Barack Obama at a closed-door fundraiser (where he presumably thought he wouldn't be quoted) described small town voters: "it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them . . ."
nice, Barack. at least he's now apologized for those comments.
but he didn't *ever* apologize (that i heard) for his "typical white person" description of his white grandmother. [see my earlier blog entry for the full quote.]
well, maybe i'm a "typical white person" and don't like when people -- especially potential leaders -- disparage me or people i know. maybe Obama should talk to his therapist about why he comes across as such an asshole sometimes. maybe next time he'll be ready for the presidency.
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here's the "bitter .. cling to guns or religion" quote from the Wall Street Journal article 'The Other Obama':
'At an April 6 fund-raiser in San Francisco, this Obama explained to his non-blue-collar donors: "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 to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." '
and here's a link to that April 14, 2008 article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120813002456911531.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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