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Clinton Camp Pushes Visuals to Keep Obama 'Bitter' Comments Alive
April 12, 2008 7:33 PM
ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper report: While Former President Bill Clinton has been unusually quiet regarding comments Sen. Barack Obama made calling rural America "bitter," the story has been front and center at his most recent campaign events in the form of a little white sticker.
At a late afternoon rally in Goldsboro, N.C., a dozen or so audience members were seen wearing computer-printed stickers with the slogan "I'm not bitter."
The slogan was in response to comments Obama made recently, when he said, "It is not surprising that they (rural America) get bitter and turn to guns or religion or antipathy." The stickers were again spotted on a random assortment of audience members at the former president's events in Deep Run and New Bern.
At first, those sporting stickers were confused as to who exactly was distributing the items protesting Obama's remarks. One young man thought students had been passing them out; another said they came from event organizers; a third said she thought they came from the campaign, but wasn't quite sure. At first a campaign staffer played up the grassroots angle, not admitting where the stickers had come from
The Clinton campaign staff eventually acknowledged that the stickers were printed by members of their North Carolina team and distributed at the rally, an act that seems to be part of a larger push to keep the Obama story alive in rural North Carolina.
Despite the campaign's efforts, though, the story doesn't really seem to be catching on as much as the campaign might have hoped. The stickers are still few and far between in the crowds. In addition, Clinton surrogate and former North Carolina DNC party chairman Tom Hendrickson brought up the remarks at two rallies this morning, and neither time received anything above a tepid response from the crowd.
"My message to Sen. Obama is: We are not frustrated, we are not bitter. We turn to our faith because we believe. Amen. We hunt and fish because it is part of our culture and we enjoy it. So, Sen. Obama, don't pity us and think that we are bitter and frustrated. We are hard-working family folks who are smart and we get it. We don't need the pundits to tell us what to think. In the words of that old Hank Williams song, 'We are country folks and we will survive,'" Hendrickson told a barely applauding crowd this morning in Winterville, N.C.
Whatever the long-terms effect of the stickers and the story, a few audience members seemed happy to have a sticker to wear. As one woman walked out of the event in Goldsboro she said she was appalled by what Obama had said and that the sticker was a good idea.
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Hendrickson is right. HE is not bitter. The folks he, as a Clinton Democrat, left behind are.
Posted by: Harriet | Apr 12, 2008 7:38:58 PM
Hillary will apparently do anything to win, including smearing the likely Democratic nominee. For her, of all people, to suggest that Barack Obama is somehow elitist is beyond ridiculous. (Wasn't last week's smear that he was a scary black man from the ghetto?) Time to start treating us like grown-ups!
Posted by: Billy | Apr 12, 2008 7:45:07 PM
Brilliant tactic. Keep this scandal front and center. Excellent. Obama is going down with a thud.
Then he'll be the bitter one.
Posted by: Jo | Apr 12, 2008 8:05:25 PM
Tom Hendrickson is not a gifted speaker and had a hard with his speech reading and delivery. So Obama Zombies don't read to much in the crowds response. He's Country and American voters got his message! Remember Rev. Wright said "God Damn America", and Small Town Americans says not in our house!
Posted by: Kenny from CT. | Apr 12, 2008 8:19:22 PM
The allegedly “tepid” reaction may well have been because some people at the rally hadn’t heard the news yet. After sitting on the story for a week, the reporter from Huffington deliberately released the story this weekend because she knew a lot of people wouldn't be focused on the news.
Posted by: Emily | Apr 12, 2008 8:21:00 PM
Hillary said "america" or "americans" 4 times in 18 minutes. she's grasping
you have to be an elitist to NOT be bitter. gas prices, jobs, war
if you're not bitter, you're not middle class or poor.
Posted by: Gion | Apr 12, 2008 8:37:09 PM
Hillary, the more you lie about Obama being 'elite' -while he's talking about how we really feel and you're releasing 109 Million dollar tax returns- the more stupid you look.
Posted by: penn | Apr 12, 2008 8:43:01 PM
Many people in these crowds wouldn't have known about the comments yet.
It will take a few days to see what the response will be.
Besides its the undecideds who probably arent at a Clinton rally and might have voted Obama before they heard this who could make a difference.
The people at these rallies were already Clinton supporters.
