Here's what I think about Obama's gaffe, in which he talked about how blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania:
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.It's almost like he tried to make the statement most designed to gin up the Republican outrage machine, and to get Hannity and O'Reilly howling. Bringing up guns? and religion? And doing it at a fundraiser in San Francisco? Not a smart move at all. But that doesn't change the fact that, uh, a lot of voters DO do that, and it's pretty much a well-established phenomenon that it's hard to argue with.
Steve, Obama did everything short of directly quoting Das Kapital, and if you actually agree with him, you're espousing economic determinism and "alienation" right along with him. You're smarter than that.
Posted by: Dave J at April 14, 2008 09:20 PM