Comments on: Rivals Pounce On Obama's "Bitter" Remarks

Clinton And McCain Campaigns Spin Illinois Senator's Comments As Elitist And Out-Of-Touch

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by craigh9 April 14, 2008 1:30 PM EDT
Everyone in America should ask themselves the following question - What is the larger character flaw?
Making a one time unfortunate choice of words when stating a point of view or outright lying multiple times in an attempt to make ones self look more important. I urge everyone to vote according to their answer to that question.
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by jockh April 14, 2008 1:29 PM EDT
So Obama is the one tagged with the elite label, all the while that Little Hillary chartered a private plane to avoid rubbing shoulders with the media (at least until she ran out of money). Her husband earned a cool $800,000 in future bribe money from pro-Colombian trade pacts lobbyists, half of which she can use for her campaign.


Instead of firing Mark Penn for double dipping with Colombia, she merely changes his title. And all the while, she attacks Obama for no being strong enough on trade issues. Worst of all, Howard Wolfson also takes Colombian trade money, leaving Hillary as the only individual in her entire campaign that seems to have missed out on free money.

But she is against the trade agreement. Honestly. Trust her. Really.
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by jack3213 April 14, 2008 12:31 PM EDT
THE FACT REMAINS,OBAMA IS NOT QUALIFIED TO LEAD A COUNTRY IF AFTER EVERY STATEMENT HE HAS TO APOLOGIZE AND TELL US HE IS NOT PERFECT, THAT HE MIS-SPOKE, THAT HE SHOULD HAVE USED DIFERANT WORDS, THAT OTHERS ARE SHAMEFUL,( AND NOT HIM??), HE MAY BE A GOOD PROMOTER, BUT HE ISN''''T A LEADER. THAT IS WHAT A PRESIDENT IS. THE DEMS PROJECT THEIR OWN CHARACTER ONTO THE OTHER EVERY TIME THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTH. THE ONLY TRUTH IS THEY ARE BOTH NOT CREDIBLE.
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by vmcneal2 April 14, 2008 11:36 AM EDT
The truth is that many people are bitter about how things are. The people making a big deal out of this are Hillary, McCain and the media. People are pissed off. Just ask the man or women who is out of work because his/her job was shipped off to China or Pakistan. Ask the hard working man or women who is about to lose their home while the government bails out the banks etc etc etc.

"Sniper Fire" Hillary calling Obama an elitist is absurd and just shows how desperate she is.

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by dante805 April 14, 2008 11:28 AM EDT
More SNOBama lies: (limited to 1500 characters:

Obama caught with handwriting on Liberal Survey supporting unfettered Abortion and strict gun control

Obama still hasn%u2019t explained REZCO ties fully - Tribune stories linked Rezko to questionable fundraising for Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2004 -- more than a year before the adjacent home and property purchases by the Obamas and the Rezkos

Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama''s [Senate] campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He was not. He was a senior lecturer at the school.

Obama=Hate=Wright=Farrakhan=Wrong for the USA
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by dante805 April 14, 2008 11:27 AM EDT
Lets look at all of Obama Lies: Small Town Americans are bitter and cling to Guns or Religion. They are anti-immigrant, anti-free trade. Given at San Francisco fund raiser

%u201CTypical White People%u201D quote

More Blacks are in Prison today than in college

Abortions are better than being %u201CPunished" with a baby

Went with Farrakhan to the Half-million man march

Mis-statements on the number of casualties in IRAQ

Never attended a White Church (even though he and Michelle preach diversity)

His Wife is finally proud of America (1st statement) then she is really proud (2nd statement)

His flat declaration that lobbyists %u201Cwon''t work in my White House%u201D changed after it turned out his own written plan says they could, with some restrictions.

His wife wrote an essay on black separatists in Princeton

Told a story of how his Kenyan father and his Kansan mother fell in love because of the tumult of Selma, but he was born in 1961, four years before the confrontation at Selma took place. When asked later, Mr. Obama clarified himself, saying: ''I meant the whole civil rights movement.''

His Hate pastor gave Farrakahn an award and supports Hamas

Obama exaggerated the death toll of the tornado in Greensburg, Kansas, saying 10,000 people died %u2013 he was only off by 9,988. He was trying to tie the deaths to the lack of National Guard heavy equipment because of Iraq %u2013 also incorrect.
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by boatdocster April 14, 2008 10:46 AM EDT
Hillary tries to spin Obama as an elitist... What a classic Clinton-lie.

