tune “Bomb Iran” and changing the words to “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway, ah …”
Later Tuesday, McCain received a celebrity welcome in Jerusalem, beginning a two-day visit to Israel with a stop at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. As his motorcade pulled up dozens of tourists greeted him and chanted “Mac is back,” as he shook their hands and posed for photographs.
During his 90-minute visit at the memorial and museum, McCain was visibly moved, his eyes welling with tears as he viewed photographs from Nazi death camps.
Wearing a skullcap placed on his head by Lieberman, McCain laid a wreath in memory of the 6 million Jewish Holocaust victims and lit a memorial flame. Signing the Yad Vashem visitors’ book he wrote: “I am deeply moved. Never again. John McCain.”
His visit to Iraq was the Arizona senator’s first since emerging as the presumed Republican nominee. He was accompanied by Lieberman and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., two of his top supporters in the race for president.
He promised that, if elected president, he would uphold a long-term military commitment in Iraq as long as Al Qaeda in Iraq is not defeated.
McCain is a supporter of the 2003 invasion and President Bush’s troop increase last year. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:12 pm |
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I have to laugh at folks hitting the panic button and having a "Hissy Fit" over the boy reference which I am pretty sure was not meant to be derogatory but of course the old lib watchdogs jumped right on it. I think Davis would have done himself a service if he would have told the whiners to get over it instead of bending over. I watched an episode of the "First 48" (insert predictable anticop rant from Public D here) the other night and a black suspect brought in for questioning used the N----- word at least a half dozen times in refering to the guy he was suspected of shooting. Now that word has been banned by al and jesse but that didnt seem to faze this banger one bit. I wonder what would happen if one of his interviewers had referred to him as such or I guess worse yet as boy.  Hey PD are you sure you want to open up the pandoras box when it comes to who Barack pals with. Its also funny you mentioned that at least Barack knew where he was when he seems to have trouble remembering where he was on all those sunday mornings he spent listening to far worse rhetoric being spewed from the pulpit aimed at them "whiteboys." As far as Mccain, of course hes a bit psycho but hey who do ya think those bent on destroying us would fear more just another couple of limpwristed libs like Hillary or Barack or someone with payback on his mind. As far as that being a list of tunes from my ipod the fact their is no Metallica, Kid rock, ACDC, or Guns and Roses included means they aint being listened to. ROCK ON |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:02 pm |
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Demeralda
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I think it's all just fodder for Hillary. McCain's comments are much more dangerous AND more ignorant.
While Obama shouldn't have called them "bitter", I think he was posing the conundrum that I know I think frequently, as do my friends and family:
How are blue collar poor or middle class people so easily manipulated that they vote against their own economic interests?
Answer: Those in power push the buttons that will cause them to fear even bigger things: gays, immigration, and "godless" leaders. |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:40 am |
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