Posted by
Andrews on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:00:09 PM
I thought I had seen everything, until I saw the newest attempt to rehabilitate the "bitter" comment.
First, let us be honest, as I have said
several times, the fact is that liberalism is
based on arrogance, and the "bitter" speech was just Obama playing to that arrogance. While denouncing "bitter" people who are afraid of people different from them, he was making San Fransiscans feel good by mocking people different from them. In short, he was telling his audience how wonderful they were because they are above such things, and, if only everyone were as enlightened as his audience, he would be having a coronation tomorrow.
Obama never even bothered to deny that this was his intent, he just regretted his wording.
But, now the true believers are riding to the rescue. And in a most amusing way. Assuming that most small town folk are as arrogant as San Fransisco liberals, they are trying to defend Obama by saying, in effect, "He wasn't talking about YOU, just those other people..."
It takes a few different forms, but that is the essence of their defense. Sometimes it may be worded as "Does anyone doubt there are SOME people who fit that description?" Or "Why would ALL small town people think he was talking about THEM?" But the message is the same: "Sure, Obama meant that about some people, but don't think he meant you."
It is a pretty sorry excuse for an argument. Effectively it is saying, there are people in this country who fit Obama's description, while saying to every specific individual, but that doesn't mean you. So, there is no individual who should feel insulted by Obama's description, yet the group he described still somehow exists.
The logic of this argument just boggles the mind.