Now now Obama…lets talk about who voted for what. You voted to give the oil companies tax breaks….now your ads in PA lie and say you are against tax breaks for the oil companies.

plain and simple, you said the people in rural PA are bitter, then you said they turned that frustration into an excuse for being bigots…thats condesending and an insult to hard-working americans.

You can't blame your remarks on McCain or Clinton..

Keep on taking everybody down with you Hillary. Just sink the whole democratic party. The Clinton legacy is toast.

I'm from Pennsylvania. I lost my civilian job due to outsourcing. I was VERY BITTER. Obama hit the nail on the head. It's not condescending, it accurate.

Obama is an arrogant liar!

I LOVE CNN

He didn't defend, he is affirming the truth!

This is the kind of attack that Hillary has to make to keep attention away from the Bill and Hillary Bosnia Lie-athon. Maybe people in small towns that had jobs dry up actually are bitter, but not in the pretend Clinton universe. They should learn how to give speeches and go earn $109M over the course of 7 years. I can't wait till this mendacious, avaricious pair is finally on the sidelines where they belong.

What's kinda cool about Obama is he could go into the lies Billary talks about Penn or even her campaign corruption trails that's on hold, but he don't he only campaigns about the American issues.

Thanks for keeping it clean

I understand that people will be bitter, but why say "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."

"So…they don’t vote on economic [issues?] because they don’t expect anybody’s going to help them," Obama said, adding that they end up voting on issues that include gun rights, gay marriage, and faith.

I think I get it. That's why they vote Republican? All these - gun rights, gay marriage, and faith - are the stronghold of the Republicans.

I think it's laughable that the two candidates - McCain and Clinton - who are worth over $100 million think that they are more in touch with the average voter in small town USA.

Obama no wonder you have everyone high on kool aid becuase you are on kool aid yourself. How can you know what people are feeling if you are one of the rich politicians in Washington.

Your book made you millions and you gave very little to charity! Be honest with the American people and stop having CNN fight for you.

Americans Obama is not being real! PLEASE WAKE UP!

Isn't McCain & his wife worth over a $100 million? Isn't Billary the same? Last time I checked, the elitist were the ones with the nine-digit bank accounts.

Obama You have the courage to stand up against the washington politics. You said the correct. If I loose my job I feel bitter. Nothig wrong about it. Others are making a political issue for the vote banks. America is sliding to third world country politics.

vote obama end the drama

first comment wooo! =D

go obama, yes i'm bitter too coz i just recently got laid off… tell me the truth instead of lies! thx

BO needs to apologize to the Pennsylvania citizens……..he is such a hypocrite and arrogant elitist……just like his wife.

Hillary,
If you are tired, acourting to Your husband,Bill,as a 60 year old, at 11.00 p.m., how can you answer the phone at 3.00 a.m. ?

Barack Obama and his supporters are so unbelievably desperately blind!!!! Lord help America if this person wins the Presideny.
McCan or Clinton, get this man out of your way please!!!!!

Same old political spin..The great Messiah is out of touch. Instead of just saying he was sorry he has to attack Hillary. When will these Obamacs wake up. He is a slick Chicago style typical pol. Please won't he just get out of the way and let the grownups go to work. We would not be in this mess if he had not been so premature ambitious. His wife's comment about not being proud of this country until he's running for Pres. will be enough for the swiftboaters to eat him alive. Come back to Illinois—we need another shady Emil Jones puppet

I think Clinton and McCain are truly out of touch with the American people if they don't realize that people are bitter. I think Obama hit the nail on the head. Hillary is grasping at straws. Sometimes I wonder if she is a democrat or republican. John McCain is really out of touch when he says that homeowners should just sink in their foreclosures. It seems to me that the both of them are the elite having so much money between the two. Hillary should decide if she is a democrat or republican.

I hope he is done. Him and his wife need to go away. Don't belittle me like that. I would go to your church if I wanted to be belittled

*****vote obama end the drama.****

****mcbush=mclintons****

Obama does understand our hopes, McCain's people didn't seem to listen to Obama's remarks at all. Obama as an elitist is so laughable coming from Mccain!

He should not apologize for this remark. He should acknowledge it as truth, every one is this country has a lot to be bitter about. Let's talk about that.

OBAMA 08

Took you guys long enough and everyone go to you tube or politico or huffington or daily kos for the full video on the response. Sometimes I wonder if CNN kicks themselves since they run them live.
You should have been first and post the video!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama is the man! He was excellent and McCain and McClinton need to go to bed and let this guy in the White House!

Lou Dobbs take that! and I hope that you run the full video….. YOU BITTER MAN!
Obama 08!

The Clinton and McCain camps are working this too hard. Barack's rebuttal will be the tape that gets played over and over and few people will disagree with what he said. Clinton and McCain look out of touch by trying to spin this as a diss. Obama = SCORE!

Obama does not need to apologize..

He was simply being empathetic..

Obama is not a big free trader… He is a religous man..

I think that he was simply describing the plight of the rural midwestern family as he does inner city people…

Obama traveled Illinois often for 12 years..

It is interesting that the Clinton and McCain comments are so similar…

Maybe they corresponded?

Strange says..

I actualy liked Obama's comments.

Oh my lord, are we really witnessing the melding of Clinton and Mccain supporters on this? I wonder if this is Obama's actual strategy, to fight the Clinton and McCains together.

I am sick and tired of political opportunists coming up with crap like this. And, ironically, the people that get taken the most by it are the ones you would think should know better. Now, is it denigrating to be bitter, when your government tells you one thing and does another, or, when your government is peeing on your head and is telling you it's raining? And, with all the shootings this country has experienced in schools and workplaces in recent times, isn't it only right to, at least, acknowledge the underlying causalities? I can only commend Obama for recognizing and empathizing and having the courage to want to do something about it.
Now, here's the man: "I know what’s going on in Pennsylvania. I know what’s going on in Indiana. I know what’s going on in Illinois. People are fed up. They’re angry and they’re frustrated and they’re bitter. And they want to see a change in Washington and that’s why I’m running for President of the United States of America.”

