yep-its everywhere now-on drudge, du etc.. will msm pick it up?

his comments-
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.
That's a pretty broad list of things to explain with job loss.

If you read the entirety of his remarks, it's pretty clear what he was saying.

But what the hell, this is Gotchaville - BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!!!

truth hurts they need to deal with it.

people need to stop blaming immigrants for everything.

oh man Obama is going to lose the parent vote also!!!

Obama Tells Parents: 'Don't Blame The Teacher And The Government...If You're Not Doing Your Job'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/11 /obama-urges-parental-resp_n_96216.html

damnit Obama you are suppose to say what people want to hear!! not the truth!!

especially not to democrats we HATE the truth!!!!!

Nice to see a politician tell the truth for a change.

Thing is, he's still beating Hillary like a drum. Too bad for you.

Bob Barr and Joh McCain will split the anti-immigrant and NRA vote . . . so this isn't a big deal . . . unless you fall into one of those categories.

DOOMED, I tell you!

DOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!

not worth half your conniption.

The superdelegates don't care who is "electable", they care about who will help with their own reelection.  

You might want to add this to your diary:

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.

(sic on the gonna)

This is definitely not good. I can't quite judge it's impact yet, but you can't be a presidential candidate and a psychiatrist at the same time.

This really could be damaging, but looking at the historical picture, I don't seeing this hurt his chances in the dem nomination.  Dean made similar comments about southerners in the 2004 election, and his quote was actually more memorable and outright awful.  It didn't kill his campaign, but other issues did.

One things for sure, this is about the worst thing I've seen come from Obama to date.  Its the type of thing energizes the other side, and it's what we don't need right now with McCain unable to energize his base himself.

Hopefully the superdelegates will elect Hillary and overturn the will of the millions of people who voted so everyone and not just FL and MI will be disenfranchised.  AMIRITE?

"I think we have to abolish the superdelegate system for their blatant inability to understand the political realties of our country."

Please contact Superdelegates for Cllinton.
Tell them they are worthless. The moment they know it is coming from you..wait for the firestorm as they echo your remarks throughout the MSM.

Senator Obama is right, of course. Let's start with that. He's 100% on the money. Which part is wrong?

Do you have any disagreement with what Obama said?

if the statement was made under sniper fire at 11:00 at night.

You do realize that if superdelegates were banished... Obama would be winning by even MORE than he is now... right?

You do realize that Sen. Clinton is the one that the people chose to reject... right?

Are you people freaking kidding me.  This is a big deal.  Are you f'n kidding me?

What a freaking joke.  

So the reason people are religious is because they're bitter.  OK.

Ugh.  All of these types of comments will pop up again in the fall if he is the nominee.  

Obama is very unpolished at times.

Not that you Obama-haters will care, but I think that the world "cling" is very important here. He didn't say that it causes them to become religious, or anti-immigrant, or pro-gun. He said their frustration with their economic situation makes them cling to wedge issues rather than what should be more important to them.

Remember 2000, remember 2004? People across the country voted against their best interests because of these very issues Obama is talking about. Obama wants to win them over in the GE by convincing them that he will help them economically and that is much more important than these wedge issues.

Democrats used to understand this. Sometime in the last year a lot of ya'll said "fuck it. I don't care about my principles anymore. I'm going to trash Obama every chance I get and hope he loses the GE. Then I will feel vindicated."

Talk about elist snobs. You don't care about small town americans who are concerned about the economy. You are just pretending to be concerned because you think it will help your candidate.

We joke about the people on here being Republican trolls, but sometimes it seems like that's the most plausible explanation for the kinds of comments here. We've all read "What's the Matter with Kansas" right? That's what that book is about. It's unimpeachable truth. The diarist took a phrase out of context to make Obama's statement seem harsher than it actually was, which is de rigeur for Clintonistas, but I cannot believe that on the grandfather of progressive blogs we're debating the substance of what he said.

Does anyone remember the 3 G's from 2004?  The Republicans ramped up wedge issues that dealt with God, guns, and gays and were able to slide key demographics into their column.

Obama's point (I would imagine, since I'm not in his head) is that when people hit rough times in small towns, it's easy to get sucked into wedge issues instead of things that truly effect you.  If people disagree with that, then so be it, but this fake outrage like "Obama hates people that have guns and are religious" is completely dishonest spin.

you never want to insult voters.  However, it is good that the line is not quotable...it isn't something that sticks in people minds, which tend to be campaign enders.

.... that people handle disappointments ... and broken promises ... by looking around to find someone who looks "different" to blame?  

Surely he doesn't mean that when bad things happen that it's not an okay thing to blame another group for your problems.

And since he's such a strong advocate for religion dealing with community issues, surely he doesn't think that clinging to religion is unfortunate.

The people of Ohio were "obsessed" because they did not fall under his spell.

Clinging to guns? That noise is really going to convert some red states to blue this fall. You ever think that rural people like to hunt?

Xenophobia? Nice one Obama. You probably think they are too dumb to realize you just called them a bunch of paranoid bigots. Way to unify. Hint: they know what xenophobia means. They do teach big words in the schools in PA and they have internets.

I think Obama has the Harvard brainiac disease. This elitist discussing about people like they are lab rats tends to turn them off.