Jalylah Burrell

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Obama, "Bitter" and the Bounce Back

Posted 04/14/2008 at 10:36 AM  |  Comment?

I was disappointed in Barack Obama for slipping, or as a delegate I met this weekend at the King County Democratic Convention put it, for being human. He's got to choose his words carefully but in this slip up, this poor turn of phrase, Obama has proven himself to be everything we've missed in these horrid 8 years and more. Yesterday, Obama addressed the United Steelworkers Union in Steelton, Pennsylvania where he contextualized his controversial comments and clowned Annie Oakley Hillary Clinton. Here is the footage:

(FF to 4:10 for the good stuff)


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