Obama Says Some Voters Are Angry, Bitter

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - In the midst of an assault from his rivals, a defensive Barack Obama said Friday that many working-class Americans are angry and bitter over economic inequalities and have lost faith in ...

[COUNT WALKER]

I am very angry and bitter, and i feel betrayed, Sen.Obama is telling the truth,the Government has let us Pennsylvanian's down, im working my second job in 13 month's,my other job went overseas, Sen.Clinton is against free trade agreement with the Columbian's, President Clinton just accepted 800,000 dollar's from the Columbian's,...i'm very bitter!

[Tman]

Sen. Obama is in touch with people, to say what he said. He hit the nail on the head. This man never ever says he mispoke or he does not recall, he sticks to his convictions and what he knows to be the truth. no flip-flop here. One more reason this man WILL BE THE NEXT PRES.

[Kiku]

Here's a link to a video of Obama's speech, and the CNN analysis before the powers at the top made them go negative:

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/the-morning...

[Roger]

Here is Hillary's Response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[TINKERLOVE]

Our economy is really screwd up and we really need all the help we can get, he does look promising but I`m afraid that the way the government is today there might be a problem. Bush stole the election twice so who knows what to expect, you know that McCain is with the Bush administration, so who knows I just hope that they will allow us our choice and our right to choose our choice.

[John]

Listening to the news, I heard that Senator Obama stated a view of some residence in Pennsylvania that had lost their jobs more than 20 years ago. It appears he characterized them as being "bitter". Hillary declared that was not her view of those who hit hard times. She claims that "As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient, who are optimistic, who are positive who are rolling up their sleeves. They're working hard every day for a better future for themselves and their children. Pennsylvanians don't need a president who looks down on them. They need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them." I believe that those that Obama referred to had once demonstrated what Hillary declared, but many years ago and without help from our government. Anyone in their position, everywhere in the world, should feel "bitter", and as if the government let them down. Perhaps Hillary should apologize for NAFTA which contributed to their perils. I am impressed that as both Obama and Hillary campaigned throughout this great nation, only he is respondent to the needs of those that have been so ignored that they feel bitter. Yes, there are many bitter souls in America and we need a President that understands, is in touch, and adheres and is determined to correct those worries. One must identify the pain before they can cure it. I am not so shocked that Obama stated this particular comment as I am that his opponents did not realize this problem. America has turned their heads on the strugglers. Hillary has campaigned and have not heard them, she says "Well, that's not my experience. As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient, who are optimistic, who are positive who are rolling up their sleeves. They're working hard every day for a better future for themselves and their children. Pennsylvanians don't need a president who looks down on them. They need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them." McClain does not acknowledge it, he says "It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking," McCain adviser Steve Schmidt told Politico. "It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans."

We all, respectively, have opinions, but we need to stand together as Americans and change the direction we have been headed for years. Bill Clinton was a treasure of a president in his era and deserves high recognition for a job well done. Now is a new era, and if candidates are so out-of-touch with the needs of all the people, from those who lost jobs more than 20 years ago in the beautiful land of Pennsylvania and throughout the USA, to the elite in Washington DC, we all need a President that can answer our call anytime during the day. I wish Hillary and John McClain would put people before politics. We need something different, we need change, we need someone that understands the moods of all people in the USA, and are determined to make a change in the lives they have encountered throughout their campaign. It appears revalent that Hillary and McClain does not attentively pay attention to the needs of the people. If they do not pay attention, they cannot fix their problem.

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[Tman]

In the morning forums the most comments posted were on illegals 693 and the other was about guns over 2200. Does this not hold true to BOs' statement?

[Truth]

I can believe people are offended by an observation that people in small town PA are "bitter". I live in small town PA and agree with the observation. People are bitter. They're bitter that gas prices keep going up while pay keeps going down. They're bitter that the value of their homes are dropping. They're bitter that the cost of health care is rising at a rate three times faster than inflation. They're bitter that the cost of education is rising at a rate twice that of inflation.
Why would people be offended by the truth?
I'm starting to think that those that are offended are the 28% of the population that support Bush despite an awful economy, lowest dollar value since the depression, lowest consumer confidence rating since Carter, record deficits, quagmire in Iraq, decreasing civil rights, and record fuel costs.
Why would people be bitter? Years of promises without results?
Obama is right. I guess people just don't like being told the truth. You'd rather have a politician blow smoke up your butts.

[Sister 1510]

Obama is a phoney, a scam artist....he is on an Afrocentrist mission..........he gives not one darn about America.....only HIMSELF!

[DemLover]

Sister 1510 wrote:

Obama is a phoney, a scam artist....he is on an Afrocentrist mission..........he gives not one darn about America.....only HIMSELF!

