The Washington Post thinks a major presidential candidate expressing contempt for his voters is a Page 4 story. Shocker!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Incredible. I knew his politics were radical from his memoir. But I had no idea that his contempt for middle America was so complete.Do the Democrats dare nominate someone so completely clueless about the heartland?
UPDATE: Obama doesn't apologize, he expands on his "thinking."
Opponents Paint Obama as an Elitist
Clinton, McCain Try to Score Off 'Bitter' Remark
Clinton, McCain Try to Score Off 'Bitter' Remark
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, April 12, 2008; Page A04
PHILADELPHIA, April 11 -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain sharply criticized Sen. Barack Obama on Friday for saying at a private April 6 fundraiser in San Francisco that small-town voters in economically distressed areas of Pennsylvania are "bitter."
McCain sees working-class voters -- many of them once and possibly still "Reagan Democrats" -- as a critical constituency for his hopes of winning the White House. His advisers say Obama will have trouble locking down that support in the general election because his message has been focused more on changing the system than on delivering results.
"It's a remarkable statement and extremely revealing," McCain
adviser Steve Schmidt said in a statement. "It shows an elitism and
condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of
breathtaking, it is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more
out of touch with average Americans."
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