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April 14, 2008 10:52 AM

Clinton to Continue Prodding Obama Over “Bitter” Comments

(CBS)
From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

PITTSBURGH - After a weekend of political jabs and wisecracks, the Clinton campaign is set to continue to push the message that Barak Obama is “out of touch” with middle class voters. A source close to the campaign tells CBS News that “after a weekend of political craze, Clinton will ask voters to step back, and really look at and reflect on the actual comments made by Obama.”

Last week at a closed fund-raiser in San Francisco, Obama told a group of supporters that middle-class Americans are so “bitter” over their economic situation that they end up clinging to things like guns and religion. The remarks created a firestorm of political back-and-forth between the candidates.

At rally in Steelton, Pennsylvania last night, Obama took the opportunity to jab Clinton for playing politics over his remarks. Obama went as far as tease Clinton’s previous hunting history, something Clinton began talking about on the stump when Obama’s comments were first reported. “She’s running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment, she's talking like she’s Annie Oakley!,” Obama said.

“Hillary Clinton’s out there like she's on the duck blind every Sunday. She’s packin’ a six shooter! Come on! She knows better. That’s some politics being played by Hillary Clinton. I want to see that picture of her out there in the duck blinds.”

The campaign source said it is unlikely whether Clinton will address the Annie Oakley comments in her speech today because it would only trivialize the gravity of Obama’s “bitter” remarks and it would only serve to “feed the beast” said the source. "Clinton takes the comments very seriously," the source added.

Clinton is in Pittsburgh where she is attending a convention of American manufacturers where she will talk about stepping up trade enforcement laws.
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by txkang April 14, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
Why is Obama''s comments Hillary''s fault. Somebody has to speak up for those that Obama is attacking. He says we are bitter and cling to religion??? Who does he think he is. We should all agree with him or we are looked down on as being somehow bitter. This sure is a turn around from Obama''s wife showing her bitterness. Obama is trying to turn the table and Hillary is calling him on it. Good for her!!!
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by craigh9 April 14, 2008 11:42 AM PDT
Proof positive that Hillary''s campaign is in dire straits. Taking a complete non-issue that doesn''t resonate with Pennsylvannia voters at all and continue to ride it is ridiculous. Whay in gods name she can''t can''t just quit and be done with - show a little grace would you!
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by happypappy19 April 14, 2008 12:07 PM PDT
This guy is very scary, the more you learn about him the more extreme he becomes. Someone has got to start showing the American people the real Obama as the media is giving him every pass they can and with great effort downplaying every negative story on this guy.
http://saywhatyoureallymean.blogspot.com/
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by jone775 April 14, 2008 12:12 PM PDT
There are two "scary" aspects about Obama''s remarks. First, they are TRUE. The other scary thing is that people who claim to represent U.S. voters (i.e., Hilary and McCain) are SO out of touch as to not recognize the low morale in this country. Yes, people in the U.S. ARE bitter. This issue is going to blow up in McCain and Hilary''s face. Any voter reading comments from the various interviews with voters in Penn will come to this conclusion.
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by speakthetrut April 14, 2008 1:00 PM PDT
Hillary "sniper-fire" Clinton is now pro-gun. She was so against gun control while her hubby was in white house. Now she changed the plate to get votes. NEVER TRUST HILLARY.
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by badphairy April 14, 2008 1:17 PM PDT
I don''t have a problem with either Obama''s remarks, as they are true, or about the other two candidates'' responses. However, I applaud CBS News for coining new words and hoping the public won''t notice. What is the infinitive form of "proding" and what does it mean? Please hire some editors with degrees in, say, English and put them to work.
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by manolete4 April 14, 2008 1:23 PM PDT
Here we go again....Obama Hussein and his religious leader Jeremiah Wright are part of the black supremacist movement that hates America and whites and this is another example of their hate for whites that live in rural America and are struggling to survive in these challenging economic times. Obama claims to be religious, but where is compassion and love for others other than blacks.
Shame on you Obama!
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 2:54 PM PDT
Characteristics of a Tough Mind: incisive thinker, realistic appraisal, decisive Judgment

Characteristics of a Soft Mind: Unbelievable gullibility. Fear of change, inability to judge critically.

