Obama Visits Missouri During West Virginia Primary

Washington Times:

Sen. Barack Obama won't be in West Virginia tomorrow on Election Day. With his sights set on the general election, he'll be in Missouri.

Obama's public schedule isn't offering many details yet, but reveals he will be in Cape Girardeau, MO, on Tuesday.

Read the whole story: Washington Times

Comments

[ginnypoo]

And Obama chooses to ignore WV because he will lose and goes to MI to suck up to the people he blew off last month...he is nuts. If he wanted WV's to vote he would go there....instead he uses robocalls to discourage turnout, saying it's over, don't bother voting, just send in 400 dollars for the general election, I heard a call some smart person recorded...so Obama again turns his back on any American that isn't his voter.....shameful discrimination and bigotry on Obama's part. He draws division lines all over the place.

[kgb999]

He just gave a speech there today. It was actually a very impressive policy speech on veteran's issues - in a state that has one of the highest number of citizens in active-duty military service.

Also, Obama signed a pledge not to campaign in MI for the primary (so did Clinton). Now that he has won the primary, he has fulfilled his pledge and now is taking his message to Michigan. A politician who keeps a pledge is something you can not yet fathom - give it time.

[Gma11]

Maybe instead of insulting one another we should take bets (is that legal?). Then later we could take the "winners" money and donate it the whatever Democratic cause we feel is most salient to us, whether local, state, national, whatever.

That way our disagreements could have constructive consequences.

[RNdaSilva]

Education! The cause that is...on a national scale.

And please, don't forget to make ginnypoo a student...she is definitely in dire need of an education.

[PTTY]

It was Hillary that said White uneducated white Americans will not vote for Obama. It was Rendell in PA who said PA White's will not vote for a Black Man.

So why is it Obama who is the racist?

The KKK is supposed to be WV and Kentucky, so who is the Racist

[pleeezzze]

The only ones using the term Uneducated ,are Obama and his sheep.

I have to laugh at that , trying to convince us that they, are all highly educated and we are the scum to dumb to know our own mind .

We are not the blind Followers and worshippers of the great Leader , so who is really the stupid ones .

[tsloan]

ginnypoo, honey, are you foaming at the mouth?....your posts seem so hostile.

[Cunningham]

MI is the postal abbreviation for Michigan, not Missouri.

[happycat]

Bigots! They deserve what they end up with which will be economic and social problems.

[ginnypoo]

Are you admitting here that Obama will not help WV if they don't vote for him? I thought as much, glad you admit it.

[nomobull]

pathetic and desperate

[happycat]

You need to get a grip. What I am saying is that if McCain wins, the people of WV are going to see the quality of their lives continuing to decline. They will have no one to blame but themselves.

[disgustedbyitall]

and more poo...

[Kim445588]

As a minority, the type of overt racism that is illustrated by the people commenting aren't overly painful because they are expected.

What hurts, is when those who AA have spent years supporting, justify that prospective by referring to them as "hardworking whites".

It's the subtle and unexpected racism that has a way of taking your breath away.

[motherfather]

I have the same feeling whenever I think of the support that I have given the Clintons over the years. I will be doing something mundane and the thought of it would drift in my mind and I feel pained that I was apparently taken in by someone who thinks so little of AAs in this country. But then i remember that HRC has a senate election coming and then I get to vote how I feel.

[Gma11]

That's the way!!

[ginnypoo]

Obama called names first...remember "typical, white racist bigots" in PA...all because they weren't supporting him, he didn't call all of them names...he was specifically taking about Clinton supporters....I haven't forgotten, and never will. If he can hold it against MI and FL then so can I....just following the GreatOnes example.

[nomobull]

he did not

[saun8934]

I am from PA, and even though that is NOT what Obama said, it is definitely true. Some pennsylvanians are just as racists as those "deliverance" uneducated and ignorant WV's. Some people just want this country to remain in stupidy. Thank god for the black, white, hispanics and asians that are smart enough and wise enough to not play into the part of the country that refuses to treat everyone as equal.

[Tropiholic]

Mommy he said it first! wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ginnypoop

[MsLiz]

Ginnypoo you remember something that never happened.

[paganmist]

What!?

Oh for the love of god, where do you people get this stuff?

I'm amazed you can even breathe, because you obviously can't think for yourself. Do you realize that you're telling a complete lie?

