And The Spin Doctors Spin...

(These are probably old headlines to you, but I've been swamped with work. So, I'm trying to play some catch-up.)

Obama's remarks gives Clinton an opening

What Senator Obama said privately at a fundraiser in San Francisco last Sunday. He was trying to explain his troubles winning over some working-class voters, saying they have become frustrated with economic conditions:

"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."

Which is fucking true.

And his response:

"There has been a small "political flare-up because I said something that everybody knows is true, which is that there are a whole bunch of folks in small towns in Pennsylvania, in towns right here in Indiana, in my hometown in Illinois, who are bitter. They are angry. They feel like they have been left behind. They feel like nobody is paying attention to what they're going through.

"So I said, well you know, when you're bitter you turn to what you can count on. So people, they vote about guns, or they take comfort from their faith and their family and their community. And they get mad about illegal immigrants who are coming over to this country."

So, of course Hillary Clinton and John McCain are spinning, misconstruing what he said. Which to me, is truly insulting to the folks that Obama is referring to anyway. Clinton and McCain's camps are counting on the herd hearing what they say that Obama really meant and braying all the way to their own slaughterhouse.

Typical.

I actually thought that Senator Clinton had enough of her own merit to run on. But, it no longer seems that way...


Even though I'm an Obama girl, I respected Hillary. Senator Clinton has greatly disappointed me with her bad form and her penchant for chewing down trees and building dams and flooding property.

Whether or not you agree with me, if you'd like to send a message to the Clinton campaign to tell them how you think they're doing (whether good or bad) you may do so here.



That's it, baby...Stay strong...And don't forget to call me.

Pennsylvania race unchanged by Obama remark