Web Watch: ‘Bitter’ Battle
Over at DC Download, I’ve just posted a rehash of this weekend’s biggest presidential feud — the spat over Sen. Barack Obama’s description of some Pennsylvania voters as “bitter.” Coverage and commentary is all over the Web, so I’m not going to replay it all here.
However, if you’re not familiar with this flap, check out everything here.
I do have a question or three: How would this play in a state like Missouri? Or in southern Illinois? If he’s the nominee for the Dems, does this bode ill for his chances in our part of the country?
Obama himself said his words weren’t the best. He says he only meant he understands the reaction of people who have faced hard times: you turn to faith and tradition and embrace the people you know. His supporters say there’s truth to his words, even if they were ill-chosen.
Clinton and McCain and other detractors say Obama is out-of-touch and anti-American. To them, this is just classic Obama addressing West Coast elitists and talking down about a bunch of blue collar folk.
What do you think? Keep it civil, on point and original.
Will Obama’s ‘bitter’ comments hurt his chances to be president?
46% Yes, they made him sound elitist
41% No, he just misspoke, no big deal
6% What ‘bitter’ comments? I haven’t heard them
7% None of these
1,599,448 responses, not scientifically valid, results updated every minute.
Dennis Yezulinas, another Clinton supporter in Shenandoah, said he is more offended by the rhetorical fight that followed Obama’s comment than by the remark itself.
“Not just for the good of the Democratic Party, but for the good of the country, they need to make it less contentious,” said Yezulinas, a former state prison guard who has been laid off from a plant that manufactures doors in a neighboring town.
In the southeastern Pennsylvania community of Coatesville — a once booming steel city outside of Philadelphia that now has empty storefronts downtown — two Clinton supporters sharing a meal at a Coatesville restaurant said they felt Obama was wrong to stereotype small-town voters.
“It’s like we’re not smart enough to understand what the politicians are saying. It’s an insult to our intelligence,” said Susan Kamerdze, 50.
Mike Zemacke, 57, said that, while Coatesville has seen better days, he’s not bitter. He said he used to work as a press operator before a disability led him to retirement.
“I’m just frustrated,” he said. “I used to live a lot better than this.”
while we are dissecting Obama’s words to see how we can use these words to drive a wedge between the dems we forget that Clinton sat on the board of directors of the vehemently anti-union pro China Wal-Mart.
We forget that McCain is offering more “free trade”. The same type of free trade that has given us the biggest trade deficit in the history of our nation.
One man’s bitterness is another’s frustration.
Steve #6…..Good hit. I can’t believe my typing error. I left out the “c” in Barack’s name.
Any other contributions you want to make to this convesation?
By the way…What’s a collered?
blue-collared. Describing someone as being a blue-collar employee, an hourly worker. … Retrieved from “http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blue-collared” …
Do I have to do everything for you, Garrison?
My mistake Timmy….I thought Steve was referring to colored.