I need clarification. Am I bitter, clinging, angry, or hopeful? Maybe Obama can tell me since he knows best and he can tell what we are all thinking. Thank you saint obama.

I am bitter. I have checked out the facts.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.asp?cycle=2008

My vote is with Senator Obama.

I think obama has been bamboozling us. He sounds like a cross between malcolm x and rev wright. not good.

Amazing how many different"excuses' can one manhave to explain his words? Once words are uttered,without the speechmakers by your side and your tele-prompter in your face.. it's tough to repair thecruel damage you have caused.
It amazes me to see the support he gets for having a racist pastor-mentor; a ffriend who is close to jail time and a pprofessor buddy who claims he "did not do enough" after bombing buildings in NY. These Obama followers are "under a very frightening spell".

The Jefferson Jackson dinner is for the most part an AA dinner and Hillary has attened everyone but Obama is usally to busy for the AA affairs He did not attend ours nor the black state of the union and on the anniversary of MLK deathhe wasn't there I wonder why .

I am bitter. I have watched NAFTA devastate my state [OH]. I have watched the Clinton's devolved to Rove-light. I've watch Hillary attempt to play the black vote against the Lationo vote.

I am also hopeful. Hopeful that the superdelegates will not be so elitist as to reverse the will of the voters. I am hopeful that Hillary will at some point decision to leave the field with some little shred of her dignity remaining.

He's right, that's the funny thing.

A lot of people out here ARE bitter.

Wake up folks.

Obama, to wealthy san fran donors, when he thought he was off the record:

"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 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."

Look at it this way, isn't a poorly worded truth better than a well worded lie??

Tell me, we're not all a little bitter over the politics of the last eight years. I personally tend to vote more on the issues that are important to me than the real person who represents these issues because they are all politicians.

Hillary's just better at being one than Obama - is that necessarily a good thing??

The Clintons are so desperate that they will stoop to nothing in lying and deceiving the voters. Hillary tells lies causally. Her husband is no different. If that is not elitist, what is? He tells 7 lies in a 15 word statement, about Hillary’s Bosnia’s trip. What do they think of the voters? Do they think the voters are fool when without thinking they underestimate the intelligence of the hardworking voters in small town America? Are they so out of touch with the conditions of the small man that they think that small town America does not feel? Bill Clinton himself recently stated that the U.S. is in a deplorable state because of high gas, war in Iraq, foreclosure, and recession. Hillary says she needs to clean up. My question is, why does Hillary needs to clean up after Bush if people are not frustrated, bitter and angry? Being bitter, angry and frustrated does not mean they are not optimistic. Small Town Americans are proud. They are optimistic. And yes they are bitter, frustrated but optimistic. One is not exclusive of the other. People are human. They feel. They suffer when they cannot feed their kids, pay their bills, keep their homes, and have a job. They are bitter, frustrated and angry when their pregnant sister dies because she has no insurance. They are bitter, frustrated and angry when presidential campaigns owe them money after they have performed a service. They are bitter, frustrated and angry when political candidates patronize them with lies about Bosnian snipers. They are bitter angry and frustrated when their child in Iraq dies, a victim of a faceless enemies.
Yes, they are bitter angry and frustrated. They have all rights to their humanity. But instead of killing, fighting or doing crime, these hard working people cling to something they are familiar with. They cling to something that will never let them down; their traditions and hometown culture. Like people every where when you are in pain you cling to something. It can be negative things like drugs and crime or it can be positive things like family, religion, faith, church, hunting, and sports. I reiterate it’s optimism and pride that make small town people cling to their hunting instead of killing. It’s optimism pride and faith that makes them cling to their religion instead of delusion. But yes they are bitter, angry and frustrated; let’s not steal their feeling, from them. Clintons get out of your, 109 million bubble and get in touch, get real. As for you McCain, you get angry; bitter and frustrated and negatively attack colleagues and family. Small Town America choose the positive alternative faith, hunting and HOPE.

He said people cling to their religion and guns as REACTIONS. He called working class people reactionaries. He does not recognize that religion and hunting are part of a way of life and not a REACTION.

Try to understand that. I know it is difficult, because obama spins. But the quote is not in question.

Read the entire transcript of what Obama said in SF and then make your decision. If you don't, then you're letting the Hillary Clinton and John McCain make your decision for you.

IN CONTEXT, Obama was explaining why small town voters often vote against their own economic interests. It's because they feel it won't make a difference because the politicians don't do anything. Instead they vote on other issues they care about.

In no way, shape or form did Obama say that people become religious or militant or racist or bigoted because they are bitter. Read for yourself. Google is your friend.

Do the Clinton supporter REALLY want the folks around them scrutinized on an equal level. How about her convicted Whitewater friends? What about her impeached husband? Her advisors who score big money from foreign governments? How about her husband who all but sold this country to China and then advised Dubia on the ports deal? The Clinton camp seems to be a few altar calls away from the koolaid finally.

JCinDe folks don't want facts. They want talking points. Please stop cluttering the field with facts and relevant information.

I am convinced the U.S. is full of racist bigots! This is a non-story being played up by the media for the Clintons and Republicans, which aren't that unlike each other these days. What a bunch of elitist scumbags! THe old guard can't stand the fact the newer generation is coming into power. It stings them that a Black candidate is on the verge of being the next President of the United States.

Obama's comments were disparaging.

You folks are funny. Obama will get the nomination. The illusion that the race is even close is a figment of the Clinton co-Presidency imagination.

Do the math:
http://www.slate.com/id/2185278/

Hillary needs to win every remaining primary by 65% just to pull even. She can only pull ahead in the delegate math if somehow Florida and Michigan get thrown in with 65% wins for her as well. Wake up Hillary, it's over.

Keith: Sorry I can't help myself.

Context is not a new or alien concept. People should know better than to listen to two sentences parsed out of five paragraphs of discussion and think they can make informed judgments about it.

The context of his remarks are posted on his site. DON'T BE IGNORANT. GO READ IT.

http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/04/11/transcript_of_obamas_remarks_a.php

Cracker it's nice to see you have such a high opinion of your fellow Americans and the quality of their work. Wow, are you sure you're not bitter, lmao.

As I observe this campaign over the last year. It's getting clearer that Obama has a set of weaknesses that will not ultimately be admired in a president. First, he is indecisive. He would say he is thoughtful and that's good, but I wonder if he has a fear of failure. He tends to be flip and over confident when a little humility would be authentic. Finally, he overestimates his abilities and experience. Americans don't appreciate boasting when it's not earned.