MOST SMART AMERICANS HAVE TOUGH MINDS AND TO NOT ALLOW TELL-LIE-VISION TO TEACH THEM WHATS RIGHT OR WRONG OR HOW HUMANS INTERCAT OR BEHAVE, WE KNO WTHE WORLD IS NOT FRIENDS, EVERYONE HATE RAYMOND AND SIENFIELD. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWD TO VOTE.
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 2:56 PM PDT
Timothy McVeigh bombs Oklahoma - Bitter
Floyd Looker - attempted to bomb three federal installations. - Bitter
Donald Beauregard - serving five years for attempting to blow up power stations. - Bitter
Randall, co-founder of an Alabama militia group and the man who embarrassed federal agents by exposing a racist event that they attended. %u2013 FBI HANGING WITH KKK- BITTER
Branch Davidians in Waco - Bitter towards Americanism
White Supremacist Randy Weaver - Bitter towards Americanism
Virginia Tech Campus - Leaves at Least 33 Dead - BITTER
Columbine High School massacre - killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others - BITTER

http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/anti-govt-patriot-groups.htm

Its a whole nation of bitter folks that hate America and they are Mostly White nationalist supremist. They are Bitter about racial mixing, they are Bitter about blacks advanceing, they are Bitter about Jewish Americans and what they perceive as them having control over this Government.

Obama was correct.
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
Characteristics of a Tough Mind: incisive thinker, realistic appraisal, decisive Judgment

Characteristics of a Soft Mind: Unbelievable gullibility. Fear of change, inability to judge critically.

MOST SMART AMERICANS HAVE TOUGH MINDS AND DO NOT ALLOW TELL-LIE-VISION TO TEACH THEM WHATS RIGHT OR WRONG OR HOW HUMANS INTERATE OR BEHAVE. WE KNOW THE WORLD IS NOT THE TELL %u2013LIE %u2013VISION SHOW FRIENDS, EVERYONE HATES RAYMOND OR SIENFIELD. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO VOTE.
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by craigh9 April 14, 2008 3:12 PM PDT
Ask yourself one question an answer it honestly. Which is of bigger concern, a candidate that uses a poor choice of words when explaining an opinion, or a candidate that outright lies multiple times in an effort to make themselves look more important. VOTE ACCORDINGLY
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 3:15 PM PDT
Characteristics of a Tough Mind: incisive thinker, realistic appraisal, decisive Judgment

Characteristics of a Soft Mind: Unbelievable gullibility. Fear of change, inability to judge critically.

MOST SMART AMERICANS HAVE TOUGH MINDS AND DO NOT ALLOW TELL-LIE-VISION TO TEACH THEM WHATS RIGHT OR WRONG OR HOW HUMANS INTERACT OR BEHAVE.

WE KNOW THE WORLD IS NOT THE TELL-LIE-VISION SHOW FRIENDS, EVERYONE HATES RAYMOND OR SIENFIELD. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO VOTE.WAKE UP,

THE MEDIA ALWAYS SPIN FALSE TAIL%u2019S AND LIKE SLAVES YOU FALL ALL OVER IT. THE MEDIA CREATED THIS STORY AND NOW LIKE SLAVES YOU
FOLKS ARE ALL WORKED UP.

THAT SAME HATE THE MEDIA SPINS IS THE SAME HATE THEY USED WHEN RUMORS WAS SPREAD THAT EMMIT TILL LOOKED AT A WHITE GIRL AND SPOKE TO HER. IT WENT FROM, HE SPOKE TO HE RAPED.

THE SPIN CAUSED WHITE MEN TO HANG AND BURN HIM.

WHAT IS THIS MEDIA SPIN TRYING TO GET AMERICANS WWORKED UP TO DO TO OBAMA %u2013 KILL HIM, LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING, BODDY KENNEDY, JOHN F KENNEDY?
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 3:17 PM PDT
HILLARY I KNEW ANNE OAKELY - AND YOU ARE NO ANNIE OAKELY - MORE LIKE OOKEY DOOKEY.
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by mudrose-2009 April 14, 2008 3:28 PM PDT
Snoboma, the Effete Slob who believes that a typical white person is a gun-toting, religious clinging, antipathetic immigrant-hating, bitter class, has just sealed his fate. No matter what the Snoboma says now, he has been outed as the Rev. Wright''s disciple. I didn''t think anybody would ever surpass Hillary in such elitism, but this mixed-raced bigot has finally showed his true racist colors. Speaking to people in Blue States has been quite elightening - they are not going with Snoboma.

