Obama Camp reacts to Palin's "pro-America" statement: "What part of the country isn’t pro-America?”

[sabra]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/17/palin-touts-the-pro-america-areas-of-the-country/

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Palin often lists off a bunch of adjectives to describe the locale, like calling the scenery “beautiful.” She’s also fond of saying that the people in a particular place “just get it.”

At a fund-raiser in North Carolina Thursday evening, she added a new one to the list: “pro-America.”

“We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C.,” she said to applause.

“We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans.”

The comment prompted Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton to send this e-mail to reporters: “Just asking: What part of the country isn’t pro-America?”

[SoonerPride]

1. Alaska?

I heard they have some secessionists up there.

[mzmolly]

14. Good ANSWER.

:hi:

[vanderBeth]

2. Once again, Obama relieved some stress.

I was seriously pissed when I read that about Palin, but Obama makes it better.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Alaska?

Well, not the whole state, but certainly the Alaskan Independence Party, which Sarah and her husband the "First Dumbass" are very familiar with.

And there are still active secessionist groups in Texas and South Carolina too.

[Blaze Diem]

7. First Dumbass....haaaaaaaaaa

that's funny..
but true

[jenmito]

4. VERY good question. I think they should make that into an ad! n/t

[sabra]

6. I believe Palin just had her "bitter" comment?

[jenmito]

20. Definitely! Obama MUST use this for all it's worth!

[central scrutinizer]

5. dog whistle: small town is code for white

Bit city is the new code for black. Law and order, states' rights, quotas have been retired

[yardwork]

18. Yep. Big cities is where them "other" people live - them socialists, queers, blacks, you know....

Fortunately, fewer and fewer people actually believe this nonsense anymore.

[Eric J in MN]

8. If she had said "patriotic" without adding "pro-America"...

...there probably wouldn't be a controversy, even though the meaning would be the same.

[The Wielding Truth]

9. She is a separatist. She likes to divide us. Isn't it anti- american

to divide us?

This is THE UNITED States of America.I wonder if she knows what that means?

[fryguy]

10. Obviously any part that is tinted blue - n/t

[qanda]

11. She goes behind closed doors to tell her rich donors that we're anti-American

[ej510]

12. Well DC is full of black people. You know we all hate america.

[azmouse]

13. 'Cause those of us who live in large cities don't love America....

:eyes:

[NotThisTime]

22. Yup, everyone who does NOT live in a small town, get the hell out!

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Just more dog whistling

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Then she'll cry crocodile tears at Ground Zero.

[JBTO26]

17. Finally a reaction

She's been saying a lot of stupid things at rallies lately, so it's nice to see the Obama camp finally react to some of it.

Do not, however, count on the "news" media to spend more than 5 minutes on it.

[Tatiana]

19. Urban dwellers hate America???? n/t

[Eric J in MN]

26. Yes, and cities aren't the "real America."

The Founders would never step foot in a city like Philadelphia, for example.

(sarcasm)

[KamaAina]

21. Northern Virginia

I have it on good authority :sarcasm: that it's a Communist country. :eyes:

[Essene]

23. This question should dominate the counter-ads for Obama. It gets at the heart of things...

[Marsala]

24. Chicago, San Francisco and New York

Hotbeds of terrorism, all of them.

[TheDonkey]

25. don't tap dance around it Obama camp. Call her out. She is a hate mongering liar

[yellowcanine]

27. Need to say: "Barack Obama wants to be President of all the people, not just the ones who agree with

him. We need a President who unites, not divides us into "pro-America" and "other".