I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA! He's a slimey, two-faced, "do as I say, not as I do" liar!

HILLARY CLINTON 2008 - The ONLY choice for President!

Let's stop twisting words here. Listen to what Obama said and it is clear his comments are condescending. Somehow, middle America is out-of-touch with the San Francisco elite he was speaking to at his fundraising activity last week. It is clear he is not comfortable having to go ask for votes from the "gun", "religion" folks in Pennsylvania.

I live in small town Ohio. Yes what Obama says is stating the truth however, I don't own a gun or go to church because I'm frustrated with the way things are in my town or country. I go to church because of my faith and my own morals and values. I don't cling to those things!!! He insulted small town America plain and simple!! This man has very poor judgement to lump small town frustration with owning a gun or going to church! Big case of open mouth insert foot!!

take that Clintain!!

What can we expect Hillary or John McCain to know about frustration and bitterness? When is the last time either one pumped their own gas or missed a mortgage payment? When was the last time a collection agency called and they couldn't answer their phones? McCain flies around in a private jet and Hillary gives $10million to charity. Talk about out of touch.

How dumb do McCain and Clinton think we are?

WE ARE BITTER, YOU CLOWNS! AND ITS YOUR FAULT!

Right on, Obama! Clinton and McCain are both grasping for straws and it really makes you wonder if they are on the same side. I mean, doesn't it sound like the same person wrote both of their responses?

What McCain and Clinton really do have in common is the same old tired aproach to politics that hasn't worked in over a decade. It's hard to get it when you eat your cereal every morning with a silver spoon.

Obama's not being condescending to anyone. He's addressing the burdens laid onto us all through media; they way certain ideals are celebrated and discussed. Ideological stances –and using them as political propoganda– are what got Bush into office in '04. It's complex, abstract thought that easily draws fire. It's funny to hear Hillary and McCain have the same responses…just goes to show you how entrenched and reactionary the ol' established guard is. Bush has a 28% approval rating…after 8 years, people are bitter. I am and I have a job. doesn't mean I don't have hope for my country.

obama's just upset with PA because he losing in PA. hillary will win PA. he can't win the big states against her, let alone mccain in november if he is the nominee. stay in the race hillary, his elitist attitude is showing.

Grasping at straws once again! How utterly ridiculous of Hillary to make such a big deal. And, McCain saying Obama is out of touch? That is equally as ridiculous as Obama is nore in touch with Americans than either of them. Having many friends in Pennsylvania, the truth of the matter is that they are Indeed "bitter!" That was not a negative comment it was one which accurately describes how many Pennsylvanias feel and Obama told it like it is. Does Hillary realize (most likely not and she could care less) how stupid she is looking?

Obama is condescending because he said people are bitter?? I am bitter because of high gas prices. I am bitter because of our economic crisis. I don't think he is looking down us. I think he is respecting our feelings and emphatizing with us. This surely tells me Hillary and McCain are out of touch with the average American citizen.

Hillary and party, please stop twisting the words of Obama, it just makes you look worse. I am disgusted with Hillary and her comments.

Context is everything, but the media never provides it .Though his words now are not exactly as they were in the clip provided by the media , he fleshed out exactly what he meant and you know I believe him. Why? Because unlike Hillary he hasn't lied about sniper fire and unlike Mc Cain he hasn't trade his integrity for a nomination.

Obama is right. I myself make under 75K and I am bitter with the Bush's and the Clinton's. And I know if the McCain's get in the White House, I will be bitter at them also.

This is much to do about nothing…. Senator Obama spoke the truth… people turn to religon when things are bad financially and in their social life…. look at our history, if you so dare.

I agree with Obama.

Obama 08

I guess the media thinks we are ignorant or stupid. Are people not losing or have losted their jobs???? Or are we not heading for , if not already, in a recession? This man is telling the truth. I live in small town America and there is definitely bitterness and resentment. We have been fed so many lies throughout the years, we can't stand to hear the truth. Wake-up
America!!!!!!!
He should not apologize for telling the truth. As far as I know, PA is a part of the USA and the rest of America is in trouble. The trouble started with leaders like Bush and Clinton(NAFTA). The truth hurts. We don't need leaders that lie or ignore the TRUTH!!!!!!

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!

Obama, you're a wolf in sheeps clothing, but the truth is now surfacing daily in the Rezko trial notes…you really should pick your frends a lot better, bone head. You are a liar and cheat and you do not deserve to be a junior senator, never mind running for PRESIDENT! You mix wih crooks and biggots and your "chickens are coming home to roost"…I'm sure your pastor Wright with pray for you, but do nt expect the people to vote for you.

Barack-in my small Pennsylvania town the steel industry went away during the regan administration not the Bush and Clinton years when you were about 18. CNN said Obama is "so intouch" he lived in Indonesia-he knows what it is like to grow up poor.
We're not bitter, we're not frustrated. We have survived and found new ways to make a living. Health care and higher education are two areas-did you know that since you are so in touch?

I don't think the issue is not so much whether or not the people of Pennsylvania are bitter. This issue is a man running for President and working to get the votes to make that happen had the audacity to call them bitter. You don't call people names when you want their support.

Bill Clinton said to people "I feel your pain" when he ran for President and we believed him. We don't believe an elitest man named Obama feels our pain. Hillary does feel pain that people have to live with these days, but she also looks through that pain and sees the faith, courage and support those people have to believe that better days will come when she becomes our next President.

He's absolutely right on everything he said. Glad he gave a quick response and now we can get back to Billary's lies and coverups! Funny how Obama's statement was made almost a week ago but just now making news and it's such a HUGE disgrace per Clinton/McCain. Right… If it was sooo HUGE, why wasn't it a headliner last Sunday night.
Go away Clintons/McCains - NO ONE except the 'out of touch' crowd want you around, listening to your lies and stupid, idiotic comments. You guys are the ones 'OUT OF TOUCH'. Get a clue… your both nothing more than corrupting empty suits.