Posted by: s.b. | Apr 12, 2008 8:44:25 PM
The people who are out of touch are the ones going around and pretending there is not a deep well of bitterness in the American electorate. Wake up, folks! Surveys indicate over 80% of the people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Why is HRC getting mad at Obama for commenting on the obvious?
Posted by: Tom in California | Apr 12, 2008 8:51:20 PM
funny how the Obama youth defend him no matter what.
If you paid much attention through the whole primaries, You would have seen, Obama to be The major candidate to start the mudslinging, to Point the fingers, to cast Blame on everyone. To Plant stories, to twist facts, to tell mis-truths.
His vast lies surpass anyone else's. He was low enough to lie on and about his best friends, his family.
He is the first to cry woe is me, Look they are picking on me, and Whine about everything.
He was the first and only one to talk down to, put down and use and abuse the American public.
His campaign consist of trying to make everyone else look bad, since he has nothing to stand on.
He was the first to name call, and continues to do so.
He was the first to divide into races and groups.
He is a scam artist, he has used, abused, and manipulated the American people. He does not care for you. He only cares for you vote.
He put himself on a pedestal, thinking he is high above all else. His arogance
has him thinking he is free to do or say anything he wants to, and get away with it.
He beleives no one will call him out or challenge him for fear of being called a racist. He hold that above all heads, and ready to cast it upon anyone if they speak ill of him, disagree with him or challenge him.
He is worthless as a person and as a senator. So he does not deserve to be The President of the United States of America.
He refuses to show a support for our troops. He refuses to place his hand on his heart for the national Anthem.
So what makes you think He would lay down his life to Defend or Protect The United States of America. He would not, he is the type that would sell us out. or run crying and hide.
Obama beleives in Obama
The change Obama wants is a change of Address to the White House.
He's the one to pull the wool over your eyes.
The "we" he keeps talking about is Him, Michelle and Rev Wright and his Friends.
Not you and me. (he wants us to stay out of corporate American and take the jobs as nurses and teachers and factory work, that is what he needs"
He is the weakest link and the worst candidate.
Posted by: seah | Apr 12, 2008 8:51:59 PM
I am bitter but I have hope.
Obama 08!
B man deserves some real respect. He could have tired to blow the whole Bosnia thing out of proportion but he didn't.
Me and my blue collar wife and kids... white as can be in PA are voting for Obama.
take that.
Posted by: ruralPAman | Apr 12, 2008 8:53:17 PM
New Obama slogan:
BITTERNESS WE CAN BELIEVE IN
Posted by: UM | Apr 12, 2008 8:56:06 PM
Housing Values going down, Investments losing value in 1st quarter of 2008 -401K/403B, Eduation 529 plan, etc.. and at least 19 dead U.S. soliders in Iraq already in April and all anyone can talk about is how Sen Obama hurt our feelings. I would rather have hurt feelings than dead soliders, I would rather be called bitter and have investments which are in the Black and I would rather have an Elitist in the White House if my personal housing value would rise and foreclosures wouldn't dot my neighborhood... God Bless America and Politican's who can prey on our racial, religious and class divisions.
Posted by: MiamiMeltdown | Apr 12, 2008 8:59:38 PM
Obama's comments were not that the general population is bitter but that small town people resort to hunting and church to deal with their bitterness (rather than hunting as a tradition and religion as devotion to god). He stereotyped them and described them as though they were some kind of anthropologic experiment.
Posted by: al | Apr 12, 2008 9:08:17 PM
You can't even own up to what Obama really said. I guess you are so bitter and clinging to your guns to the point that you cannot read! typical i guess.
Posted by: al | Apr 12, 2008 9:10:31 PM
Yes, I am a bitter American fed up with the Economy as it is - I blame it on The Old Way thinking of Washington. And Hillary is part of that. I am voting for Barack Obama right now, he is right.
Posted by: latinovoter1 | Apr 12, 2008 9:12:28 PM
BTW.. to all of you who are foolishly not bitter...
Both Gore and Carter will be endorsing Obama, not Clinton alas.
Why? Because they are bitter but have hope OBAMA 08.
For all Americans... white..black...bitter...happy...sad...hopeful.
Posted by: in the loop | Apr 12, 2008 9:14:50 PM
Hillary is pathetic. Won't someone please wish her into the cornfield already?!!
