People Are Bitter

cnn discovers:

cnn: After spending a day talking with Coaldale voters, it seems to me the anger Obama described in his now controversial comments might not have been too far off the mark.

"It's time for the politicians to come down to our level," said Ruth Weiss during the lunch hour at Tommy's, Coaldale's only casual eatery among a row of shuttered shops and next to a 60-year-old movie theater that has survived.

"People can't afford food. I'm paying for oil for the restaurant out of my own Social Security check."

Ruth and her husband, Tommy, describe their small pizza and sub restaurant on East Phillips Street as a "country store," a place where the regulars can gather to talk, share a meal or -- as is the case lately -- sip a cup of coffee.

"This is my business, but people can't afford it," said Ruth. She detailed the myriad of problems she and others are facing -- rising gas prices, increased taxes, out of control food and prescription costs. It is no wonder, she said, people can't afford lunch or dinner at the restaurant they've owned for 25 years.

obama on the working class

Distraction, Distortion, Exploitation

update: obama holds a conference call. this is not for the voters. it won't sway anyone, only entrench sides. this is for the media to get off it because they're so bored and so unimaginative and reflexive.

people actually fell for it.
clinton's people are saying obama's remarks were elitist and obama supporters are defending his remarks. but if you look at all the comments on this story about the word "bitter" at the nyt, no one gets it, not even the obama supporters. people are taking the comments out of context. they're reading what they've been fed, not even bothering to take a look at the whole, not just a sentence by itself.
hasn't anyone learned anything?
i understand why clinton's backers would see it as they do. they have their "first-woman president" glasses on. but obama supporters are trying to defend him with the wrong arguments, which means they don't really understand at all. there's so much more in his remarks. it shows how deeply he understands the working-class person.
clinton is exploiting people (using their own predjudices), distorting (she must know better) and distracting (she's behind and here comes more of the kitchen sink).