Hillary and Bill - over 100 Million income in the last 6 years, and Bill''s office and working expenses paid for by US Tax payors.

Obama - Not anywhere near that income level, raised by single mother.

What Obama said was true - many blue collar and small town Americans are watching the "American Dream" vaporize in front of the eyes. They are unhappy and they are bitter! How many factory workers can afford health care and 4.00 a gallon gasoline?

But when you make a 100 million in just a few years, who cares??? "Let them eat cake"!! Hillary is so out of touch with the real problems in America today. Lots of good sound bites, spin, no substance. She should try walking a mile in the shoes of a blue collar factory worker...
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by boatdocster April 14, 2008 10:46 AM EDT
Hillary tries to spin Obama as an elitist... What a classic Clinton-lie.

Hillary and Bill - over 100 Million income in the last 6 years, and Bill''s office and working expenses paid for by US Tax payors.

Obama - Not anywhere near that income level, raised by single mother.

What Obama said was true - many blue collar and small town Americans are watching the "American Dream" vaporize in front of the eyes. They are unhappy and they are bitter! How many factory workers can afford health care and 4.00 a gallon gasoline?

But when you make a 100 million in just a few years, who cares??? "Let them eat cake"!! Hillary is so out of touch with the real problems in America today. Lots of good sound bites, spin, no substance. She should try walking a mile in the shoes of a blue collar factory worker...
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by omaar-101 April 14, 2008 10:37 AM EDT
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/in

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Democratic Delegates ; Delegates won:

Mar. 11 Total 2,025 needed

Barack Obama (19) 1,631.5

Hillary Rodham Clinton (14) 1,474.5


CALL ME WHEN HILLARY CLINTON EVENS WITH OBAMAS NUMBERS ABOVE AND WHEN HILLARY CLINTON SURPASSES OBAMAS NUMBERS ABOVE...PLEASE

UNTIL THEN, YOU''''RE SOUNDING OFF ON A MEANINGLESS PLATFORM !!

A MAN THAT JUST PAID OFF HE AND HIS WIFES STUDENT LOANS, PAYS PRIVATE SCHOOL, FOR 2 GIRLS, PAYS A MORTGAGE, CAR NOTE, VARIOUS INSURANCES, TRAVELS AND LIVES LIKE A DAILY CITIZEN ?

OR


A (72 YR. OLD) GRANDPA WHOSE MARRIED TO A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE BEER HEIRESS, WHO WANTS TO PRESERVE LOWER TAXES FOR THE RICH AND WHO SAYS HE WANTS THE U.S. TROOPS TO STAY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ?

OR

A WOMAN (HILLARY CLINTON) WHOSE MADE 109 MILLION DOLLARS (ELITIST)WHO HAS AN OFFSHORE CAYMAN ISLAND ACCOUNT, WHOSE HUSBAND (BILL CLINTON) HAS A DUBAI PORTS DEAL AND RECIEVES MILLIONS FROM ARAB NATIONS AND REPUBLICS, WHO HAS SAUDI ARABIANS CHAIRING HIS LIBRARY, WITH AMASSED MONIES, TOTALING (500 MILLION) DOLLARS ?

GIVE ME THE GUY WHO HAS WENT THROUGH STRUGGLES AND JUST RECENTLY PAID OFF HE AND HIS WIFES STUDENT LOANS, WHO KNOWS WHAT STRUGGLES ARE !!
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by jockh April 14, 2008 6:36 AM EDT
Hillarys problem is that voters know how easily the Clintons lie; and that both Hillary and Bill would lie on a stack of bibles.

Misspeaking is one thing, repeating something over and over makes it a FLAT LIE !!
The Clintons simply cannot help themselves; they tell a big lie when a small lie will do. And they tell a small lie when the truth will do. After careful training from Bill, Hillary can lie out of both sides of her mouth at the same time even when there''s no particular reason to.
Lets face it, it takes a bare faced liar to confuse a hug from a little girl in Bosnia with the terror of running from sniper bullets. Not convinced? Maybe you think she confused it with those other occasions she had to run from sniper fire !!!

If you are inclined to overlook Clinton lies just because Hillary is your favorite for nomination then please take a moment to look at the trouble the country is in because of the lies of President Bush: one million Iraqis and over 4000 American servicemen dead; that%u2019s right DEAD, all because of lies. So you see, the lies of a President really do matter. God help America if the world famous misspeaking Clintons get elected.
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