So Much For Being Bitter
A Pennsylvania newspaper endorses Sen. Barack Obama after he makes his "bitter" gaffe.
What I think is interesting is that up until this point, Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain mocked Obama for trying to convey a message of hope (McCain called it a platitude; Clinton talked about how Obama was thinking that the sky was going to open up with angels or something). Now, with the "bitter" gaffe, both are jumping on it as if Obama's been the Eeyore of this campaign. Ye gods.
You can see Sen. Obama's response to this silliness for yourself:
So when Obama's preacher quotes some guy from the Reagan Administration, Obama gets flamed. When Obama says people are bitter and turn to other social outlets to deal, he gets flamed. When Obama's wife talks about being happy to be an American, but doesn't say it in an approving manner, Obama get flamed.
Meanwhile, Sen. Clinton tries to equate her time as first lady as practically being Vice President (I'm betting Al Gore was just sighing a blue streak the past few weeks) and while she got burned some, no one accusing her of being an out-of-touch radical.
But at least she'd being criticized. The media has been so busy going to McCain's cookouts they barely had time for cover him continuously getting the players involved in the occupation in Iraq, the terrorists aligned with al Qaeda and the supporters of Iran all mixed up. In a strange way, his abuse of the media is worse than President Bush's.
Now when I look at these examples:
What I think is interesting is that up until this point, Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain mocked Obama for trying to convey a message of hope (McCain called it a platitude; Clinton talked about how Obama was thinking that the sky was going to open up with angels or something). Now, with the "bitter" gaffe, both are jumping on it as if Obama's been the Eeyore of this campaign. Ye gods.
You can see Sen. Obama's response to this silliness for yourself:
So when Obama's preacher quotes some guy from the Reagan Administration, Obama gets flamed. When Obama says people are bitter and turn to other social outlets to deal, he gets flamed. When Obama's wife talks about being happy to be an American, but doesn't say it in an approving manner, Obama get flamed.
Meanwhile, Sen. Clinton tries to equate her time as first lady as practically being Vice President (I'm betting Al Gore was just sighing a blue streak the past few weeks) and while she got burned some, no one accusing her of being an out-of-touch radical.
But at least she'd being criticized. The media has been so busy going to McCain's cookouts they barely had time for cover him continuously getting the players involved in the occupation in Iraq, the terrorists aligned with al Qaeda and the supporters of Iran all mixed up. In a strange way, his abuse of the media is worse than President Bush's.
Now when I look at these examples:
- A presidential candidate who calls citizens in a state bitter;
- A presidential candidate who greatly embellishes her time in a foreign country;
- A presidential candidate who can't tell the difference between our enemies, our allies, and our tenuous associates;
I can honestly say I can tell the which situation isn't a big deal, which situation requires clarification and which situation should give the American People some serious pause.
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