Obama, Now on the Defensive, Calls ‘Bitter’ Words Ill-Chosen

NY Times ^ | April 13, 2008 | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JEFF ZELENY

[ExSoldier]

HILLARY: I grew up in a church-going family....

Doesn't make you a member of the Kingdom of Christ. In fact, by their actions Hillary and O'Bama both, are dancing with the church of Satan.

[4Liberty]

BamBam, - he’s his own worst enemy.

[cherry]

I AM BITTER....bitter about Barry Bama and the Hitlery .....

bitter about taxes...bitter about having no say in the primaries..bitter about immigrants taking American jobs and benefits...bitter that our stupid Congress and Prez can't see fit to alleviate our oil dependency on the rest of the world...bitter that thugs are out on the street repeated raping, killing good people...

[cherry]

yes...that's me....a typical bitter white person clinging to my faith and my gun......

there's got to be a slogan in there someplace...

[buffyt]

I get so tired of SMALL TOWN USA being made fun of all the time. Since 1973 we have moved to Los Angeles four times and back to Texas SMALL TOWN four times. People tend to be more stable and law abiding in this small town. I don't lock the doors. We have almost zero crime. No grafitti, gangs, not a lot of drugs, murders, robberies, etc. Small towns are the backbone of USA.

[buffyt]

O’Bamma also said “People feel ignored”

He is RIGHT on that one, we people who pay taxes feel ignored by him and Hillary - we don’t want higher taxes - but they promise them anyway. I feel VERY ignored by the democrats who want to tax tax tax

[red state girl]

You’re kidding...right?

[Tea in the Harbor]

He says that he just didn’t use the right words. So, this is the product of an education from Columbia and Harvard?

I've been wondering about the Ivy League pedigree ever since he made the "typical white person" blunder. Obama may be an elitist in the sense that he thinks he's better than everyone else, but I see no evidence of unusual smarts or talent. It seems Columbia and Harvard didn't instill in him an abiding awareness of the meaning, impact, value or danger of words. There's no affirmative action for a politician who cannot wield words.

[E Rocc]

Why do I have this funny feeling that before the advent of 'net based media, we'd never have heard about these comments?

-Eric