Reply #62: Yeah, I hate fake indignation.

[last1standing]

You remember this at all?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5510936

DemVet (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-15-08 07:21 AM
Original message
Obama wasn't just calling small-town people gun or religious nuts...he said they were racists.

“So it’s not surprising then that 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,” - Barack Obama


This is what a certain segment of this board just doesn't understand. He basically said that when the going gets rough, small town people read their Bibles (which they supposedly never read when the going is good), hump their guns (afterall, they don't have to hunt when the economy is good) and start turning on those that don't look like them (yeah, bad times breeds racism :sarcasm: ).

Why did he say this? He said he could have said it better...yeah, no shit.

Can't you understand why people would be offended by this?

Better cash those checks from the Hillary campaign as quick as possible. I hear a few people sent in some donations so they might even clear.