OBAMA 08 -
YES WE WILL, BRICK BY BRICK, BLOCK BY BLOCK

Obama is just a slick wealthy politician who has a sense of entitlement and little respect for the hard-working people of America.

He appeals to the easily impressed American Idol youth who have way too much time and money on their hands.

Talk about elitism and arrogance.

He is 100% correct…… It took over a decade and hillary to run for president, Before the american people finally are getting to see what really happened to all our jobs…… Can we all say NAFTA?…. Bill's baby that hillary supports…. This is why we/the american people are BITTER…… Bitter at politians such as the clintons….

Silly season in Politics

Go Obama

Go OBAMA! Don't let these hacks put words in your mouth. We all know exactly what you meant. Voters ARE bitter and they have every right to be. Outsourced jobs (Clinton), an illegal war (Bush, Cheney) and the potential future conflict with Iran (loose cannon McCain) not to mention 4 dollar a gallon gas.

Pennsylvania is waking up just in time. Vote for Obama and lets beat McCain in November!

I was raised with small town values of hope and optimism, but Obama hit the nail on the head. I'm bitter that Washington has done nothing to help us for decades. I'm bitter that I'm paying more and more for health care, fuel, energy, and what I need to survive while those in Washington continue to rake in money from pharmaceudical, oil, and energy companies just to keep things the way they are.

Washington has been hurting us for decades. And, yeah, I'm a little bitter about that.

I love Obama…

Obama 08…!

Only the Clintons and McCain would spin this into offending remarks. For God's sake…Obama is right! We ARE bitter…and Hillary and McCain are the ones who are out of touch!!!

I'm so sick of "he said she said he said" and "apologize" and on and on and on and on….STOP!

On the other hand, the more the Clintons and McCain talks…the more ridiculous they appear to the American public.

There is nothing to apologize for and HERE is the problem, the RICH Clintons and Elite McCains cannot see that folks are really fed up with the way things are and it is a deception to think or say otherwise. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH about AMERICA now??????

Obamas response, Wolf…EXCELLENT!!

Oh my god…Obama..u r really in touch..because u really know wht is going on in america..U r just courageous…

Obama 08

I am from Pennsylvania, and I disagree with all of the uproar over Senator Obama's remaks. He hit it right on the head. He is not an elitist. We are ANGRY. We have taken all we can take. Most people in this area do not know how they are going to pay their next bill. The seniors do not take in enough income to survive. The next year will be critical for them. No jobs for our children and grandchildren coming out of college. No gas for our cars. No heat for our homes. Get real Hillary Clinton. WE ARE VERY ANGRY. Attacks like this will only hurt you in the long run.

i thought words are just words.

obama 08

What is very clear is Barack Obama does NOT pander to people's fears. Unlike most politicians, he is honest and candid. Does that make some of his statements hard to swallow? Most certainly as Americans are use to a political environment and game that does NOT address the REAL issues.

Barack, an elitist, give me a BREAK. Hillary and Hubby Bill made over 100 million dollars over the last 6 years and John McCain's wife is an heir to a 100 million dollar family business. Now, you have Barack, the son of an African Immigrant and Kansas women. He comes from middle America and he understands their frustrations. Unlike his opponents, Hilary, Bill and John, the was abandoned by his father at the age of 2 and lost his mother of a terminal illness years ago.

Barack, does NOT underestimate the intellect of small town America, instead, he embraces it. He small town American and Hilary, Bill and John are just along for the RIDE!!

Thanks Barack for standing on principles and NOT politics!!! You are a true American hero….

America is READY for A CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!!!

Gregory
Atlanta

I watched the video of his response to McCain and Clinton, and Obama just knocked it out of the park in the most awesome fashion possible. Clinton and McCain are bush league compared to Obama, particularly in their pathetic attempt to make political hay out of this attention grab of Mayhill Fowler. If the video gets airplay, it's going to bite them both on the backside.

That is rich.. two millionaires calling Obama out of touch. Who wouldnt be angry that they got laid off because there job went overseas.. Clinton and McCain are two peas in a pod. and neither have my vote.

I agree with Obama, we the general public are bitter and fed up. The cost of living is sky high and we are losing jobs to overseas. Obama should not apolgize, Clinton is just grabbing at any chance she might attack our future President.

Senator Clinton's remarks that the people of Pennsylvania are not bitter seem to to me that she is a little out of touch with the average blue colar working American. I work right here in there back yard Washington D.C. and I feel that the way the past administrations have let the CEO,s of these companies make millions whether they leave on there own or are fired, and at the same time take money from the employee's is outrageous.

Is this goofy, or what? Somebody used the word 'bitter' the wrong way? This is beyond ridiculous. Let's get a life here and talk about the issues. I'm "bitter" about meaningless attacks on opponents.

Hilary should focus on speaking the truth and stop lying. She has misled the people of America enough. She could start with Bosnia then move on to Columbia.

Obama, you are 100% correct. We are bitter. Jobs are going overseas, gas prices are ridiculous, health care is a joke, and the economy is in crisis.

The America we love and respect is in crisis. You bet we are bitter. We are bitter that it has been allowed to happen and continues to happen.

Finally someone speaks the truth for all the hard-working Americans in this country. Repat after me - WE ARE BITTER.

How can anyone not think we are bitter? Clinton needs to just pack it up and go back to her self-indulgent lifestyle. She does not have a clue about the rest of America.

Thank you Obama for speaking the truth. Keep it up!

Obama has talked to the people. He is echoing their words. Obama is echoing the words of the people who have lost their jobs due to NAFTA and all of the outsourcing of jobs from the US to other countries that Hillary has had her hand in. It's been made quite clear that McCain supports NAFTA as well.

OBAMA SPEAKS FOR THE PEOPLE.

OBAMA '08

This is rediculous, another example of Obama showing people that he needs votes. Americans are indeed bitter…. I am sick and tired of the way the government works, but Americans do not CLING to religion, or gun ownership, or anything else. THese are OUR rights as Americans. Anyone who believes this spin is ignoring the real facts. This had nothing to do with bitterness, and everything to do with the demeaning of our rights, our religion and our laws.

