Obama: Damn Right I’m Bitter
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to mend fences with working-class voters today, telling his audience at a campaign rally in Indiana, “The voters are fine – I’m the one who’s bitter.”
Sen. Obama’s use of the word “bitter” to describe himself raised eyebrows among many on the campaign trail, since it is a word that has gotten him into trouble in the past.
But at the rally in Indianapolis, Mr. Obama made it clear that he, and not the voters, have something to be bitter about.
“You want to talk bitter?” Obama said to his audience. “How about losing the Pennsylvania primary after you were supposed to have this nomination locked up – that’ll make you bitter, for damn sure.”
Sen. Obama said that after Rev. Wright controversy, the ABC News debate, the flag lapel criticism, and the “red phone” ads, “You can bet your ass I know a thing or two about who’s bitter.”
In a revealing comment, the Illinois senator said that when he becomes bitter, he looks “for something to cling to.”
“Bitter people need to cling to something,” he said. “Right now, I’m clinging to my delegate lead.”
Despite his “bitter” comments, Mr. Obama’s rally ended on a rousing note, with the candidate leading the crowd in his new campaign slogan, “Yes, we’re pissed.”
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Flags, signs, bumper stickers and buttons were distributed to the crowd, who were ready to make a sensation in support of their favorite political candidate, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas). When the long-shot contender for the Republican presidential ticket showed up to speak at Goucher as part of the President’s Forum, Kraushaar Auditorium didn’t even have standing room left.
They gave him a standing ovation before he even opened his mouth, and clapped during his speech more than 20 times.
And then, after listening to his libertarian ideas for over an hour, they heard him say Democratic-hopeful Barack Obama would win the rat race to the White House.
The rest of the talk, which was not written down, was a fairly run-of-the-mill campaign stump speech. Though running for the Republican nomination, he distanced himself from the party and its contemporary hawkish ways.
“The sad part is… if you don’t support it - vote against the PATRIOT Act, you’re unpatriotic. You vote against the war, you vote against the troops,” he said. “They turn it and twist it around. I have come to the firm conclusion that you can be conservative, libertarian, institutionalist - a good American and vote against the war and still be a patriot.”
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