Posted by: Californian | Apr 12, 2008 9:16:39 PM
Obama is unelectable. All the hysteria in the world won't change that. Please obama people, no violence.
Posted by: al | Apr 12, 2008 9:17:58 PM
I applaud Senator Obama for running a campaign that at least tries to deal with reality and to appeal to me and every other American as an adult. What is wrong with this political climate that a candidate cannot clarify a statement without the other candidate(s) being adults and gentlemen and women and allowing him to speak? He has shown this courtesy to HRC. And if HRC is so sure she is the only one fit (entitled) to be president, what should she fear? Where is the faith that she so stalwartly defended (bragged about)? And did you ever think you would see her get behind guns?!? She will stop at nothing and is behaving foolishly.
Thank you, Obama, for trying to speak directly to us. I pray that my fellow-Americans can be as reasonable as our fore-fathers and mothers thought people could be. I, a blue collar American feel bitterness not only for our current state of affairs, but also for HRC's deplorable greed and mudslinging. I can barely watch anymore.
God bless you, Obama!
Posted by: GrainneG | Apr 12, 2008 9:21:35 PM
I have noticed that all Obama does is say one liners like: Oh it's just more old style politics or some such thing as that, instead of facing all his lies, deceitfulness and nonsense. He thinks that if he just brushes off the real criticisms he should have to face, people will just forget about them. Be careful everyone or that just might be what happens. Don't forget all the stuff he should have to face and answer for..that's just what he is counting on.
Posted by: Vickie | Apr 12, 2008 9:23:45 PM
she is soo dirty
The Clinton campaign staff eventually acknowledged that the stickers were printed by members of their North Carolina team and distributed at the rally, an act that seems to be part of a larger push to keep the Obama story alive in rural North Carolina.
no way for a fellow dem to be acting
liars pointing finger
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 9:24:13 PM
I wonder how many different kinds of brie cheese obama sampled in that san francisco mansion while he talked bad about small town americans?
Posted by: al | Apr 12, 2008 9:25:25 PM
the economy sucks
we're mired in war
we're heavily in debt
people are losing their jobs
gas prices are insane
threats such as global warming loom
damn right i'm bitter, and today i'm especially bitter that people care more about the word "bitter" instead of the things that make me bitter
i could give a crap today who doesnt and doesnt like Obama here. I was an Edwards fan to start. It's clear only Obama of the candidates left recognizes bitterness of people like me, the other two are living in a fantasyland where they hear horror stories from people every day about health care, put them in their stump speeches
but dont think I'm bitter about it?
WAKE UP
Posted by: Sitsu | Apr 12, 2008 9:26:26 PM
The Clinton campaign staff eventually acknowledged that the stickers were printed by members of their North Carolina team and distributed at the rally, an act that seems to be part of a larger push to keep the Obama story alive in rural North Carolina.
Despite the campaign's efforts, though, the story doesn't really seem to be catching on as much as the campaign might have hoped. The stickers are still few and far between in the crowds. In addition, Clinton surrogate and former North Carolina DNC party chairman Tom Hendrickson brought up the remarks at two rallies this morning, and neither time received anything above a tepid response from the crowd
The lady just does not get it.
She will never win
Supers see what she is all about.
Obama 08
nice guys do win
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 9:27:07 PM
Whatever the long-terms effect of the stickers and the story,
Long term will be American voter will
reject you. and reject you big.
some people have empathy it is very clear she has none.
Millionaire elitist.
800,000 reasons not to vote for her
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 9:30:00 PM
Lifetime Democrat:
Voting for McCain if Obama wins the nomination..
Taking him down one vote at a time
Let's see: I am over 500 now for people I know will do the same since our little talks. (who'd a thunk it..me stumping for a Republican)
Hillary 08..if not then McCain!!
Posted by: Vickie | Apr 12, 2008 9:30:21 PM
Please guys, even though obama sat in that mansion and ate brie cheese and drank wine and stereotyped you and said you cling to your guns when you get bitter shutting the world out, don't be bitter about being bitter. obama really cares about you. really, he does. he's just a nice guy who wants to make things better for you typical whites. LOL.
