On Senator Obama's "bitter" remark

Dear friends,

The statement that Barack Obama made recently (April 6th) that both Hillary Clinton and the government- and corporate-controlled media are jumping on is actually quite eloquent. He shouldn't have apologized at all, in my opinion. It appears below.

“It’s not surprising, then, that 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.”

At least to me, that's pretty powerful (and I'm not one to always feel that way about what Obama says). It may seem a little over the heads of those about who he is talking. Duh? He's not getting their votes anyway. However, it's quite accurate and eloquent. Cheers!

Djata
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D,

I think you hit the nail on the head that he was talking over some people's heads. Only because we're socialized in this country to be so disinclined to try to understand each other or to look with some modicum of compassion at the motivations of those with whom we disagree.

The part that makes me angry is that people like Clinton are cruel enough to use that knowing that people have been dumbed down enough to go for her argument. It's the same with the racism argument over Rev. Wright. She knows better, but her politician mentality outweighs her humanity to the extent that she's willing to argue points that she knows are invalid or argue agianst things that she knows are right, just to make the other guy look bad in the eyes of the "ignorant masses" for whom she is showing utter disdain and contempt. Thanks for sending this.

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