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To: manalagi who wrote (17446)4/13/2008 11:37:01 PM
From: ChinuSFO  Respond to of 149317
 
Hillary says: Oh my God, the sky is falling. He is an elitist." What do the American people think?
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No 'bitter' aftertaste? How Obama gaffe plays
By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY

JACOBUS, Pa. — Phil Little seems like just the sort of Pennsylvanian voter who might have been offended by Sen. Barack Obama's comments that small-town residents "get bitter" and "cling to guns or religion."

"We believe in God, and I own a couple of guns," said the retired Little, wearing a camouflage Field & Stream cap and waiting with his wife in their SUV to watch their granddaughter's softball practice.

Little says he switched his party registration from Republican to Democrat so he could back Obama in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary on April 22. Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticisms Sunday that Obama's comments were "elitist and divisive" haven't moved him.

"I don't think he put his brain in gear before he engaged his mouth," Little said. "But he apologized. … I think he has the right ideas, and I like hearing him talk. I put him in sort of the same mold as the Kennedys, JFK and Bobby."

...contd at usatoday.com