Clinton 08

please print this: i am bitter at bush/mccain/clinton for sending our troops to a land that will never know peace, bitter that there was no reason to go, bitter that clinton signed the NAFTA agreement, bitter that the clintons are making millions because of NAFTA and telling people in Penn they are against it AND MAKING MILLIONS. I am bitter that the clintons lie and lie about their lies, l am bitter about acting like she had been a war hero who was under fire when we have our kids being killed every day. I AM BITTER AS HELL AND NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE should be obama's song until november.

I don't think by laughing at the Columbia question, Hillary was respecting the small town people who lose their jobs will she (and her husband) make loads of money off their situation. The word "bitter" can range from disappointment to anguish depending on your point of view. Of course Hillary will bring out the negative just to raise her chance at Pennsylvania.
How about Hillary run based on her merits and not try to bring down everyone around so she can look better. Oh I forgot, she misspoke about her merits.

p.s.
Clinton and McCain need to pay more attention to their own shaky campaigns instead of always pouncing on Obama. They twist words to suit themselves (McCain and Clinton).

You want to make a point Obama-please explain as I am from a small town. I am insulted and dismayed and have pity for your voters. They are blind. I am happy and elated that now perhaps America will open their eyes. Please tell us more Barack!
Go Hilary! We can see….!!!!!

Wow…..Obama is so arrogant and cocky.

Spin, spin, spin, Senator Obama.

What you said, was the only reason people embrace god, guns (hunting), or are against free trade policies and illegal immigration, is because they are bitter. You were calling rural folks dumb, ignorant, and racist. You were also saying that people embracing god, hunting or gun rights, and anti-free trade and anti-illlegal immigration policies are wrong and/or stupid but would be ok and come around to YOUR "better" point of view if they had good jobs.

Trying to spin this as a defense of people being upset about job losses is untruthful. Yeah, people are upset about that but what was offensive in YOUR comments SENATOR was you SAYING, people only embraced GOD and other ideas YOU apparently find repulsive is because they're poor and bitter. You're saying GOD has no value except as a CRUTCH!

How about Hillary apologize to the spouses and children of those serving who actually face the REAL threat of sniper fire every day for her and her husbands' lies about it and her joking about it on Jay Leno. There are those who have lossed loved ones to sniper fire and I promise you they are not laughing themselves to sleep at night.
If this is the BEST that either the Clinton or McCain people can come up with– fretting over words that are TRUE…people outside of PA are bitter too about a lot of things. We don't need apologies; we need someone who is in touch with what's really happening. Then this Rebulican is now squarly behind Obama.

OMG!!! I am so flippin sick of The Billary show….Please let this be over soon??? Go away Billary you sicken me with your "kitchen sinkfu" techniques…

What a brilliant response. This guy shows time and time again that he's not scared to face anything. Unlike Hillary who laughs off legitimate questions about special interests in Colombia, and only admits to 'misspeaking' when caught fabricating stories. Obama is such a breath of fresh air! It would be an utter shame to lose him.

Good response Obama, if anyone thinks he was condescending; wait till the GOP start attacking. Obama hit it right on the nose and then hit HRC and McShame across their empty heads. I am a blue collar working and fortunately I am still employed, but when my coworkers get laid off, I get just as bitter as they do. The only people who have trouble understanding what Barack is saying are those who have never struggled, or those who have never fought in a WAR.

OBAMA in 08

If you were on the verge of losing your home due to problems with your mortgage contract would you Optimistic? If You lost your son or daughter in a war that should never have been started would you be jumping for joy because John McCain was on the way to save the day? Especially when he said many people buy houses they know they cant afford and may well need a kick in the pants to get into a house they can afford. SHould they be happy with the idea of bailing out Bear Sterns but letting Ida Gonzales lose her home at age 63? Why are Clinton and McCain campaigning against Obama? Is it that McCain knows he will win against Hillary, but is uncertain about his chances against Obama?

What did he say wrong. People ARE FED UP.

That's what losers say because McCain and Hillary have more to hide than Barack.

The honest truth spoken from someone who truly understands. Bitterness and despair DO turn the affected to other issues as a much needed distraction. This is not looking down, this is saying I understand and I do not find fault with your reactions.
Clinton's opportunistic drivel simply cheapens her appearance.

So Barack Obama said that people that have been suffering economically for years are bitter towards the politicians that have failed to alleviate their situation…and who wouldn't be bitter????? As much as other campaigns seem to be dismissing it, bitterness is a real emotion. People tend to experience it when they have been let down time and time again by those they are told to trust. People always complain that politicians are liars and they aen't honest, well why do you think that is??? Because the truth hurts sometimes, and if you tell the truth, you're not honest…you're out of touch.

There is nothing elitist about identifying the problem instead of igoring it. Both Clinton and Bush Administrations have ignored the problem for too long and Americans have accepted this very low standard of service from these "public" servants. It would be nice if we could guarantee that McCain's administration would be much different, but again the American people are being asked to compromise.

Clinton and McCain, everything is not well with the unemployed because of faulty free trade agreements like NAFTA or the homeless because of the foreclosure crisis. But neither of these candidates would know this because they are lining their pockets with money fromn the lobbyists and other Washington cronies for speaking engagements and such…. Just the facts and the TRUTH please!!!

Hey Obamamaniacs,

Ever heard the expression, he's not laughing with us, he's laughing at us?

You can't defend this. If he said it to a group of hard-working people struggling to make ends meet it would be more defendable.

Instead, he said it to a group of affluent dot commers in San Francisco. The elitism is on the wall.

CNN - please post this even though I speak ill of the Obama-god.

