“Whatever Senator Barack Obama meant by his less than artful remarks about small-town Pennsylvanians ‘bitter’ over lost jobs,” wrote Louis Uchitelle in this Sunday’s “Week in Review,” “he certainly turned a lot of attention last week to the decline of the American worker, bitter or not.”
Less than artful? Where is the attention for Clinton’s “less than artful” opinion of the Democratic base?
In contrast to the headlines declaring “Opponents Call Obama ‘Out of Touch’” that sprouted up in major papers and cable news immediately after the publication of his comments at a San Francisco fund raiser, major newspapers have relegated the story largely to their blogs, or have tucked it away at the bottom of substantive “news” articles with headlines announcing something else.
Until Clinton clarifies her feelings about the “activist base of the Democratic Party” publicly, there is a serious question mark surrounding her campaign. While the media continues to black out the tape’s revelation, an effort will continue online to spread word of its discovery.
The activists who are ready to vote for Clinton in Pennsylvania ought to know that she has different priorities when it comes to national security and foreign relations. They are looking for an end to this war, a de-escalation of American-led conflict throughout the world, and cooperation with the UN in its peace-keeping priorities. Clinton doesn’t agree. Either that or she’s talking about the fence in Mexico. I don’t know which would be more alarming as an indicator of her priorities.
If I’m wrong, I invite her to clarify exactly how and on which issues she disagrees with the “activist base of the Democratic Party” because she isn’t being clear about it in her campaign.
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