POT CALLS KETTLE BLACK!

Barack Obama says that in many small towns in the Midwest, jobs had been gone for 25 years and the federal government had failed to replace them. 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.

“Now like some of you have been, I was taken aback by the demeaning remarks Sen. Obama made about people in small-town America,” Clinton said during a campaign stop. “Sen. Obama’s remarks are elitist and out of touch. They are not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans.”

So now, isn't that a case of the pot calling the kettle black, considering that in the 2000-2007 time frame the Clinton's have a declared income of over $109 million while the Obamas earned just a little over $3.8 million from 2000-2006. On average from 2000-2004 the Obamas earned just under $250,000 a year.

Hillary went to Wellesley and then attended Yale Law School.

Barack attended Occidental College in LA for two years before transferring to Columbia in NYC to obtain his B.A in 1983. He then attended Harvard Law starting in 1988.

What's most entertaining is the foolishness of a Yale grad calling a Harvard grad elitist.

Let's take another look at what Obama said:

It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Okay... so people in small town America are bitter about the loss of jobs, pro-second amendment, religious, supportive of our social and cultural norms, and are frustrated over the loss of American jobs due to unfettered immigration and a disadvantaged trade policy. I can understand the liberal left's fear of this sentiment but wouldn't call it demeaning... Hell, it's a fairly decent description of my beliefs and that of my friends.

Looking closer at what Hillary said: Senator Obama's remarks are out of touch and not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans? Come on Hillary, it seems to me that you are the one who is out of touch.

Being pro-gun is demeaning? Not an American value or belief?
Being religious is demeaning? Not an American value or belief?
Being anti-immigrant is demeaning? (are we talking legal or illegal immigration here anyway?)
Being anti-trade is demeaning? Not an American value or belief?

I suppose we are left to wonder exactly what Obama meant by "antipathy to people not like them". It is possible to celebrate cultural diversity yet still be antipathetic towards those who refuse to learn our language or adapt to our culture in any way while expecting us to accommodate their refusal.

I found Obama's remarks poorly phrased and not typical of his general ability to communicate effectively, but I did not find them demeaning or elitist.

I am, however, left wondering what the heck Hillary is thinking?

~Finntann~