Posted by: al | Apr 12, 2008 9:30:43 PM
Sorry Clinton supporters but this isn't the general election, it's the Dem primary. Most Dem voters agree with Obama, and even if they didn't, don't forget that the ones who really matter now, the superdelegates, are all liberal elite who probably feel this was an act of courage.
Posted by: Raj | Apr 12, 2008 9:31:01 PM
Vickie
I too will be voting for mccain if obama is the nom.
Posted by: al | Apr 12, 2008 9:32:21 PM
What's really sad is that for so long, people thought if they supported Obama, they would gain access to this elite club of well-educated, wealthy, hip people. All of his promises of unity were empty words, and that was all he had going for himself. Now, his true feelings about the American people are coming to the surface.
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 12, 2008 9:32:38 PM
Well when the boss sreams shut up i guess you shut up. He has alot riding on her winning 800,00.00
worth riding on her. And just think if she was to win the GE how much they would be worth when her term was up.
Millionaire craves money and power.
They are devoid of human empathy
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 9:33:19 PM
I can't help visualizing a crowd of Clinton fans wearing 'I'm not bitter' stickers on the day she announces her withdrawal.
That's the spirit.
Posted by: Niels | Apr 12, 2008 9:36:50 PM
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HILLARY SUPPORTERS NEVER EVER LISTEN TO ANYONE BUT HER. CLINTON WHO CAN DO SOME STRANGE INTERPRETATIONS CHANGED THIS TO AN INSULT. IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE AND NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN IF SHE HAD NOT ONCE AGAIN POINTED HER FINGER ACCUSINGLY. THE MAN HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG. INSTEAD HILLARY AND BILLS FINANCIAL CONDUCTS, THE CLINTON LIBRARY, IE.. ARE HANDED TO THE TRASH AND WE ARE MISDIRECTED TO FRONT PAGE NEWS WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS
Posted by: GAWANIA | Apr 12, 2008 9:37:10 PM
Niels, that post is a classic.
Excellent. Yes, there's nothing like the mind's eye. Haha.
Posted by: greg | Apr 12, 2008 9:39:23 PM
All Americans will have heard about her giving those stickers out . do you supporters understand what she has done to a fellow Dem.? She stinks and everyone will remember that.
Especially after the RNCC said they were going to write letters threatening the Dem Senators and Representative.
Dont forget the supers will hear from their people
the GOOD GUYS WIlL WIN THIS ONE
HILL IT IS CALLED EMPATHY..TRY TO BUY SOME
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 9:42:45 PM
when i think of 'bitter' the first people that come to mind are rev wright and michelle obama-
Posted by: sonia trevino | Apr 12, 2008 9:45:25 PM
MONEY CAN BUY LOTS OF THINGS...BUT IT CANT BUY PEACE OF MIND,
CANT BUY TRUE HUMAN EMOTIONS
CANT BUY UNDERSTANDING
CANT BUY SYNPATHY FOR OTHERS
CANT BUY FORGIVENESS
CANT BUY GOD
CANT BUY HEAVEN
HILLARY IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 9:50:26 PM
lauren-you are correct money cannot buy allot of things. but spellcheck is free. i recommend it to all you wealthy, educated, obama supporters. please it drives us poor blue collar, uneducated, clinton supporters nuts.
Posted by: sonia trevino | Apr 12, 2008 10:01:49 PM
All you folks who seem to want to celebrate this need to keep one thing in mind...should Obama go, so goes the hopes of any Democrat, including Hillary ,winning in November. He alone has brought in most of the new voters nationally AND is currently winning about 90% of the African American vote. IF you think a sleazy push out of Obama from this campaign will help the Democrats at all, you are mistaken. Folks, the Clintons win at all cost strategy may work for them to get the nomination, but if Obama is not on the ticket, and I wouldn't blame him if he said no after all of this if he were asked, then you can kiss goodbye to a Democratic win. And if you think Hillary will be more suited to run against McCain, wait until the Republicans hit her with the Bosnia lie tapes. They are chomping at the bit to get rid of Obama and have Hillary to run against. If I were Obama if that happens, I would say have at her.