Is he wrong? Noone in PA is bitter? And they deserve to be. Good lord, are we going to condemn him because he will speak honestly? Clinton, she of the 109 million over the past 5 years, says everyone she has seen is upbeat and still fighting despite two decades of an economic beatdown. BS. Lets get real. Real people get bitter when things are bad for a very long time. This is not an insult…

O MY GOSH!!!! YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!!THE CONVENTIONAL CORRUPT ONES ARE COMINGOUT TO TRY AND SAVE THERE IMPENDING DOOM, HRC YOU HAVE LOST THE NOMINATION YOU ARE A LIAR!!!!!!! WHEN WILL PEOPLE START TO DARN!!! SEE THAT. john mccain your policies will jsut ruin the usa into 2nd world status and destroy our economy, your defense is weak as twigs…prepare for youtr doom when obama astronomically defeats you. Obama talks the truth cause i hear it too, if people don't see that and will be easily swayed by HRC LIES!!!! and John Mccains poor policies they don't deserve to have there problems solved Because they have a chance NOW! Vote OBAMA and lets get things back in order.

Exactly! Why do you think voter turnout has been so low before this critical election? Bush v. Gore? Bush v. Kerry? Clinton v. Bush? Clinton v. Dole? There have been no candidates of any value in the last 20 years!

People are fed up with this! People are tired of their government not speaking for them - so people have been apathetic towards the government, and towards politics, for two decades. The one political story everyone remembers most from the last 20 years is Clinton's affair with Lewinsky! Doesn't that tell you something?

It's not about the "BITTER" it's the other degrading comments, kinda like they are too stupid, to realize when help is their, and they need to hold onto their guns, religion, and perceived racism!! Gross Candidacy Mis-speak in the first degree!!

Clinton trying to take the heat off her stupid husband's remarks today. That's all. This time, like all the others, will once again backfire on her and McCain in a big way. Barack's fed up with their crap and I for one wish he wasn't such a gentleman sometimes. I hope he REALLY lets loose on them one day soon.

Tell 'em, Barack. It looks like Clinton and McCain are teaming up now with their ludicrous spin. In no way were Barack Obama's comments belittling. I bet you anything you could find a sound bite of Hillary saying the same thing in Ohio.

"San Francisco remarks"!!! I am so tried of hearing that crap. I'll admit that there are some freaks in san fran but enough already. The repubs always say something is from San Francisco is they dont agree or want to trash someone. It is getting old. McCain I thought you were different.

I don't think by laughing at the Columbia question, Hillary was respecting the small town people who lose their jobs will she (and her husband) make loads of money off their situation. The word "bitter" can range from disappointment to anguish depending on your point of view. Of course Hillary will bring out the negative just to raise her chance at Pennsylvania.
How about Hillary run based on her merits and not try to bring down everyone around so she can look better. Oh I forgot, she misspoke about her merits.

Why is it so hard for people to accept the truth? Would you have preferred a running from snipers story?

Four years of a cocky, mocking big shot in the white house is plenty long for most of us Americans.

We do not want to coronate King Obama.

Let go with a down to earth, human leader.

Hillary may not be perfect, but she does not pretend to be and she does not talk down to people. And given her superior intelligence and command of facts, if anyone should feel so inclined, it would be Hillary.

Fortunately she is more concerned with improving the lives of all Americans, then in trying to outdo them with her brilliance.

Obama is so self-impressed… and it is totally unbecoming.

Hillary is afraid because she realizes that bitterness drives change.

Again Clinton cannot handle the hard truth. And look at the responses from the Clinton and McCain camps!!! How cookie-cutter! Looks like some XEROX at work, eh Hillary?

Someone should point out how the term "small town America" is being abused and used so disingenuously by those two!

I'm a Erie, PA Republican and I find myself in an uncommon position — defending Senator Obama. In my opinion, the only controversy here is that McCain and Clinton are so out of touch that they don't realize that Obama is right. People are bitter about the unresponsiveness of their government, and they do vote on issues that don't really affect their lives directly, because those issues appeal to raw emotion and tap into their frustrations. The real controverst here is that Sens. McCain and Clinton think the people of "Main Street America" are too stupid to understand the point Obama was making. Talk about condescension!

CNN Morons:

He is not "defending". He is counter attacking. Geez.

Obama's ennemies will try again to make negatives on him…But that will not work..Americans are not stupid..Hillary just have to shut up and leave…Mc Cain is really out of touch because he is so old to understand what's going on nowadays..Change is coming in america..Let's support that..

Obama ,for president

ENGLISH 101:
Excerpt from Collins COBUILD Dictionary:

2. If someone is bitter after a dissapointing experience or after being treated unfairly, they continue to feel angry about it.
Examples: She is said to be very bitter about the way she was sacked…

Warning: don't any body put up a comment here unless they have looked up the meaning.

It is typical that among a group of people who lost their jobs, there must be some fraction of them who are bitter. If you are really meeting with most of these people, you should have come across some bitter ones.

Meanwhile, Hillary is ready to send more jobs overseas. Hillary will be outsourcing more US jobs to China, Indiana, and more through NAFTA to Mexico because that's just the kind of gal she is.

Hillary, you are a disgrace to the country. People are bitter. They are fed up with you sending their jobs overseas.

hillary cannot understand when people are loosing their homes, their jobs and high gas prices because she is a millionaire. first of all she can't uderstand reality because she can't understand herself as a liar

Look folks America needs to hear the truth, Many people are bitter and
unhappy and rightly so, but they tend to vote against their own itnterest.
Again Obama proves to be a person who go after the truth rather than
pander to polls and the media. CNN, be journalist not opinion makers. Why are
we not delving into the connect between the Clinton and Columbia. Nafta
is that not an interest to PA voters, did Hillary support it more than she is stating,
I think so, why not delve into that instead of creating a controversy where none exist unles you create it,
Polls in PA must be getting really close..

I applaud Obama for telling the truth as he sees it and trying to create a dialoge.

It bugs me when I hear the whole, he is so arrogant routine, it historically a label
many people of color get when they speak their mind with eloquence.
How dare you be educated and bold enough to run for America's highest office.

Bravo Obama!

I am from PA and i don't think what Obama is off. I hold God close to me , and I will stick to my guns. Everyone, is upset over the way things are going on. . God gave me the right to think and feel for myself ! Don't try to take that away .

Joetta

Now that's what I'm talking about! This is one of the many reasons why I support him!

Obama '08!!!

