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05.13.2008 4:56 pm

Kinder on Obama: Not the man for my hometown

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s campaign was tickled that his comment today about Barack Obama — visiting Kinder’s hometown of Cape Girardeau in a short while — was picked up by the New York Times today.

The Times quoted Kinder as calling Obama “the hardest left candidate ever nominated for president of the United States.”

In a blog item at TeamKinder.com, the lieutenant governor added to his critique of the Democratic front-runner, saying that Obama could not capture Missouri in the general election.

“Also remember, as many of you do, that Barack Obama told his liberal friends not too long ago in San Francisco that folks like those in Southeast Missouri were bitter and clinging to our Second Amendment rights and our religion,” Kinder wrote. “I am sure that Southeast Missourians will have a lot to say to Barack Obama about those elitist comments, and many other issues as well.”

Listen below to a clip from the conference call Kinder had with Republican U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Missouri Republican Party Chairman Doug Russell.

Listen here

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Hardest left candidate ever nominated for president? Harder left than Eugene V. Debs, or Ralph Nader? Republicans are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

— Clark
5:59 pm May 13th, 2008

So…this brilliant, insightful quip, along with wasting money on a bike race, are the two most noteworthy things this man has accomplished in 3+ years. Heckuva job, Pete!

Have I overlooked anything?

Thought not.

— gaydem
6:25 pm May 13th, 2008

IF ANY CAUCASIANS CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE FOR OBAMA IN THE GENERAL FOR SOMETHING AS SILLY AS A COMMENT, OR EVEN THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN,IF THEY CAN’T SEE THRU THE ’DIVIDE AND CONQUER’ TYRANNY THAT HAS GOVERNED THIS COUNTRY FOR DECADES (KEEP US FIGHTING ONE ANOTHER WHILE THEY SERVE THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS), YOU WON’T BE HURTING SEN.OBAMA OR SEN.CLINTON, OR THE REST OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT EARN ON THAT LEVEL, YOU WILL ONLY HURT YOURSELVES AND WILL DESERVE WHATEVER YOU GET OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THINK ABOUT IT…IT’S TIME TO UNITE AND FORM A BOND THAT OLD STYLE POLITICS W/ALL THEIR ”EXPERIENCE” CAN’T BREAK..REMEMBER,THOSE W/SO-CALLED EXPERIENCE IS THE REASON THE COUNTRY IS IN THE SHAPE IT’S IN NOW

— THINK ABOUT IT
6:35 pm May 13th, 2008

SORRY ABOUT ALL THE SLASHES IN MY PREVIOUS COMMENT. I DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE AS I WAS TYPING MY COMMENT. I JUST HOPE WE GET THE MESSAGE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

— THINK ABOUT IT
6:40 pm May 13th, 2008

Pete’s comments have helped to soiidify my decision…if Kinder is against Obama, then I’m for him. Southeast Missouri can always fall back on Pete Kinder type of politics with their “guns and religion” and bring back the Jim Crow laws that made that part of Missouri infamous. Good job Pete!

— Curt
6:45 pm May 13th, 2008

Clinging onto religion is also what Jesus hated. Jesus wanted those who claimed to love God to cling onto Him, not religion. Jesus hated religious people, those who clinged onto religion such as the Scribes and Pharisees.

My question to Kinder is who or maybe what does he cling onto?

Omama’s statement is something that the Pharisee types or non-believers can’t and will never be able to comprehend. But, the knowing understand perfectly the truth of Obama’s statement.

Bitter, well I speak to White people everyday who are bitter and angry about this economy, the Iraq war and the 8 year regime of the Bush administration, by the way we can thank those for who cling onto their religion and guns. Many of these ones realize their error now and is jumping into the fire again, but this time with Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton will not be getting the nominee. The question now is just how blind are these people.

— D. Walker
7:02 pm May 13th, 2008

“Omama’s statement is something that the Pharisee types or non-believers can’t and will never be able to comprehend. But, the knowing understand perfectly the truth of Obama’s statement.”

So thats it now, we’re just too stupid to understand Obamessiah?

Now onto other things, D-, you have any comments on the exit polls that show one third of voters today (all democrats) wont vote for Obamessiah in November? Are they all racists, or just too stupid to get it? How does it feel to be a associated with a party with such racism? And you never answered my question about Margaret Singer. You preached about her founding planned parenthood to wipe out blacks using abortion, how do you justify Obamessiah’s support for pp as they continue to support killing black babies? They have been recorded accepting contributions for the express purpose of aborting black babies.

— Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum
7:51 pm May 13th, 2008

To my mind, and I dont mean it in a mean or unfairly personal or judgmental way, Peter Kinder to me has always made Col. Frank Burns of MASH look like Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin rolled into one.

— Bill Haas
9:13 pm May 13th, 2008

I would like to know what the black so called Democrats, who helped Pete raise money have to say to that. And these sellouts want to keep being the voice of blacks in St. Louis. PLEASE!

— Rick James
9:41 pm May 13th, 2008

The Black Democrats that supported Lt. Governor Peter Kinder at his fundraiser are making plenty of money selling out the black community. These same Black Democrats raise their fist, pump them, and talk loud at rallies about black people working together, but never accomplish anything while in office that helps the black community. However, some black people keep electing these same black elected losers to the same positions. These horrible black elected officials make it clear that they are for sale behind closed doors for cheap, but they act like they are for the black community in public!

These same horrible black elected officials can be compared to cancerous cigarettes, you see all the signs, billboards, advertising and other forms of information promoting both cigarettes and some black elected officials.
As the consumer, you know that cigarettes and some black elected officials are bad for your health, yet you smoke cigarettes and vote for some of these terrible black elected officials. Later, your lungs are filled with cancer and your community is on life support from all the killings, lack of education, murders, lack of police protection, homicides, derelict properties, lack of businesses, lack of jobs, lack of health care, lack of outlets for children, lack of hope, and lack of black leadership.

However, after all this occurs, people keep smoking cigarettes and voting for losers in the elections.

— Democrats for Sale-Cheap!
10:46 pm May 13th, 2008

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