Posted by: Stewart from North Carolina | Apr 12, 2008 10:07:16 PM
I PRAY FOR OBAMA AND HIS CAMPAIGN. HE HAS SAID THE RIGHT WORDS WE ARE BITTER. IT TAKE MOST OF US $200.00 DOLLARS A MONTH TO GET TO WORK. I PRAY FOR THE GAS PRICES TO GO DOWN. HILLARY IS TRYING TO COVER UP FOR THE WRONG SHE HAS DONE VOTED ON THE WAR VOTED NAFTA. I AM NO PLEASE WITH THE WAY HILLARY AND MCCAIN IS ACTING TOWARD OBAMA. I PRAY FOR BOTH OF THEM. HILLARY HAS LIED ABOUT BOSNIA, CAUSED MANY JOB LOST IN THE UNITED SSTATES AND SHE IS TRYING TO CALL OBAMA UNELLECTABLE. SHE IS THE ONE THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR. FELLOWC AMERICANS OBAMA IS A NO. ONE CANIDATE. KEEP FOCUSED ON WHAT THE COUNTRY NEED. HONESTY. WE ARE TIRED OF TRYIN TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GET TO WORK IF THE PRICES KEEP RISING, RISING. I PRAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW FOR OUR CHILDREN CHILDREN AND THIRE CHILDREN CHILDREN. GO OBAMA.
Posted by: Wanda | Apr 12, 2008 10:14:00 PM
This cynical attack against Senator Obama for supposedly being "elitist" is just racism in another form. It used to be that white racists would call Blacks "uppity" if they were well spoken and highly educated-- nowadays, that racism takes the form of calling a self-made African-American man "elitist". Senator Obama is the only candidate left in this campaign for president who has rolled up his sleeves and "walked the talk" in working side-by-side in the trenches with working people to help them. He gave up opportunities for lucrative work and instead went back to Chicago to help working class people in the streets of Chicago and in fighting for their civil rights in court and in the Illinois state senate. Hillary Clinton grew up white in a two-parent household, went to Wellesley, then made money on the backs of working people by being on the board of Walmart, and has been riding on her husband's political coattails ever since. And she pretends she's someone with "the common touch"? Talk about absurd! John McCain is the son of a famous Admiral. Senator Obama, by contrast, grew up in humble circumstances in a single parent household, and is a self-made man who got where he is despite all the disadvantages of his childhood and growing up a biracial kid at time when this presented huge challenges and obstacles for success. Barack Obama hasn't forgotten where he came from.
Posted by: Staton Rabin | Apr 12, 2008 10:14:07 PM
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FORM THIS CAMP AND THE LADY(BARFFFFF) THAT THEY ARE WORKING FOR.ANYTHING TO TAKE THE HEAT OFF HER LIES...
Posted by: honest | Apr 12, 2008 10:19:24 PM
LEELEE THAT IS EXCELLENT!
Posted by: AL | Apr 12, 2008 10:21:12 PM
If local reporters ask these members of Congress what they think of Obama's remarks, that could extend this story and hurt him with all-important super delegates. That's the NRCC's hope, anyway.
AND CLINTONS HOPE TOO!!!
BUT SHE IS FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY DECENCY COUNTS IN AMERICA...TOO BAD MONEY CANT BUY YOU SOME. SHE IS DEVOID OF HUMAN EMOTIONS
SELF CENTER EGO MANIAC
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 10:24:53 PM
Thanks Al, I can't claim it, but I won't be bitter! I just happened to find it on a blog earlier today. The only thing that is better than me not writing it is the fact that it out there in the great blogosphere where thousands of other eyes can read it and get a good chuckle at ole' FalseLips expense! :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:30:25 PM
THE RICH CLINTONS DO NOT GET IT .BUT SHE WILL COME THE CONVENTION WHEN SHE DOESNT WIN. SHE MIGHT THEN UNDERSTAND WHAT BITTER IS. BUT I DOUBT IT. WITH HER MILLIONS SHE BE LAUGHING IT UP SOMEWHERE.
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO STRUGGLE AND WATCH YOUR JOB BE FLUSHED AWAY BY SOME POLITICIAN CHOICE.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 10:30:54 PM
I think that the people endorsing Obama are the ones that are bitter... bitter that they weren't the nominee themselves. So, in an effort to make sure that no one in their party wins the election, they endorse the guy who can't win... and afterwards, will explain that if American had nominated them, their party would have won.
