What if I said.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

All you people from small rural areas, bitter about imigrants cling to your religion and your guns and your antipathy.

Is it true? Discuss:

If you were to use the word "all", it would be very different than anyone in the media might have said. When I hear someone say "all people", I already know they are wrong.

I believe in the case of Barrack Obama, he was saying that people are losing their jobs, keeping less and less of what they make, they're having a harder and harder time making ends meet. They are desperate and angry when they see their company forced to go elsewhere to make a profit, and they see their job go to someone else. These people are clinging on to single issues rather than looking at the big picture. They are clinging to abortion, or guns, or religion, because they feel like they can't get much from government, so they will pick their battles carefully and choose a few areas where they think they can win, rather than spreading themselves thin and trying to win everything.

I'm the same way. I know that I will give a certain amount of money to charity. Do I give a dollar to every charity that has a worthwhile cause? Or do I give a thousand dollars to one or two charities where I think my money might actually make the most difference?

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Radar

If you were to use the word "all", it would be very different than anyone in the media might have said. When I hear someone say "all people", I already know they are wrong.

I believe in the case of Barrack Obama, he was saying that people are losing their jobs, keeping less and less of what they make, they're having a harder and harder time making ends meet. They are desperate and angry when they see their company forced to go elsewhere to make a profit, and they see their job go to someone else. These people are clinging on to single issues rather than looking at the big picture. They are clinging to abortion, or guns, or religion, because they feel like they can't get much from government, so they will pick their battles carefully and choose a few areas where they think they can win, rather than spreading themselves thin and trying to win everything.

Thoughts like that are better left in the back of one's head. He was going for points by putting down the very constituents he needs to win. Yes there are simple minded people but did he have to say it out loud? and what about the people whos religion is more than a single issue and who's love for guns is more about tradition than an understanding of the issues. I love how Obama gets a pass or a look over when if it had been Hilary who had said it the lynch mob would be out with torches and the dogs.