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To: KLP who wrote (245392)	4/11/2008 4:15:24 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793640

The cackle is back! We just don't have a sense of humor. Uuugggggggghhhhhhhh! politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

To: KLP who wrote (245392)	4/11/2008 4:31:03 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793640

America's future is not going to depend on winers. America's future is going to depend on people that don't have a chip on their shoulder. * * *

To: KLP who wrote (245392)	4/11/2008 6:16:48 PM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793640

I think Obama just lost a lot of rural Pennsylvania / "flyover country" votes...wow. They cling to guns or religion? What the hell does that mean? You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them...And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then 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.

To: KLP who wrote (245392)	4/11/2008 6:20:43 PM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793640

McCain aide hits Obama comment Jonathan Martin talks to McCain adviser Steve Schmidt, who sees an opening in Obama's comments on small-town Pennsylvania at a California fundraiser last weekend: The McCain campaign, finding a gift in its lap, tees off on the eye-opening comments by Barack Obama from a fundraiser last week in San Francisco (of all places). Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a "remarkable statement and extremely revealing." "It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking," Schmidt said. "It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans." politico.com

To: KLP who wrote (245392)	4/11/2008 6:55:40 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793640

It's also on Fox News. Some choice quotes: “It comes off very badly,” Democratic strategist Kirsten Powers said of the small-town America remarks. “They are things that I think in a liberal world sound totally normal, and outside of that world I don’t know that he appreciates how it sounds. And it just sounds very elitist, and it sounds like he’s looking down on people.” Of course. It just SOUNDS elitist, and like he's looking down on people...fits right in with the worldview of the people he was talking to, I'm sure. .."recent comments from him and his wife Michelle have occasionally been interpreted as too high-minded. Michelle Obama, for instance, drew criticism in February for saying she was “proud” of her country for the first time in her adult life." Too "high-minded"? Oh please. I'm dying. elections.foxnews.com