Obama hypocrisy: "Rich Senator Clinton"

[question everything]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/obama-slams-critics-on-middle-class-comments/

The Obamas are a lot richer now than the Clintons were in 1992 and, no doubt, in 2024, or in 2020 (if he is a one-term President as I predict he will be), they will have a lot more than $109 million, adjusted for inflation.

Be careful there. Once you are starting to use the term "rich" you and your buddies - Kennedy and Kerry - will be ensnared in this net.

How many of your audience there realize that you have a $1.5 million home? How many can afford a home even 1/10 of that?

No, don't reply that the Clintons are rich and have an expensive home, too. The comments should be able to stand on their own.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. There he goes attacking Clinton...using republican like tactics.

Where is the DU outrage over his attacks? He is attacking a fellow democrat? He is using republican taking points to attack her.

Oh the humanity.

Oh the hypocrisy.

[Pirate Smile]

14. The OP is a lie, a distortion, if you care. Read down the thread.

[Occam Bandage]

57. The OP is at best a misunderstanding a five-year-old would not make, and at worst a brazen lie.

[merh]

2. When did Obama refer to Hillary as an elitist?

:shrug:

[NYCGirl]

3. Where did he say "Rich Senator Clinton"? NT

[journalist3072]

5. Second to the last paragraph.....Here it is:

“Here’s what’s rich. Senator Clinton said, ‘Well I don’t think people are bitter in Pennsylvania. I think Barack is being condescending,” Mr. Obama said. “John McCain said, ‘How could he say that? How could he say that people are bitter? He obviously is out of touch with people.’ Out of touch? Out of touch? John McCain – it took him three times to finally figure out that the home foreclosure was a problem and to come up with a plan for it and he’s saying I’m out of touch?”

[NYCGirl]

18. You'd better check out the definition from Roget's Thesaurus:

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/rich

Main Entry: rich
Part of Speech: adjective 5
Definition: funny
Synonyms: absurd, amusing, comical, diverting, droll, entertaining, farcical, foolish, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, risible, side-splitting*, slaying*, splitting*, strange
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
* = informal or slang

"Here's what's absurd, laughable, incongruous, preposterous, etc."

Get it?

And you call yourself a journalist?

[shadowknows69]

21. You're kidding me right?

[GarbagemanLB]

23. Holy shit. Are you purposefully being dense or are you really this stupid?

[KAZ]

32. How embarrassing for you.

[jenmito]

35. So he DIDN'T call her "rich." Thanks for clearing that up!

:hi:

[bowens43]

45. Are you really this stupid?

YOu can't possibly be serious.

[journalist3072]

48. Ok.......I owe Obama an apology. I falsely accused him of something he did not say. As I explained

later on down in this thread....I did not have my glasses on when I read the NY Times article.

And when I was reading...I thought I saw "Here's what rich Sen. Clinton said" when his words were actually "Here's what's rich. Sen. Clinton..."

I don't want to accuse anyone (even Obama) of saying something they did not say.

So I apologize.

And this just proves that my aging eyes really do need my glasses at all times, lol.

[shadowknows69]

56. Problem solved, thanks for responding.

[DangerDave921]

6. Just out of curiousity . . .

Why in the world do you think Clooney would make a great VP? Because he's so handsome?

Seriously, you're just showing your fascination with image. Maybe Brad Pitt can be Sec of the Interior.

[NYCGirl]

9. It's a joke. OK? NT

[DangerDave921]

Ooops. Sorry! :)

[journalist3072]

4. Obama has lost his damn mind...if he had it to begin with. "Rich Senator Clinton." He should talk.

He's made oodles of money pimping his family in his books.

But I honestly think Obama has a problem with women.

He refers to Sen. Clinton as "rich" but doesn't refer to McCain (who also criticized him) as "rich."

Does he have a problem with a woman having money?


“Here’s what’s rich. Senator Clinton said, ‘Well I don’t think people are bitter in Pennsylvania. I think Barack is being condescending,” Mr. Obama said. “John McCain said, ‘How could he say that? How could he say that people are bitter? He obviously is out of touch with people.’ Out of touch? Out of touch? John McCain – it took him three times to finally figure out that the home foreclosure was a problem and to come up with a plan for it and he’s saying I’m out of touch?”

[ErinBerin84]

8. um

Didn't he mean rich, as in ironic? Like when someone says "Oh, that's rich."

[journalist3072]

12. He said "here's what rich Sen. Clinton......."

[ErinBerin84]

19. never mind

I can't believe that you're not joking.

[lisa58]

26. he said "here's what's rich

[ErinBerin84]

44. yes

Whatever you say...

[JBoy]

29. I hope you're not really a journalist. Sheesh.

[Pirate Smile]

31. There is a period after rich and then a new sentence starting with Sen. Clinton.

Why do you guys do this? Like we can't read the article, like we didn't watch his statement. It is like Bill acting like there isn't Youtube so people will know what he says is bull.

[Blue-Jay]

53. Baaahahahahahahahaha!

[merh]

25. You are correct.

But some of the hillary supporters have never let the truth or reason stand in the way of the fauxrage and distortions.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[alphafemale]

27. Yes. That is obvious. Irony is wasted on some people.

Isn't that rich?

And welcome to DU.

:hi:

[JeffR]

22. "... rich. Senator Clinton ..."

Notice the period between "rich" and "Senator"? Don't know what sort of journalist you are, but a period there means the word "rich" is not an adjective being applied to Senator Clinton. Pretty basic stuff.

[shadowknows69]

33. I don't think you need to be a journalist to know that

Just a third grader.