Not nearly as phoney as Hillary!

[Truth]

WHITE KNIGHTS wrote:

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Also from Philadelphia, He opened his arrogant and inexperienced mouth for the last time...I do not care what this scum has to say, or how sorry he plays to be...I have seen thru thim from day one.....He is a blatant liar, and speaks with two tongues...he is after one thing and one thing only, and that is to get control of the "White House" and to get into the history books, noth he and his wife both complain that they cannot make ends meet???? he'll he oughta try walking in our shoes, but that will never happen...he is a elitist and can only relate to his kind.....
NO TO OBAMA, and if he is the nomination here in Philly, then we will without a blink of an eye vote for John McCain....JUST VOTE AMERICAN!!!!

That wouldn't have anything to do with the fact he's black would it, WHITE Knights?

[Purple People Eater]

Truth wrote:

<quoted text>That wouldn't have anything to do with the fact he's black would it, WHITE Knights?

I'm not voting for Obama either. Stop looking for stuff that isn't there.
He could be blue and his name could be Papa Smurf...and he still wouldn't have my vote. I don't trust him.

[ginandtonic]

His speech sealed the deal for me!
OBAMA '08!

[Greg]

Then vote for his speech writer. Anyone can hire a good fiction writer.

ginandtonic wrote:

His speech sealed the deal for me!
OBAMA '08!

[mara]

Yeah, I'm bitter---that in the greatest country in the world all we can come up with for prez is 3 PHONY contenders. Obama keeps talking about change---yeah, it SURE WOULD be a change for this country to go communist. That's what he IS folks. If you want all of your freedoms taken away and you want an elitist thug running the show VOTE OBAMA!

HILLARY is NO BETTER. She makes Hanoi Jane look conservative. Another one who doesn't want to lead America but wants to CONTROL it.

MCCAIN is the last traitor of the three. He was a hero in the Viet Nam era but has abandoned his values. He is NO DIFFERENT than the other two. People who think he's "moderate" need to get their heads examined.

I'm BITTER because my town has been overrun with illegals who have totally trashed it.

I'm BITTER because people are no longer looking to better themselves, they want to live as who--es off of the government. They want to steal from those who are thrifty, those who have taken risks in the pursuit of wealth, those who want to live FREE.

They want to take our right to bear arms, our right to choose LIGHT BULBS, for g-d's sake...These 3 are the 3 stooges. WAKE UP!

[Glasnos]

Obama is getting to be more and more of a joke.
Inner city poverty is government and society's fault ... but rural poverty is the fault of white "hicks"
How much more evidence do we need to see what a black seperatist/racist Obama is?

[OBAMA]

Look what Hillary and Obama types have done to DC,Inner Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit. Imagine our country of the intitled. Great!!!!!!!!!!

[TINKERLOVE]

Who are you to talk?
Are you jealous?
What is wrong with you?
Freedom of speech!

[TINKERLOVE]

Why is this such a big topic?
So he said that he thinks the small towns are bitter, are you not? yes you are, and you have every right to be, lost of jobs, economy at the lowest level and things given yerterday being taken away the next day is enough to be bitter, so why not be bitter? it is your right.
ATTACK, this is the whole problem with the people, people are looking to attack anyone to blame the dirty deeds on, Why didn`t anyone blame Bush? Bush has taken from this country and dragged this country thru the mud and also Bush has put this country in jeoperdy a many times and I see no one trying to blame him, no one has tried to impeach him for breaking the laws or changing the laws right in our faces, was Bush faulted for being in that Eeron mess no, oh it was a honest mistake on his part, yea right!
This is who should be attacked and this is who the country should have been trying to get rid of him.
So now we need to stand together and find peace, I think that being under Bush`s hands and living in his world is enough to be BITTER!!!! So why not be bitter? it is okay to have this bitter taste in our mouth from all the bull sh-- that has been shoved down our throats, I`m bitter and I`ll get over it, it has been 8 long years of the same ole sh-- so I`m gettin tired of it. Yes I am bitter, not at the new opponents but at the old Bush`s way, so get over it, dang!!!!!

[Raven7]

Tman wrote:

Sen. Obama is in touch with people, to say what he said. He hit the nail on the head. This man never ever says he mispoke or he does not recall, he sticks to his convictions and what he knows to be the truth. no flip-flop here. One more reason this man WILL BE THE NEXT PRES.

Wow looks like the BO campaign told their hired guns to try and stop this on the internet. LOL they crawled out of the woodwork overnight.

BO is arrogant and out of touch. He is a divider and the truth came out for the whole country to see. You and the rest of his supporters need to talk off those rose colored glasses/