Guest post by Scan
This is rich.
I guess Barack Obama has figured out that Kentucky is a lost cause for him. He is apparently not going to make any campaign appearances there and is already talking about what he believes are the reasons for his upcoming loss.
“Part of it is because there have been these e-mails that have been sent out very systematically, presumably by various political opponents, although I don’t know who,” he said. “And there are a lot of voters who get their news from Fox News. Fox has been pumping up rumors about my religious beliefs or my patriotism or what have you since the beginning of the campaign.”
Hence the recent over-the-top flier that had him pictured at a pulpit in front of a large cross.
I’m not sure if he’s noticed this, but Hillary has been battling smears from Fox News for over a decade now, and she’s managed to come out stronger. And my inbox has been the victim of false Hillary email spams for even longer that that. Dealing with these things comes with the territory of being a Democrat on the national stage. If he can’t overcome it in a Kentucky primary, he won’t in the general election.
He goes on:
“I think whoever the Democratic [nominee] is we’re going to have some work to do in a state like Kentucky,” Obama said.
Well, you will have a lot of work to do in Kentucky, Barack. And if you’re writing it off to Hillary now, why should anyone believe you will actually contest it against McCain later?
But even all this doesn’t compare to this doozy:
“What it says is that I’m not very well known in that part of the country,” Obama said. “Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it’s not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle.”
No, this is not a made-up quote from The Onion. He actually believes this, apparently. Problem is, a quick glance at a U.S. map reveals that Illinois actually borders Kentucky and is clearly closer than Arkansas. Illinois is also closer to West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Obama has been scaring me with these frankly Bushian statements for months, and this one is a whooper.
You would have to live in a deep, dark cave somewhere in Siberia to not know plenty about Barack Obama. I really don’t know what he’s talking about here. It’s actually rather condescending, no?
Could it be that the voters of Kentucky will choose Hillary because they believe she will be the better president? Or maybe because she actually campaigns there and gets their concerns?
Nah. Couldn’t be that.
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