Re: [Marxism] Obama concedes remarks were ill chosen

["Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato Comunista" <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ruthless Critic of All that Exists wrote:

>>  "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."

> Obama is toast now.

I don't know about that.

Gun people won't like it, but he didn't imply anything about guns being 
harmful to society or that they shouldn't be had. I find it hard to 
believe this would change anyone's vote.

People who think of themselves as "working-class" won't like being 
called racist (in other words) but it was a vague statement and no one 
can deny that racism still exists in at least some people's hearts - at 
least, not anyone who would vote for Obama in the first place. On the 
other hand, implicitly tying "anti-immigrant sentiment" could certainly 
hurt him with people in denial about the truth of said implication.

His implicate "religion is the opiate of the masses" sentiment could 
definitely scare his supporters, but everyone certainly knows by now 
that he goes to church.

The most potentially damaging part, his implicate endorsement of Free 
Trade, isn't even being commented on. I don't get it. Isn't that 
supposed to be the number one issue for those recognized as working-class?

And Hillary just looks ridiculous by now, talking about how much she 
loves guns, weeping while talking about Martin Luther King and so on. 
I'm doubtful she has the credibility by now to capitalize much on things 
like this.

Conclusion: All in all, this will probably blow over as soon as a 
different sound bite to reply over and over comes along.


-Jeff

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