Hillary says Obama is Elitist and Out of Touch
By Fleaflicker on April 12, 2008 at 6:15 PM in Barack Obama, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, Pennsylvania
Today Hillary went right after Obama for his demeaning remarks about small town hardworking Americans. And she had every right to. Her Grandfather worked in a factory. Hillary said that Obama wronged small town people because he doesn’t know who they are or understand their needs.
Hillary hits Obama on faith, guns
Now, like some of you may have been, I was taken aback by the demeaning remarks Sen. Obama made about people in small town America. Sen. Obama’s remarks are elitist, and they are out of touch. They are not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans. Certainly not the Americans that I know — not the Americans I grew up with, not the Americans I lived with in Arkansas or represent in New York.
She went on to take issue with Obama’s position point by point. And she nailed him on every single one of them.
You know, Americans who believe in the Second Amendment believe it’s a matter of Constitutional rights. Americans who believe in God believe it is a matter of personal faith. Americans who believe in protecting good American jobs believe it is a matter of the American Dream.
When my dad grew up it was in a working class family in Scranton. I grew up in a churchgoing family, a family that believed in the importance of living out and expressing our faith.
And then she hit him on religion. Because if there is one thing that we all know for certain, it is that Barack Obama’s religious beliefs and practices are not those of mainstream America. It’s no wonder he doesn’t understand us.
The people of faith I know don’t “cling to” religion because they’re bitter
People embrace faith not because they are materially poor, but because they are spiritually rich. Our faith is the faith of our parents and our grandparents. It is a fundamental expression of who we are and what we believe.
I also disagree with Sen. Obama’s assertion that people in this country “cling to guns” and have certain attitudes about immigration or trade simply out of frustration. People of all walks of life hunt — and they enjoy doing so because it’s an important part of their life, not because they are bitter.
And as I’ve traveled across Indiana and I’ve talked to a lot of people what I hear are real concerns about unfair trade practices that cost people jobs.
I think hardworking Americans are right to want to see changes in our trade laws. That’s what I have said. That’s what I have fought for.
Hillary made it clear that Obama wasn’t just an elitist, he doesn’t understand who most Americans are and what we believe in.
I would also point out that the vast majority of working Americans reject anti-immigration rhetoric. They want reform so that we remain a nation of immigrants, but also a nation of laws that we enforce and we enforce fairly.
Americans are fair-minded and good-hearted people. We have ups and downs. We face challenges and problems. But our views are rooted in real values, and they should be respected.
Americans out across our country have born the brunt of the Bush administration’s assault on the middle class. Contrary to what Sen. Obama says, most Americans did much better during the Clinton years than they have done during the Bush years.
If we are striving to bring people together — and I believe we should be — I don’t think it helps to divide our country into one America that is enlightened and one that is not.
Then she said the words that made me the proudest. My heart swelled with pride as she uttered:
People don’t need a President that looks down on them, they need a President that stands up for them. And that is exactly what I will do as your President.
But here, rather than have me tell you what she said, why not watch her for yourself.
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