That should read Hillary will be outsourcing more jobs to China, India, and Mexico through NAFTA.

score one for Barack on this exchange. The Clinton camp is practicing the politics of desperation, swinging wildly at any opportunity. This time they missed badly.

Didn't sound like spin to me. The spin was what they were putting on the word BITTER. Grow up Hillary

I stand by amazed at the fortitude of this man. He is speaking a message that rings out across America with an astounding voice that is perpetuated not by the media, but by the voices of the American people. I see history before us with a hopeful optimism that suggests that this country can be made better. It can be accomplished. It is just within reach. If Americans will lend their ear to this man and his message of hope. Hope for an American future for our children in generations to come.

Absolutely.

He told the truth.

A recent poll said 81% of Americans think the country's gone in the wrong direction.

Obama's the only one who apparently knows what we're all going through.

Not to mention, with the Clintons being $109 million rich and negotiating trade deals behind closed doors and McCain having 59 lobbyists in his campaign and talking about pre-emptive war -

I don't think either one of them need to be talking about someone else being "out of touch".

Good job.

Obama '08!

How could you print this story and not directly quote what Obama said? What kinda of POS news organization are you people? Bias by omission? PRINT THE QUOTE THAT CAUSED THIS TO BE STORY!!! Will you even deem this appropriate for your blog? What is CNN a microcosm of a communist country?

Good for Obama. The attacks on his use of the word "bitter" were pretty desperate to begin with. Unfortunately, that is what I have come to expect from the Clinton campaign. Considering how the past few weeks have gone for her, it is hardly surprising.

I just now came to the conclusion that a vote for Obama is what I am going to do. He has hit the nail on the head. Americans are "fed up."

I have not voted Democrat since Bill Clinton ran. I could see right through him and didn't approve of what I saw.

I have been wavering between McCain and Obama.

I can see clearly now that Obama is the wave of fresh air for our country's future.

I thought Obama was going to be different. He was going to run a different campaign, no slinging mud, etc.

Hah!

Well, once again…. he blew it! And his second story to explain it all didn't match the words of his original story! He's just making-it-up,
as he goes along. Getting in deeper and deeper.

He said what he said to a group of elitists. He called us Pennsylvanians down. He can explain all he wants, but sometimes people say what they mean, and this is what happened here. Senator Obama sees small town people as lesser than, and certainly not equal to.

How telling that Senator Clinton's response is almost identical to Senator McCain's…

Obama's stunningly quick work to turn a potential negative into a positive will win him even more uncommitted superdelegates. They don't want to endorse him now knowing that he will lose (but not by much) in PA, and thus, make their endorsements look weak.

But, after PA, they will flock to him before he wins NC big.

And Pelosi is right (for once), Hillary will not be his vice president. He would never be able to sleep with both eyes closed.

People are fed up with the war. Fed up with lack of jobs. Fed up with gas prices. Fed up with the economy. He spoke the truth. And it was not disrespectful. It was raw and its the truth. Personally, the only respect I need from these candidates the their respect for my wallet. Americans want CHANGE. OBAMA! OBAMA!

Clinton:
Weak jab at Obama (clearly did not read the transcript, only got fed the "controversial" line)

McCain:
Throws a Jab at Obama. (read ONLY the line at issue)

Obama:
Dodge, Weave, and then threw Uppercut

I'll say one thing, its refreshing to see a candidate whose not going to say he mispoke or misunderstood, or was confused when confronted with something they said.

He took what they threw, and threw right back in their face.

Good for Obama. nice reaction to Clinton trying to manipulate his message. Watch the Blitzer panel. Good to see someone gets it.

This is why I detest the Clintons and even though I am a registered Republican I will never vote for McCain. Anyone with common sense will see that what Obama says is totally true. People are bitter and fed up because they have heard lies after lies like those from Clinton about how they will fight for the little guy and yet nothing gets done. They need to just shut up and start being honest with themselves and the American people. It seems that only Senator Obama has a pulse on how unnhappy people really are with these Washington insiders

If I'm being sold down the river by Hillary R. Clinton, when she poses as my humble, blue-collar, regular gal friend, I'D BE BITTER, TOO.

Amen, Go OBAMA!
You said exactly what I am feeling.

The term Bitter does mean hard to bear and causing pain

I dont know about anyone else, but i think that losing all those jobs due to Clinton's Nafta business and the Columbian trade business would cause me great pain

Im still failing to see the problem here?

Keep trying to deflect the attention from Obama because you told 3 lies in a row that came because of YOU. Not McCain nor Obama

And McCain should hush his mouth. You dont even KNOW about the economy and what the people are going through to say someone is out of touch

CNN, please post this one, it would be a first.

I have to speak up and say that I'm exhausted by watching the Orwellian Doublespeak in this campaign. Obama says the sky is blue, and somehow it becomes "Obama claims no color but blue is acceptable, we should be outraged!"

Now he points out that politicians pander to people's fears and invent hot-button issues to distract them from their eventual do-nothing approach to economic disparity, and somehow that's a bad thing?

This is totally insane! We're democrats, not republicans! We should be praising his remarks TO THE RAFTERS!!! This isn't an offense, IT'S OUR PARTY PLATFORM, for pete's sake!

"I mad as hell,and im not going to take it anymore".From the movie"Network".If the truth hurts ,so be it.

You have yet to learn Barack to think before you speak. You and Michelle don't care what you say. I don't want a President who can start a conflict by not thinking before they speak.

HILLARY 2008!

It figures that the Billary spokesman, would spin it that way. That's what he's paid to do. As for Tucker, I don't put much stock in what he says. His show was cancelled after all. 'nuff said.

Its about time we have someone like Obama to tell it like it is. I don't need or want a apology from Obama for telling the truth. He's not running on behalf of old politics. He running on behalf on "NEW" politics. I am bitter that jobs are being shipped away, gas prices are skyrocking food is expensive….Come on everyone the media is and i repeat "IS" going to blow this out of context. Trust your gut instincts and vote for CHANGE.

