Obama Calls Rural Iowans ‘Ingrown’ updated
Uh. Oh.
Mr. Hope channels Mr. Elite.
On “Nightline” last night, which I didn’t see but was told about by friends, when talking about foreign policy and
trying to beat up on Mr. Bush and his policies, Mr. Obama really stepped in
it, especially for someone trying to win Iowa. Evidently, some of it didn’t make the cut, but the video above offers a doorway leading to big trouble for Mr. Obama, that is if anyone decides to cover it.
“But they also, surprisingly enough, even in rural Iowa, recognize
the opportunity to send a signal to the world that, you know, we are not as
ingrown, as parochial as you may perceive. … ..” – Barack Obama
Even in rural Iowa… you know, because them rural voters, they aren’t
as “ingrown, as parochial” as the intelligent city folk believe and by golly, they’re going to send a message!
Ingrown? Hmmm…. Coming from Columbia, Missouri myself, you know,
out beyond the big city lights, “ingrown” to me means inbred. You
know, like the Ozarks, marryin’ your brother ‘n all.
However, dumb hicks from the sticks, even in rural Iowa, want to send a signal to the
world. Country folk and Iowans are going to fight that
“ingrown” and “parochial” image, by golly.
Good grief.
Is it just me, or is Mr. Obama continually espousing lofty rhetoric in his stump speeches while
delivering mostly negative when actually analyzed? There’s
a pattern developing here. This “even in rural Iowa” Obama blurt out
reveals the heart of it.
UPDATE II: For those of you not visiting the comments, I’m offering a fuller section, though I don’t think the context and reference helps at all. “Even in rural Iowa” speaks for itself, regardless of the words around it. It also doesn’t remove the reality of what would have happened had Clinton said something like this. Look what Matthews and others are making of Clinton’s CBS interview with Katie Couric. She doesn’t think about losing, so she’s automatically saying she’s inevitable? However, Obama’s campaign asked me to put it in an update on the post itself, which I’m happy to do. In the end, no matter what I say you’ll decide, which is how it should be.
MORAN: Do you think Americans are challenged by voting potentially for a presidential candidate who didn’t have an American boyhood?
OBAMA: Oh, well, I think that it is both a challenge and an opportunity. I think there’s no doubt that the fact that my name is Barack Obama and that my father was from Kenya and that I grew up in Hawaii that there’s that whole exotic aspect to me that people, I think, have to get past. But they also, surprisingly enough, even in rural Iowa, recognize the opportunity to send a signal to the world that, you know, we are not as ingrown, as parochial as you may perceive or as the Bush administration seems to have communicated, that we are, in fact, embracing the world, we are listening, we are concerned, we want to be engaged.
We want to be safe. We want to be treated fairly. We want to make sure that, whether it’s on trade relations or dealing with terrorism, that our national interests are dealt with. But we also recognize that we’re part of the world community. And I think it was interesting, just here in Dunlap, you notice that some of the biggest applause was when I talked about wanting America to be respected again in the world. People understand this in a very significant way.
UPDATE: He’s on a roll. This out of New Hampshire, via email, where Mr. Obama was talking foreign policy today:
“One of the great pleasures of running for president is to go to some tiny town in Iowa and you’ve got some guy in overalls and a seahat to say what do you think about the situation in Burma, and you’re thinking that he’s going to ask you about corn, and he asks you about Burma.” – Barack Obama
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