[pupbayer]

Why is everything racist to Obama supporters? Clinton was stating a demographic fact. That is not racism.

[Gma11]

I'm sure you know better than that. SOME Obama supporters are _______________. THEREFORE, ALL Obama supporters are ________________________. Very bad logic.

There are fanatics enough to go around.

[MsLiz]

Clinton referred to that group of voters as "hard working" and then clarified that she meant white voters. The implication was that non-white voters are not hard workers. Clinton supporter Charlie Rangel saw that it was a stupid thing to say.

[atienne]

I think it's fair to say that many in W. Va AND Kentucky are basing this vote on their racism! I mean, why pussyfoot around it? Too many people there are racist to the core. I certainly won't make ANY excuses for their ignorant, backwards, ways! The one comment-"his wife is an 'athiest' yet attends church? HELLO!! Or the other comment-I want a fully American pres?? What the hell is Obama? Was he NOT born in the U.S.? Of course he was or he couldn't run for Prez. These people are so foolish! They deserve their plight in life. That may sound harsh but I've had the displeasure of traveling in W. Va and Kentucky and like Obama, I am of mixed raced. You would have sworn an abomination came through town! One gas station of course wouldn't pump my gas then tried to shove me off so I couldn't use the pumps yelling the N-word. All I can say is thank GOD I wasn't born that way and raised in that environment! Imagine what it would be like to be so cowardice and hateful???

[ginnypoo]

You honestly believe there is NO OTHER REASON THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT HIM, EXCEPT BECAUSE THEY ARE RACISTS.....THAT IS THE ENTIRE PROBLEM WITH YOU GUYS....KEEP CALLING NAMES. YOU LOSE HIM VOTES EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU POST....THANKS FOR HELPING HILLARY, I APPRECIATE YOUR HATE, MAKES OUR JOB SO MUCH EASIER WHEN YOU PISS OFF ENTIRE STATES. GO FOR IT, NOW ATTACK P.R. PLEASE, WE NEED THEM FOR THE POPULAR VOTE ARGUMENT YOU GUYS ARE HELPING US WIN....PLEASE INSULT SOME MORE PEOPLE SO THEY MOVE TO OUR SIDE. THIS IS WHY THEY DON'T WANT IT TO GO TO CONVENTION, LOTS OF DELEGATES ARE MAD AT OBAMA'S ATTITUDE AND IGNORING STATES IS HELPING HIM LOSE. LOTS WANT TO SWITCH TO THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT WANTS ALL OF US TO HAVE A VOICE EVEN IF SHE LOSES BECAUSE OF IT. THAT'S A DEMOCRAT, THROUGH AND THROUGH, NOT OBAMA.

[nomobull]

huh

[Christian]

Oh grow up. I'm an old white man and I'm an Obama supporter in Texas where Jim Crow still raises it's ugly head. In our town the blacks are still not allowed to play golf at the local country club and there are a lot of people who just will not vote for Obama because of his color and they don't want to be convinced they are wrong.

[tsloan]

again....enough with the caps lock.....no need to shout

[Rockwell]

Pretty sad commentary on the people of West Virginia. Beautiful country, narrow minded inhabitants.

[ginnypoo]

Y u are an elist bigot, just saying that statement was not good. Are you trying to help Hillary? Because you are. Did you know we print this stuff up and show it to folks in WV, don't you? Thanks for your help.

[happycat]

The only elitist bigot here is you! I have had the misfortune of reading your other comments on this post, and all you have done here is to prove what an intolerant, ill informed baffoon you are.

[tsloan]

deep breathing may be of some benefit....

[paganmist]

These are precisely the type of tactics that Hillary craves. Small-minded "fear" tactics.

You represent everything I loathe about the world. Go away and stay away.

[MelDel7365]

The day we decide the future of our country based on the uninformed opinions of the (apparently the majority of the) people in W.V. and Kentucky - is the day the United States ceases to be the great nation of its potential ...I'm sorry - I know this is not politically correct - and I know that not all people in West Virginia and Kentucky are ignorant, uneducated, and backwards - but they are not doing themselves any favors. If they vote for McCain, they will be worse off in 4 years than they are today. And they don't get to complain about their dire straights if they vote for McCain simply b/c he is white.

[MsLiz]

I think the key is that they are insular. Surely they have satellite dishes though, and internet. Of course, reporters don't interview the boring well informed voters, just the ones likely to say something ignorant and interesting.

