Obama the Snob Disses Small Town America

By Jim on April 11th, 2008

What an elitist jerk this guy is, I hope this opens a few people’s eyes to what he’s really about. He’s so snide and dismissive of people who don’t share his socialist, gun-grabbing politics. I hope Hillary beats the crap out of him in PA.

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 to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Voters in Pennsylvania…are you paying attention? This guy thinks you’re all a bunch of stupid hicks, make sure you stick it to him in your primary. Vote for Hillary.

Edit: McCain takes a slap at Obama for his elitist condescension:

The McCain campaign, finding a gift in its lap, tees off on the eye-opening comments by Barack Obama from a fundraiser last week in San Francisco (of all places).

Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a “remarkable statement and extremely revealing.”

“It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking,” Schmidt said. “It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans.”

Edit 2: You can listen to the audio of the snob’s speech over at the Huffington Post.