Obama’s Elitism Spews Forth
11 April 2008 6:00 pm by Taylor Marsh
Well, excuuuuuse me. I check in on things and what do I hear? He’s stepped in it this time.
“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 toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant
sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”Obama
on small-town PA: Clinging to religion, guns, xenophobia
Where to begin with this statement. Huffington Post has the
audio, as well as the transcript. I guess we should be grateful Senator
Obama didn’t come right out and add “typical white person” to the
rest of the insult. Seriously, this is one clueless politician.
Clinton responds:
“I saw in the media it’s being reorted that my opponent said
that the people of Pennsylvania who faced hard times are bitter. Well, that’s
not my experience.“As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient,
who are optimistic, who are positive, who are rolling up their sleeves. They
are working hard everyday for a better future, for themselves and their children.“Pennsylvanians don’t need a president who looks down
on them, they need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them,
who works hard for your futures, your jobs, your families.”
Pennsylvanians aren’t the only ones who feel this way.
The McCain team saw it for the gift that it was and slammed him. Via Jonathan Martin:
“It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking,” Schmidt said. “It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans.”
I’d say Obama made an amateur slip of the tongue, however, something about this statement, the glib nature of it combined with its specificity, makes me believe he actually feels this way.
