JerseyGator01
01-20-2013, 05:17 PM
The double standard continues with the media treatment of hate speech. Clinton gives an off the cuff version of Obama's "clinging to guns and religion" comment. And these people are supposed to be intellectuals? Wow, just wow.
From the link:
But he said that he understands the culture that permeates a state like Arkansas — where guns are a longstanding part of local culture.
“A lot of these people … all they’ve got is their hunting and their fishing,” he told the Democratic financiers. “Or they’re living in a place where they don’t have much police presence. Or they’ve been listening to this stuff for so long that they believe it all.”
Clinton closed his remarks with a warning to big Democratic donors that ultimately many Democratic lawmakers will be defeated if they choose to stand with the president.
“Do not be self-congratulatory about how brave you for being for this” gun control push, he said. “The only brave people are the people who are going to lose their jobs if they vote with you.”
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BECE5F84-7675-4ABC-B09E-91A268F975EC
From the link:
But he said that he understands the culture that permeates a state like Arkansas — where guns are a longstanding part of local culture.
“A lot of these people … all they’ve got is their hunting and their fishing,” he told the Democratic financiers. “Or they’re living in a place where they don’t have much police presence. Or they’ve been listening to this stuff for so long that they believe it all.”
Clinton closed his remarks with a warning to big Democratic donors that ultimately many Democratic lawmakers will be defeated if they choose to stand with the president.
“Do not be self-congratulatory about how brave you for being for this” gun control push, he said. “The only brave people are the people who are going to lose their jobs if they vote with you.”
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BECE5F84-7675-4ABC-B09E-91A268F975EC