Obama's comments about Pennsylvania

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...topnews&sub=AR


In the complete context his comments seem to be a way of explaining why he's not more popular with a certain demographic.

That's what it seems like to me. I would expect Clinton to say the same thing (or similar) about why she's not as popular among African Americans without making it strictly a race issue.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

That's what it seems like to me. I would expect Clinton to say the same thing (or similar) about why she's not as popular among African Americans without making it strictly a race issue.

It'd probably still make the group talked about kind of angry. To have your political views reduced to the government didn't do enough for you economically in the past has got to be pretty insulting.

If you don't kind of look at life from the Marxist every-issue-should-be-thought-of-economic-struggle-between-classes- and-if-you-don't-see-it-you're-a-chump-lens, you might think your political beliefs were actually valid positions about issues.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

It'd probably still make the group talked about kind of angry. To have your political views reduced to the government didn't do enough for you economically in the past has got to be pretty insulting.

If you don't kind of look at life from the Marxist every-issue-should-be-thought-of-economic-struggle-between-classes- and-if-you-don't-see-it-you're-a-chump-lens, you might think your political beliefs were actually valid positions about issues.

I wouldn't be insulted, but that's just me.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I wouldn't be insulted, but that's just me.

Well, maybe it will just blow over quickly. I think most folks are going to be inclined to think he meant someone else.

Who's going to own up to being a bitter, gun-clingin', religious, xenophobe, who but for better economic policies of previous administrations would have been an Obama supporter?

Those of us who find the rhetoric insulting are all offended on behalf of someone else anyway.

[Thetagirl218]

When I heard the comments, I knew that they were being spinned out of context! Isn't that what the Media does for a living? I wasn't really suprised!

This being said, I don't support Obama, but I do like him better than Hillary, so any jab at him and I cringe!