Sometimes, telling the truth may not be the best idea... Its a little disconcerting to realize this.
"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," Obama told supporters at a San Francisco fundraiser Sunday, according to a transcript posted on the Huffington Post blog.
"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," he added.
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He said that out loud? Hmmmmmm.
Yeah -- and now he's backtracking. It doesn't destroy my image of him, but it does tarnish it a bit. The statement would have been okay if it had not included the state name -- and I don't say that just because that where I'm from.
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