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.