[bowens43]

46. Maybe you should actually read what was said before making an ass of yourself.

[jenmito]

51. Alerted.

[Occam Bandage]

55. Every time you open your mouth, you reveal how atrociously ill-chosen your handle is.

[niceypoo]

59. The handle is an old Rush Limbaugh meme

He used to repeat it daily during the 90s

When I see names or statements like that here, I just roll my eyes

[Pirate Smile]

7. What a distortion. He wasn't talking about how much $$$ she had.

"He responded with unusual force at a town meeting at a high school in Terre Haute, seeking to explain his statement that voters are bitter.
“Here’s what’s rich. Senator Clinton said, ..."

From an online definition - Meaning - Informal. Highly amusing.

[merh]

17. It appears that some of those that push the hillary messages

of contradictions and distortions have trouble with reading comprehension.

[anonymous171]

10. They made tons of money while others were losing their jobs in the past eight years.

[cali]

11. what the hell are you trying to pull?

Your link has nothing to do with what you posted. And my Senator who supports Obama has stocks, bonds or fancy houses despite serving in the Senate for 34 years. Not everyone who supports Obama is rich- not even every Senator who supports him. You have no idea what Obama will be worth in 2024 or whether he'll pimp himself out like Bill.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

13. your OP is completely misleading, or you "mis spoke" (like Hillary does all of the time)

Its getting very predictable around here.

Some, not all (there's a few Hillary supporters with some integrity) supporters
seem to write FAUX NEWS style, making up shit as they go along.

Another example of the dishonesty we've come to associate with the Clinton campaign.

[JBoy]

15. Try not misquoting Obama next time.

He did not call Clinton "rich", as in wealthy. Here's what he said:

“Here’s what’s rich. Senator Clinton said, ‘Well I don’t think people are bitter in Pennsylvania. I think Barack is being condescending,”

He used the term "rich" as in "get a load of this bullshit".

[anonymous171]

20. ^^^HERE FOR TRUTH

[featherman]

16. LOL - now this thread is RICH! Must be silly season

[flor de jasmim]

24. Go to the mattresses.. no wait, the VIDEO

It is quite clear on the video that Obama did not said RICH MRS CLINTON. He said,

"Here's what's rich. PAUSE..."

[Pirate Smile]

28. There was a PERIOD after the word "rich". It isn't "Rich Senator Clinton".

Pathetic.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Didn't you know that every blue collar Clinton has a summer cottage

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/16415671.html

:eyes:

And as others posted, try re-reading the actual statement that was made and discover your subject has absolutely nothing to do with what he actually said.

[Vinca]

34. What a distortion of his actual words. You should be ashamed.

By the way, did you know Obama's mother was on food stamps when he was a kid? This is a guy who really came from nowhere. I don't begrudge the Clintons or the McCains their tens of millions of dollars, but they've got a whole lot of nerve making the implications they are.

[susankh4]

36. Barack Obama is rich.

What more can we say?

The Clintons are rich too. So what?

I think they should all be paid better than they are!

Except maybe Michelle... who seems to have gotten a fairly seedy raise just after one of her husband's earmarks.

[journalist3072]

37. Ok...I'm sorry...but I have to agree with everyone else...he didn't call Sen. Clinton rich.

I am sitting here at the computer without my glasses on. So when I read the article...I didn't see the "Here's what's rich."

I thought it read "Here's what rich Sen. Clinton said..."

So I stand correct from my original posts in this thread.

I do not want to falsely accuse Obama of something he did NOT say.

I guess this is why I need my glasses on when reading, lol.

[JBoy]

47. Do you still think Obama has a problem with women?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5468821&mesg_id=5468881

Or were you not typing correctly without your glasses?

[journalist3072]

50. Obviously I said that because I thought he called Sen. Clinton rich...but didn't refer to McCain

as the same.

So I thought it showed a sexism on his part to call the female candidate rich...but not McCain.

I've already apologized for not having my glasses on and misreading his quote.

Move on..

[DarienComp]

38. This OP = dumb as the day is long.

[futureliveshere]

39. HE DID NOT CALL HER RICH.. HE CALLED HER REMARKS RICH

This is so stupid.

[Schema Thing]

40. The OP is simply questioningeverything. What if that period between

"rich" and "senator" is a spurious later addition?


Alternatively, he/she could just be a dick.

[SKKY]

41. How funny is that? You think he's talking about money...

:rofl: They're so cute at this age!

[tinrobot]

42. Obama isn't running against Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and Ross Perot.

Do I need to remind you it's 2008?

[MadBadger]

43. Shame on you, your dishonesty has no bounds.

[Adelante]

49. What a shame you have sunk to such dishonesty nt

[cottonseed]

52. You should rethink questioning everything.

[Occam Bandage]

54. He didn't call her rich. Jesus, you're stupid.

[mrcheerful]

58. You know I'm really starting to believe that theres a serious

lack of reading skills going on in america such as reading comprehension ( you know reading the words and understanding what the writer is actually saying? ). On another forum some woman who married a guy who inherited a water well drilling business, says shes a self made woman independent of anyone and she worked hard to get into the water well business, my reaction? WTF. Anyhow she goes on these rants about how new EPA rules are driving the cost of drilling water wells up. So I checked out the EPA site to see what new rules they started on water wells, funny thing is, the EPA does not regulate private water wells in states, the EPA lets states regulate their own system, in michigan thats the DEQ. When I pointed that out to her, she made personal attacks on my SO's and mine sex life, even though my SO has never posted a thing to her and I don't talk about my sex life on line. Then she went on this rant about how SHE wrote the DEQ's water well regulations and the EPA is costing her customers more money to have a water well. I guess she couldn't comprehend the words "the EPA doesn't regulate private water wells". LOL