CNN saying BO apologized -- said deeply regrets if he offended anyone...

[TexanDem]

That's a paraphrase. They're talking about it now. CNN said came from Winston-Salem Journal, but I don't see it on the website yet. They said this happened just in the last couple hours. He also said he wish he used different words to make his point.

[Pavarotti]

1. I'd like to see a link

Too many people come here saying that some TV station just said something, but there's no way to verify it.

[TML]

2. It's been on Ballot Bowl for quite some time

Tell them to get off their lazy ass and change the channel to CNN. It will be on the rest of the day.

[TexanDem]

4. Can'f find link - Turn on CNN now. They've been talking about it.

[JimGinPA]

3. Yeah, I Just Saw That Too...

Not for what he said but for his choice of words.

K&R

[GarbagemanLB]

5. Countdown to a thread saying Obama apologized for his message in 3...2..1..

[MADem]

6. Yep, grab your gun and praise Jebus, and forget all about it, now, ya bitter old Pill!

:rofl:

[Bensthename]

7. Fox right now putting on every one they can find that was "offended" by remarks.

Clinton/Fox News '08

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. They should. They are the most offensive network in media .

Fux sux.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. There is nothing to apologize for.

He speaks for many of us out in the real world.

[tokenlib]

16. He didn't take back thr truth of his comments..just the clumsy wording n/t

[beezlebum]

17. much like pastorgate.

and basically any of the other whining about the obama-meanies.

everything we've seen against obama is obfuscation of perfectly legitimate details and/or the freepfesting of insignificant connotation. it's all they got.

[BenDavid]

9. What bothers me is the tiresome suggestion that antipathy

or an aversion to those who are different, is a trait owned by working class or poor folks. If hard economic times create antipathy, then poor people must be bigots. There is nothing new about this claim. There is a longstanding 'upper class' practice of attributing all of the negative traits of Homo sapiens to 'lower class' folks. Whites have done the same to Blacks. Men have certainly done the same to women.
Barack Obama made these remarks about "lower class" folks while he was among his "upper class" donors in San Francisco. Coming from a man who boasts of being the unity candidate, it is stunning to hear such a starkly "us vs. them" analysis. Alas, fear and distrust of those who are different from us is a human trait that is found among all economic classes.
Regardless of what Barack Obama meant to say, drawing lines of class division is no way to win an election. And this is just the latest instance of a display of arrogance by Barack Obama.
We had arrogance in 2004 with John Kerry. We have one Democratic candidate, and only one, who consistently exhibits the trait of humility. Obviously, she is Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Obama reaches out to ordinary folks by complaining about high prices at the health food (organic) store:

“'Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?'” the senator said. 'I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.' . . The state of Iowa . . does not have a Whole Foods, a leading natural and organic foods market. Mr. Obama, perhaps sensing a lack of reaction from the crowd, moved along to the next topic."

Republicans have distributed Obama's bitter comments "to allies on Capitol Hill, to members of the Pennsylvania press corps, to talk radio hosts across the country, to Republican state parties and to the congressional campaign committee."TENNESSEE GUERILLA WOMEN

Is this the end of obama? I sure hope so.

[TexanDem]

15. with all due respect, I think you're reading WAAAY too much into this!

If you think he was deliberately trying to play the classes against one another, that's just absolutely ridiculous. If this winds up being the "End of Obama" then I guarantee you, that would be a horrific and tragic loss for our country! But I'm willing to bet that you won't get your wish.

[madfloridian]

11. Here's a link.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080412/ap_on_el_pr/obama_clinton

And I see Hillary is passing out "I am not bitter" stickers.

Really nice taste, there.

[beezlebum]

14. yep. real nice.

yuck.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Barack Obama. Is it that difficult to type? nt.

[beezlebum]

13. i'm not watching cnn,

but yahoo and a local nooz site have had his awkward looking photo up for a while today, with a captivatingly ickily-worded caption that seems to attempt to imply something:

"Obama concedes remarks were ill-chosen."

now, sure, concedes means he's yielding to the poutrage- i'll even go as far as to interpret it as acknowledges- that he could have worded "it" differently, but something about its use there irks me for a few reasons...maybe i'm just being bitter. :argh:

[TML]

18. 10pm EST

Ballot Bowl will have extended coverage.