P.S. Michele Snoboma upon seeing a woman at her husband''''s campaign stomp dressed to the nines said to her, "I love accessories." "My husband is an accessory". It''s a good thing despite her poor grades that Affirmative Action made it possible for her to attend Princeton. Intellectually she''''s a bit wonton, too.
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 4:08 PM PDT
A 1969 charge by a Eileen Wellstone, 19-year-old English woman who said Clinton assaulted her after she met him at a pub near the Oxford University campus
In 1972, a 22-year-old woman told campus police at Yale University that she was sexually assaulted by Clinton.
In 1974, a female student at the University of Arkansas complained that then-law professor Bill Clinton tried to prevent her from leaving his office during a conference. She said he groped her and forced his hand inside her blouse.
From 1978-1980, during Clinton''s first term as governor of Arkansas, state troopers assigned to protect the governor reported seven complaints from women who said Clinton forced, or attempted to force, himself on them sexually.
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by blackspirit3 April 14, 2008 4:24 PM PDT
In 1969 Eileen Wellstone, 19-year woman who said Clinton assaulted her after she met him at a pub near the Oxford University campus
In 1972, a 22-year old told campus police at Yale University that she was sexually assaulted by Clinton.
In 1974, a female student at the University of Arkansas complained that then-law professor Bill Clinton tried to prevent her from leaving his office during a conference. She said he groped her and forced his hand inside her blouse.
From 1978-1980, during Clinton''''''''s first term as governor of Arkansas, state troopers assigned to protect the governor reported seven complaints from women who said Clinton forced, or attempted to force, himself on them sexually.
Elizabeth Ward, the Miss Arkansas who won the Miss America crown in 1982, told friends she was forced by Clinton to have *** with him shortly after she won her state crown
Paula Corbin, an Arkansas state worker, filed a sexual harassment case against Clinton after an encounter in a Little Rock hotel room where the then-governor exposed himself and demanded oral ***.
Sandra Allen James, a former Washington, DC, political fundraiser says Presidential candidate-to-be Clinton invited her to his hotel room during a political trip to the nation''''s capital in 1991, pinned her against the wall and stuck his hand up her dress.
Kathleen Willey, a White House volunteer, reported that Clinton grabbed her, fondled her breast and pressed her hand against his genitals during an Oval Office meeting

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by jockh April 14, 2008 6:12 PM PDT
Hillary is NOT a liar.

I must admit that as a parent, it is all too easy to confuse a hug from a little girl with the terror of running from sniper bullets.
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by Jerrycnet April 14, 2008 8:23 PM PDT
Obama said those people are antipathy. Seems to me he''s the one who is really antipathy and completely lack of compassion. People are duped by some wealthy liberals in the america who love to destroy Clinton whatever way they could by propping up Obama. You don''t have to agree with people with faith and believe in 2nd amendment of constitution, but to show such contempt says loudly about the true color of this Obama character as well as his unqualification as a statesman. Imagine what outcry the media will be bursting with if either McCain or Hillary disparage African Americans with similar contemptuous remarks. They will be crucifixed by the media immediately. Here Obama and his supporters not only shown no sign of remorse, they even belittle the insensitivity and continues their offensive smear against Hillary. What arrogance projecting himself champion of hope and change and comparing himself as Kennedy and MLK. He''s nothing but another cunning politician. American are misled.
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by blackyowe April 14, 2008 9:40 PM PDT
antipathy? What he said was patronizing. He sounded like us folks in the country are all half wits! He can go to Hell! This Democrat wouldn''t vote for him now no matter what.
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by davthewav1 April 14, 2008 11:27 PM PDT
Clinton continues to label Barack Obama "out of touch" for saying that when people get economically crapped on by politicians and corporations, they get angry. From the confines of her mansions in Georgetown and Chappaqua, surveying her $110 million fortune and her long career as a corporate lawyer and Wal- Mart board member, Clinton expresses a "let them eat cake" attitude, apparently believing regular folks are totally happy when politicians like her champion policies like NAFTA that crush them. - From, Open Left
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by davthewav1 April 14, 2008 11:31 PM PDT
Hillary Clinton has certainly vetted herself well recently:
as a liar, (dodging bullets in Bosnia),
a cheater,(trying to change the rules in FL & MI after signing an agreement to honor them),
and now as a hypocrite, (calling Obama an elitist when she''s one herself).
I think the super delegates are seeing her as she really is and that''s why they''re still moving to Obama''s side.
BTW, The NRA sent me a letter including a list of anti-gun politicians. Hillary Clinton was on the list, Obama was not. It seems strange that she is now posing as a gun rights advocate now trying to get votes in rural Pennsylvania. It is just another example of her hypocrisy.
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by jockh April 15, 2008 5:59 AM PDT
I have this vision of Hillary tumbling down a cliff and grabbing the little tree stumps on her way down, hoping that one of them will stop the fall, and keep her from crashing%u2026.can you smell the desperation wafting from Camp Clinton?

They know they have to beat Obama by over 20 points to give themselves even the most remote chance of catching him in the rest of the few remaining primary states. So they mount another desperate ploy from their hanging by a fingernail campaign, but ultimately this is much ado about nothing. ? It may cost Obama a few votes in Pennsylvania and it looks likely that Clinton will have her last hurrah by winning that state, but unless the superdelegates have a death wish for their party, he will still win the nomination; and finally Hillary will go home and take her terrible pant suits with her.
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by rrcampbell1 April 16, 2008 8:48 PM PDT
Excuse those of us whose urban communities are plagued by weapons fire and dead children to be too busy grieving over their loss than to grieve over the gun rights of a minority of persons which might be lost through more efficient gun control.

That is a truth which is, yes, bitter.
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