Posted by: Hope Dude | Apr 12, 2008 10:31:43 PM
Focusing this time on Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., the National Republican Congressional Committee is trying to damn local Democrats with the comments about small towns made by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 10:32:42 PM
Hey - BITTERNESS seems to run in the Obama family....first the wifey says Americans are bitter, now the Messaih himself says small-town America is bitter
Certainly never going to get my vote, see I am bitter :)
Posted by: BitterBama | Apr 12, 2008 10:34:26 PM
Despite the campaign's efforts, though, the story doesn't really seem to be catching on as much as the campaign might have hoped. The stickers are still few and far between in the crowds. In addition, Clinton surrogate and former North Carolina DNC party chairman Tom Hendrickson brought up the remarks at two rallies this morning, and neither time received anything above a tepid response from the crowd.
IT ISNT WORKING SORE LOSER GET OVER IT YOUR DONE
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 10:37:20 PM
I THINK ITS FUNNY THAT HILARY WOULD SLAM ANYONE ON WHAT THEY SAY DIDNT SHE SLAM TAMMY FOR "STANDING BY HER MAN" THEN HILARY DID THE SAME THING! OH AND HER COOKIES AND TEA COMMENT WENT OVER WELL WHEN SHE PRETTY MUCH TOLD AMERICAN WOMAN THAT STAYING AT HOME TO CARE FOR CHILDREN WAS A WASTE OF TIME! GO TO LOVE THAT..
NOT TO MENTION HER MANY FOOT IN THE MOUTH COMMENTS SINCE THEN.
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 10:45:25 PM
MONEY CANT BUY EMPATHY FOR OTHERS. EITHER YOU HAVE IT OR YOU DONT. POOR HILLARY JUST DOES NOT HAE IT. IT SEEMS TO BE IN THIS BLOG TODAY MANY HAVE IT. JUST NOT HILLARY.
BARACK OBAMA 08
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 10:46:43 PM
What do you mean? I'm wearing my "I am NOT bitter" sticker right now! :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise!'08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:47:20 PM
I am not from a small town. I am neither a member of the N.R.A., possess a firearm, or have ever had the inclination to do so. I do not actively pursue any faith, though I have been compelled in recent years to pray more often than I ever imagined I would -- to a God I'm not at all certain exists. I do not prejudge anyone who fully embraces their faith or their right to bear arms. I do not harbor a distrust of particular people and do not consider myself better than my fellow man.
Still, I am bitter.
Bitter and wholly distrusting of this government. Bitter that 7 years of constant lies have now so permeated the national consciousness that when a truth is presented, it is countervailed as an attack on the people, and not the government. Bitter because I see the disingenuous attempt to cloak themselves as agents of change because they see that it is succeeding for one who does not fall prey to prevailing dogma. Bitter that these craven imposters would rather sacrifice the truth of this charge as a means of distinguishing themselves from the bearer than recognizing that the call of leadership does not beckon us all. Bitter because so many of those in my own circumstance are bombarded in an assault on the senses, intended not to lift the damning burden of failure, but to abscond with a charge that is not theirs and in the process guarantee the perpetuation of that failure. Bitter that the same detractors of the truth, embark not only to vanquish the bearer of that truth, but to replace him with his own call. And yet, through all of this, I am hopeful, in that I see in one man the willingness to speak of the national blight -- unconstrained by the chorus that has come to mean patriotism and guided by a reason, so beautifully simple, that any common man, employing a common sense, can readily understand it.
If only we choose to do so. Obama '08
Posted by: H. Aslan Aslani-Far | Apr 12, 2008 10:47:58 PM
WELL THATS JUST HILARY AT HER BEST, GET AMERICA TO THINK THEY ARENT MAD THEY LOST JOBS OVER NAFTA!
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 10:53:05 PM
The Clinton campaign staff eventually acknowledged that the stickers were printed by members of their North Carolina team and distributed at the rally, an act that seems to be part of a larger push to keep the Obama story alive in rural North Carolina.
DIRTY HILLARY
SAY GOOD BYE HILL DECENT HARDWORKING AMERICANS WILL MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT GET BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 10:56:20 PM
lauren i do not think so. the issue is on fire in pennsylvania (where it matters most right now). in fact it is being discussed right now on cnn in a one hour special. this will not go away. if this does not sink him in the nomination process-it will in novemeber.