OBAMA '08

It is ironic that John McCain takes issue with these remarks considering that this is precisely the reality that his campaign adviser Carl Rove counts on to convince people to vote against their own economic interests. Call it elitist and condescending if you want to, that doesn't make it any less true.

It is so sad to see how nasty is this campaign and how much anger there is in human been only to be a winner….I support Obama, I don't like and I have never liked the idea to have the Clintons back ….all the nasty and the anger against Obama is disgusting, he cannot say one word that Hillary doesn't like that it will used agaist him. What did he say so terrible?? I really believe that most of America didn't want him as President and every single word will be used against him.

It is so sad for me who had the dream of America…..I am not so sure it is a dream anymore….

Good for you Obama. I heard pundits saying "more to come on Obama's attack of Pennsylvania." Oh how our MSM love to distort.

And you are absolutely right. We no longer trust all the promises. Clinton has the nerve to say you are out of touch when her husband accepted an $800,000 fee from the Columbians as to the CAFTA trade deal?

Talk about out of touch!

Go Obama 08!

the true obama is slowly coming out,and the more I learn about this guy and his friends{rev wright,william ayers,reszco} the more scared I am for america

Right on Barack…America needs you…We got your back come April 22nd…

I think Obama is right on this one….as a small town guy, i am frustrated by WASHINGTON. It's true many of us fall back to our comfort zones for inner peace or rather self satisfaction…….and frankly i think he's just being honest about it.

We need a leader, not a liar, or Obama, a politician willing to sell his soul for a bigger backyard - how sad is that!
I'm disappointed by both of my party's candidates. McCain looks better every day.

Politics is really sad. I'm watching Hillary and McCain takes Obama's statements out of context and make them appear to be what they want them to be. Again, we're talking about Bosnia again and Hillary changes the subject to Obama. This is so silly and people have sense enough to see right through all of the rhetoric coming from Hillary and Mccain. Remember, Pensylvania is coming up, so Hillary needs to lie to get obama's numbers down. You know, anyone who would take these statements and change their vote, were not very strong in the first place. And then you turn on Fox, and there you have crazy sick Sean Hannity still obsessing over Obama because he happens to be a black man and Sean can't stand that, but doesn't have the guts to say that he just doesn't like black people, especially as his president. It is sad.

you have hit the nail on the head. i dont know if you really can change our country, but i at least know that you are going to try — the right way, and for the right reasons.

Coming from bitter Hillary, nothing surprises me. Obama was right on in his speech. Hillary/Bill/John are all one and all 'out of touch'. I think something must be about to break news in a big way for Billary to be trying to get the media down Barack's neck.

Just go away already.

And by the way Hill, Bill is really an Obama supporter and is going to divorce you after you lose this nomination. Hope you don't become bitter, you old bat.

Mr. Obama is on point and in touch with America. Clinton and McCain are stuck in the political twilight zone.

How desperate Hillary and McCain must be……..Barack was not being elitist but truthful. Give us all a break and start criticizing issues of substance.

I love how the Clinton and McCain camps are trying to paint Obama's comments as "condescending" and "out of touch". He hit the nail right on the head, and , being old-school Washington politicians, they try to divert and distract. They are indeed out of touch with the public. I really hope PA and the rest of the primary states realize what they are up to. Don't vote for more of the same stuff. Let's change this.

He has totally knocked himself out. He repeatedly says offensive things…and coming in 3s and 4s….makes statements and this one just puts him over the top….."typical white people", everyone else is racist for any little comment that he deems racist and you people are calling others nit picky. Get a grip people…..Your guy just stepped off the plank. These people know what he said about them in California. He was talking down about them to wealthy donators to his campaign.

Obamas people attack attack attack and guess what he cannot back peddle on this one and the media knows it. Stop hating. Accept the loss and Obama needs to get out of the RACE!! Oh my god, did I just say the word RACE….I must be a racist. Oh and I said get out of the RACE how does that make you all feel. Offended right. Stop saying it!!!

so tired of obama doing the two-step around, well, everything.

Obama should change his middle name from Hussein to The Truth, because that's what he speaks.

Thank God For Barack.

Hillary and McCain are saying that Obama's statement is condescending. Bill Schneider jumped on the band wagon. What a shame. Obama initially did not elaborate so they gave their own interpretations. I am happy he had a chance to explain himself. In a nutshell, the people are bitter about loosing their jobs and are frustrated will the current political system.

WOW!! Obama, It took you what 5 hours or more to come up with this? It this the best answer you could give after consulting with your team of advicers? What a shame.

LOL i find it funny that one can find that offensive..And spin to that he is saying that americans or small town america are not resilient or optimistic? Then republicans say that he is an elitist and bitterness = gun ownership and more religious faith..

What i hate is that politicians think that the American people are stupid enough to think that we don't know what the game of politics is!!!!! like we don't know why the clintions are going to say or the republicans are going to say or obama might say when there is a negative that they much pounce on.

What Barack said is true People for the most part Don't care(in reference to his statement)s..why you think americans don't get out and vote!!!!! Cause they don't believe in the government is looking out for them. So they care about whats close to home and thats why they stay home on election night..cause No one cares about me!!!!

Obama can't talk about anyone being rich. How did you get a 1.6 million dollar house?

He is so arrogant!

Well, we all know what Obama clings to during tough times: a hate-mongering pastor and a sleazy landlord. Face it, guys…Obama is a joke. And he's bordering the level of self-parody with the fact that every time he faces any kind of heat, he delivers a speech full of his trademark overblown, over-dramatic "eloquence". It's so predictable. A sort of band-aid of pretty words that will make all the skeletons in his closet suddenly disappear.

Mark my words, tomorrow he will deliver yet another uninspired bit of pseudo MLK/JFK mish-mash rhetoric to coo the media and further brainwash his supporters into believing he can do no wrong.

It almost makes me want Hillary to lose the primary for the sole purpose of seeing Obama fall and fall hard come November.

I think Obama's remarks are the most in touch with reality.

