Obama Regrets PA

Definitions of regret on the Web:

• repent: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
• feel sad about the loss or absence of
• decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
• sorrow: sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
• be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

He says he didn't choose his words well, but "I said something that everybody knows is true."

"Obviously, if I worded things in a way that made people offended, I deeply regret that," he told the Winston-Salem Journal of North Carolina.

Campaigning in Muncie, Ind., Obama called the controversy interesting.

"Lately there has been a little typical sort of political flare-up, because I said something that everybody knows is true, which is that there are a whole bunch of folks in small towns in Pennsylvania, in towns right here in Indiana, in my hometown in Illinois, who are bitter," Obama told the crowd.

Well... of course, there are people that are bitter. The offensive part of Obama's full statement is the implication that its the bitter people who "cling to guns or religion or antipathy..."

Obama is doing a good job of using the choice words of a politician... "I mis-spoke... I regret..." but never "I was wrong... I'm sorry... I apologize..." The Clinton's have mastered the language and Hillary is doing an absolutely brilliant job of capitalizing on Obama's mis-steps. At the same time, Obama continues to dig himself into a hole.

Many have called Obama's statement "elitist".

"Sen. Obama's remarks are elitist and they are out of touch," she [Clinton] told a crowd in Indianapolis.

But what I find most offensive is the implication from Senator Obama that (1) government can save people and (2) religion has failed. At best, I call that Socialist.

And now, I didn't say it as well as I should have, because you know the truth is that these traditions that are passed on from generation to generation, those are important." [Obama]