Posted by: sonia trevino | Apr 12, 2008 10:56:51 PM
@al-well, mine is not professionally done, of course, just something I kinda threw together - I am sure you could do just as well, if not better. lol :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise!'08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:58:04 PM
@al-well, mine is not professionally done, of course, just something I kinda threw together - I am sure you could do just as well, if not better. lol :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise!'08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:58:10 PM
I was prepared to vote for whoever the Democrats nominate because I am so fed up with this war. But because of the constant efforts by the Clintons to win at any cost, I will either not vote or hold my nose and vote for McCain if Hillary and her people screw Obama out of the nomination that he deserves.
Posted by: George Murray | Apr 12, 2008 10:59:16 PM
WELL IT FITS HER CAMPAIGN IS DYING.
IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY IN VAMPIRE MOVIES?
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:01:04 PM
I DONT THINK SO- I BELIEVE SURE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AND MAY BE MAD BUT HILARY MAY CAUSE A THREAT TO THE LITTLE BIT THAT IS LEFT TO THE ECONOMY THEY HOLD ON TO!
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 11:01:10 PM
a few audience members seemed happy to have a sticker to wear.
GEEZ WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE SCREAMING HILLARY PRINT MORE.
I GUESS THATS WHAT SHE WANTED BUT PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF REALITY SHE JUST DOESNT.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:03:26 PM
I CANT IMAGINE WHAT HILARY SAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARENT AROUND- LOOK WHAT SHE HAS SAID WHEN PEOPLE ARE...
FACT IS PEOPLE DONT TRUST HER AND SHE HAS PROVEN THIS AND THE FACT THAT HER HUBBY IS FULL FORCE FOR SOMETHING THAT PA'S FEEL WOULD KILL THEM MAKES ME THINK THEY WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER..
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 11:06:09 PM
HILLARY LIKES TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT. THIS WEEK WITH PEATRUS SHE VOTED FOR THE WAR OVER 4000 OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF HER VOTE. THE LADY HAS THE BLOOD OF THOSE ON HER WRETCHED HANDS.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:07:12 PM
Hillary, who thinks this is her big opeing, will overstay her welcome and try to make an issue when there is none. People are bitter, $4.00 gas, nafta, foreclosures, outsourcing, BUSH/CLINTON.....NO MORE...I TOO BITTER
Posted by: Gail | Apr 12, 2008 11:07:14 PM
BY THE WAY ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING KNOWS THAT MEN FROM PA ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO HUNT AND GO TO CHURCH THATS NOT A SLAM!
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 11:09:34 PM
Lauren, hillary is ruining things for Obama? Well when his bubble burst it will take down Kennedy and Kerry with him. You see the three of them could never close a sale. They pitch and pitch but end up empty.In the Mass. primary they couldn't get it done. In the presidential races they couldn't get it done. The Democratic will lose without Hillary. Just make sure your not the one that drives off the bridge with Obama. Sorry that was Ted. Your in bad company kid!
Posted by: Kenny from CT. | Apr 12, 2008 11:10:41 PM
BILL IS A LOBBYIST. HE DOES NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO WOULD LOSE THEIR JOBS IF COLUMBIA TRADE DEAL GOES THROUGH.
HIS WIFE SAYS SHE IS AGAINST IT.
BUT THERE IS 800,000.00 REASONS TO CHANGE HER MIND.
DO PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A LADY THAT CAN LIE THREW HER TEETH...NO NO
NO MORE FACTORIES AND JOBS BEING SHIPPED ELSE WHERE.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:11:28 PM
tonight cnn reported that obama 'regrets' what he said. last night he was arrogantly sticking to his guns and defending what he said. earlier today he said something about 'poor choice of words' tonight he says 'he regrets it'. another bone headed decision, poor judgement, lie which is it?
Posted by: sonia trevino | Apr 12, 2008 11:12:12 PM
HOW IS HILARY GOING TO WIN? SHE TOLD PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN! YOU THINK HE ISNT GOING TO BRING THAT UP? YOU DONT THINK THAT EVERYTHING SHE USES AGAINST HIM WILL ONLY MAKE HER LOOK BAD?
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 11:12:42 PM
HE REGRETS IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE OFFENDED ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!!
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 11:14:25 PM
THEY HAVE LOST BECAUSE OF HILLARY. DIVIDE AND CONQUER, WIN AT ANY COST EVEN TO THE PARTY.