This guy talks out of so many sides of his mouth it's rediculous. First of all if he were going to make those statements to side WITH Pennsylvanian's why didn't he MAKE the statements to THEM! Instead he goes to San Francisco and makes statements ABOUT them to the eliteist IN San Franciso…then tries as he ALWAYS does to gain political advantage with PA and IN by accusing his opponents. That has been HIS game all along…When HE wanted it to be about RACE all of a sudden statements from people like Bill Clinton, Ed Rendell, and Gerry Ferraro who have ALWAYS been known to be in touch with all races….are Racist people and everything they said was turned into a racist comment…EVEN the statement (TRUE FACT) that Jesse Jackson won SC when he ran for President..but all of sudden..it was a RACIST statement… This of course gave those African Americans who loved Bill Clinton…because he had done so much for them while President a good reason to dislike him NOW and Vote for their boy Obama! Obama KNOWS a good defense is a good Offense…and he loves being on the Defense…it makes him look humble and needy..People NEED to WAKE UP….and think like he thinks…remember the OAKIE DOKE!! Where he is concerned where there is ALL that smoke….there IS some fire!

Much ado about nothing. What's more important, Hillary's lie about Bosnia or Obama's descriptive comment about the mood of the PA citizens?

you are just on the point and so smart, thank you that is why we love you.

Obama always seems more honest. More heartfelt. Hillary spins. McCain seems to want to play it down the middle. Obama says what he sees as being real. That is being in touch. That is what the US needs.

Float like a butter fly, sting like a bee! This man Obama just got a vote from me.

Ha ha! I'll I have to say is, "Bring it on!"

Obama is inspiring in his message. Not only that, he has the conviction to follow through. I love this man.

Hillary and McCain both, need a reality check!!!!!!! It is obvious, they are the ones out of touch.

Funny, how the truth hurts. People ARE bitter and will only become more so as the economy continues to tank. It's not just PA, OH and IN, there are areas of NY that are in no better shape and haven't been in years. That's Hillary country. If she's so in touch with the 'common people,' she would know that and would have done something to help.
People do turn to religion and the things they think they can control when things get really tough.
Clinton and McCain are looking down on people who they don't think are smart enough to understand what Obama said. Of course, when statements are taken out of context, it's easier to bamboozle the listening public. Don't let them do that to you.

Have we seen and heard enough from this guy yet? No matter how you slice it, it is insulting to small town people and they are smart enough to know when they are being insulted!

What is so bad about saying people are bitter? They are bitter. Who wouldn't be when their jobs are taken away and promises are broken.

Open mouth, insert foot. Is anybody really surprised here? If he's not going to correctly and definitively renounce his pastor's words, why on earth would he apologize for his own?

Some will say that it just shows Obama's "honesty" and "bravery", but moreso it shows how naive and foolish he really is for standing by such an ill-advised and careless choice of words.

“THE BEST SCENARIO”, Obama elected as president for life, the Republican Party dissolved, and USA adopts socialism and a one party system. Jack Cafferty appointed minister of propaganda for life.

“IMAGINE” free Prozac for everybody and no elections for the coming 30 years.

Obama you should start thinking hard before you speak!!!! You will be the one responsible for your own fall!!! MCCAIN OR CLINTON, HELP AMERICA!!!!!!!!

I understand loosing a job and being bitter. Been there, done that, and wore the tie shirt. My husband lost his job after working for the same company for over 28 years. We are still bitter and angry ten years later. If it wasn't for the grace of God and our families, I don't know what we would have done. Know one else came to our rescue. My husband is a hard working man, but that didn't stop him from being bitter. Obama did not offend me. He said what needed to be said. He is not out of touch with people. Stop the bull, nobody is doing a thing. I don't care to hear the sweet talk.

People are losing their jobs everyday. Then the current administration gives tax cuts to the wealthy. All the while CEOs and oil companies are making millions and billions of dollars.

Are these people frustrated? Yes. Are they bitter? Yes.

Are Hillary and McCain denying that people are bitter? Seriously?

Wow…when Obama speaks the truth, it's a problem. The Senator is walking a thin line that no other politician has never done before. This is reality America… Obama '08

Not really sure what Hillary has to gain by arguing a point. She made a heck of alot more money than the Obama's. Wish she'd quite putting her foot in her mouth.

Too late Pal.

Obama- +1

McCain/Hillary: 0

Seriously, does anyone respond to campaign crises better than this guy?? I don't know if it's because he's just a great politician, or if he seriously has good intentions behind most of his controversial actions. But it's freakin impressive

The same old Washington is doing the same old thing over and over again. America needs a REAL change. America needs Barack to radically change the statuquo.m

Sen. Obama said nothing wrong, in fact, I believe people all over the Country are upset and bitter by the way our government has continued for years now not hear us on the issues that matter to us most. I know for a fact that my neighbors and fellow Oregons and I are upset and bitter and want CHANGE! OBAMA 08!!

Senator Barack Obama is straight up and presents none of the feign outrage so evident in the tired old-Washington campaigns of Senator Hillary Clinton and her co-conspirator, Senator John McCain.

What is sad is the way the media has spinned this story, offering little critical thinking except Jeffrey Tobin, Bill Schneider and Roland Martin (who try to be fair to both candidates). Of all the stories to "run with", this one was lame.

It is one thing to "report" the news; it is entirely different to "mis-present", which is precisely what Senators Clinton and McCain tried to do, the same day President Clinton gets caught in a lie about the Bosnia story, media reports he is making more promoting the Colombia free trade agreement than even sacked strategist Mark Penn.

Everyone talks about finding that one "thing" that will make Mr Obama unelectable. We'll they are not finding it. The equally important question is this: Is there anything that will make Senator Clinton unelectable?

I am disgusted at the desperate efforts of President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

- Mel

This was a quick and decisive response by Obama. I love that about his campaign. He will not allow anyone SWIFT BOAT his candidacy. HIllary looks so so desperate that I actually feel sorry for her. But she'll need more than my symphathy to win my vote.

Honesty. Integrity. Judgement. - You give me those qualities in a candidate and you'll have my vote.

Obama has my vote.