Hillary Drops New Indiana Mailer Attacking Obama On Guns, "Bitter" Comments
I've just obtained a new mailer that the Hillary campaign has dropped in Indiana that attacks Obama for inconsistency on the Second Amendment -- and also reminds voters of the comments Obama made about small town America that created problems for him in the run-up to Pennsylvania.
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The mailer says:
And just this month, Barack Obama accused people in rural places and small towns of being "bitter" people who "cling to guns."
Note that the mailer says Obama "accused" folks of this. Here's what Obama said last month:
"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," Obama said. "And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they 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."
The Hillary mailer, in selectively quoting from this, omitted all of Obama's references to people's economic circumstances, leaving the misleading impression that all Obama did was "accuse" rural and small-town Americans of being "bitter" people who "cling to guns."
Late Update: The mailer says Obama made the small town comments "this month," as opposed to last, meaning it could have been drafted in late April, which of course ended only a few days ago.
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