SELL OUT AMERICAN JOBS HILLARY
DUCK AND RUN FOR COVER HILLARY
SINBAD JUST A COMIEDEAN LIAR
CHELSEA MADE TO CARRY ON MOMMYS LIE
BILL COMES OUT AND DEFENDS THE LIE THEN ADDS HIS OWN TO IT.
MARK PENN SELLS OUT AMERICANS
HAROLD ICKES PUNISHES FLORIDA AND MICH. BUT HILL DOES NOT TELL HER SUPPORTERS THAT
SHE SCREAMS FLA. AND MICH SHOULD COUNT WHY DID SHE NOT SAY THAT TO HER SENIOR ADVISOR HAROLD ICKES, BEFORE HE VOTED TO PUNISH THEM?
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:17:58 PM
Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA
Hillary and Bill profits from Columbian trade deals that hillry supposedly doesn't support.
Obama 08!
Yes We Can!
Posted by: merle7 | Apr 12, 2008 11:19:55 PM
WELL LET ME FIND IT CAUSE SHE SURE ENOUGH DID SAY SOMETHING TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU WONT VOTE FOR ME THEN VOTE MCCAIN!!
Posted by: melissa | Apr 12, 2008 11:22:07 PM
Hey I am making "I AM Bitter and I want CHANGE" stickers to hand out at the next Obama rally. I think its a great message, turning the hate into love. Lets all do it! Peace, and OBAMA 08!
Posted by: Mitch | Apr 12, 2008 11:22:09 PM
WELL ITS LATE . AND BY NOW HILLARY ACCORDING TO BILL GETS CONFUSED AFTER 11:00 PM SO THERE IS NO SENSE BLOGGING ANYMORE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR HEADED IF I GET A 3AM PHONE CALL.
GOOD NIGHT ALL AND GOD BLESS OBAMA
AND MAY GOD HELP HILLARY GET SOME EMPATHY FOR OTHERS.
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:23:19 PM
Lauren, tonight I pronounce you Queen of the Obama Zombies. It;s not to late to catch SNL. Hang loose with the rest of your zombie friends and maybe we all can get a good laugh at Obama's expense!
Posted by: Kenny from CT. | Apr 12, 2008 11:26:05 PM
TO THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS GOOD JOB KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY PEACE COME TO ALL.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
OBAMA08
Posted by: Lauren | Apr 12, 2008 11:26:34 PM
Clinton or McCain 2008 !!!!!
NEVER OBAMA.........
Posted by: kris | Apr 12, 2008 11:27:43 PM
its just getting tiring .... all the Hilary sh*t. all she seems to be doing now days is trying to figure out what "corner" she is going to work.
i mean seriously... she didn't eve write her own book!
its just getting so TIRING. her waiting... for ANYTHING... to jump on. its all the lowest of the lowest....
i hope we have taken the time this election cycle to wake up and know a used car sales"person" when we see one.
if not... god save us all
Posted by: drzoon | Apr 12, 2008 11:29:09 PM
kris:
thats just stupid. i'm sorry.. but that just plain stupid.
i have two words for you: Supreme Court
idiots.... its just getting impossible.
Posted by: drzoon | Apr 12, 2008 11:31:04 PM
melissa you may be remembering the way it was spun-big difference from what she actually said. again can you please find the citation where she actually told people to vote for her and if not then mccain.
Posted by: sonia trevino | Apr 12, 2008 11:35:56 PM
seah:
you don't get it. he put US on a pedestal.
this is OUR election. we don't need to just elect the next one in line. we can make a difference.. we can be better than we have been as a country.
think about it. Hilary hasn't asked you to do ANYTHING.. except vote for HER.
Posted by: drzoon | Apr 12, 2008 11:36:47 PM
WHY IS OBAMA’S ATTORNEY ANDRES LOPEZ BLASTING LARRY SINCLAIR ON PUERTO RICAN TELEVISION? WHY DOESN’T OBAMA JUST ANSWER THE SEX/DRUG ALLEGATIONS???
http://www.wapa.tv/superxclusivo/ NO DENIAL AT ALL!
Obama why don't you answer?
We all know you were doing crack cocaine and getting a blow job by Larry Sinclair,when you were a state senator...........!!!!!!!!!!!



