On Apr 16, 3:04 pm, "weatherwax" <weather...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "weatherwax" <weather...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> "weatherwax" <weather...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>> "Elmo" <ElmoHateS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>> 123go wrote:
> >>>>>> "weatherwax" <weather...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>>>> "Transition Zone" <mogu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>>>>> robl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>>>>>> Obama's remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser Sunday:
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> >>>>>>>>> "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 nothing's replaced
> >>>>>>>>> them. And they fell through the Clinton administration,
> >>>>>>>>> and the Bush administration, and each successive
> >>>>>>>>> administration has said that somehow these
> >>>>>>>>> communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.
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> >>>>>>>>> And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to
> >>>>>>>>> guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like
> >>>>>>>>> them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as
> >>>>>>>>> a way to explain their frustrations."
> >>>>>>>> All this is is attacking avg people. Why is Obama doing
> >>>>>>>> this ??
> >>>>>>> Just what part of Obama's statement to you say is wrong?
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> >>>>>> he makes it seem that only rural folks have given up hope on the
> >>>>>> government.
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> >>>>> Harsh! Spot on, but harsh.
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> >>>> That is the spin Clinton is putting on it. But it's not what Obama
> >>>> said.
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> >>> What did he say?
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> >> As wax posted above by Transition Zone::
> >> "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 nothing's replaced them. And they
> >> fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush
> >> administration, and each successive administration has
> >> said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate
> >> and they have not.
> >> And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns
> >> or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them
> >> or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way
> >> to explain their frustrations."
>
> >> Which part of that statement is not true?
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> > If what he said is the truth, then he should not have to make the
> > follow-up statements he has made would he? If you told the truth,
> > then you should defend what you said because it is the truth.....
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> The truth always has to be defended.
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> Obama has not changed his position, although he did say he should have
> phrased it better. He has to defend his statement because Hilary (who
has
> already been caught in a lie) and her followers are claiming that Obama
says
> people cling to guns or religion only out of bitterness and anger. He
did
> not say that.
News re****ts say he did.
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