[marc1antony]

You cannot use the racist states as a model of what the rest of the country will do. That's the mindset of people like the Clintons who say things like "He cannot win, Bill, he cannot win." West Virginia and Kentucky do not speak for the other 48 states, and Obama's record so far, has proven that. He's leading all the way around now. She can have her 'BIGOTBASE'.

[Ramirez]

If Obama supporters continue to characterize their opposition as racist, they will guarantee that Obama will lose.

[bookon]

I think it is fair to call the people who were interviewed in THAT article racist. The truth is they interviewed some backwoods inbreds. Only a backwoods inbred can think BOTH his Christian Church hates America and that he is a Muslim.

[ginnypoo]

And I try to thank them for their help, and print this stuff up and we show it to the state voting...they go Clinton right away...again, thanks so much you guys for helping Hillary.

[GiannaX]

Wow, I won't be vacationing in West Virginia any time soon.

[harriscrl3]

Got to LOVE the democratic party I hope after this election African American LEAVE it in DROVES.

Carol

[Dash Riprock]

Why would they do that, Carol? They're going to have the first African American president.

[Nuff2]

Amen to that! He is a winner. He is going to rip McCain. He had to be restrained against Hillary because he could not be seen beating up on a female. He will prevail.

[ginnypoo]

Her bigotry got away from her....crazy talk at best. Hillary thans you for pushing voters to her side.

[Rockwell]

That's a strange statement to make. The democrats are about to nominate and elect the first African American president.

[WAstateliberal]

The author falls back on arcane statistics that mean nothing, stating no Dem has won the White House without West VA since 1916. Well, what about Gore? Without the butterfly ballot and the Supreme Court, Gore won the election without West VA. So I am not worried about them. If they wan't to vote for McCain and continue their lavish, Republican-inspired lifestyle, so be it.

[Ramirez]

Had Gore won West VA he would have been President, and the "butterfly ballot and the Supreme Court" wouldn't have even mattered.

[Kim445588]

How many other states can you say that about. This argument can be said for either candidate. This is exactly what is to be expected from this state.

[disgustedbyitall]

Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican. "I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife's an atheist," said Mr Simpson...

So Leonard, I'm just thinking of all the crudely offensive things people say about West Virginians and wondering if...

I'm also wondering if Clinton is going to make the claim that you can't reach the White House without winning West Virginia and Kentucky.

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

LOL She will probably continue on with the "those hard working whites don't relate to Obama" message.

[NightRider]

"West Virginia is hostile territory for Mr Obama because it has few of the African-Americans and affluent, college-educated whites who provide his strongest support. The state has the lowest college graduation rate in the US, the second lowest median household income, and one of the highest proportions of white residents, at 96 per cent"

Any wonder?

The shame is certainly not on Obama.

[stateMachine]

The irony is, West Virginians truly do sound... bitter.

[ginnypoo]

Printed this up, Hillary thanks you, that's proving Obama ans supporters are anti-WV...thanks.

[dbdzen]

I'm sure there are lifelong Democrats in West Virginia who believe Obama is a Muslim who attended church at a radical Christian sect in Chicago for 20 years. If they can't be bothered to inform themselves in the face of so much information, they shouldn't be allowed to determine the agenda and nomination of the Democratic party and it's absolutely fitting that 100% vote for Hillary Clinton in West Virginia wont change the course of the nomination.

Obama won't get their votes now or in November or ever, so he definitely should look elsewhere or register millions more new voters in other, more progressive swing states. History has created in Obama a candidate that cannot afford to go the easy, lazy route to the presidency. He had to have a 50-state strategy to overcome the Clinton machine and his game plan for November is going to be just as methodical and strategic. McCain has the right amount of laziness to be a good match.

[Researchguy66]

A 50-state strategy that doesn't include West Virginia?

[WAstateliberal]

Yep. Why would he waste resources there? He has to campaign wisely, not foolishly.

Oh, and Gore won the presidential election without carrying WestVA. The author of the article forgot that little nugget.

[disgustedbyitall]

West Virginia seems bent on redefining themselves as something rather less than a state.

[SanityNowPlease]

his 50 state strategy takes in to account successfully withstanding the loss of hardcore racist states like WV and KY. unless you are a white candidate, you just don't stand a chance. if the campaign cycle was 50 years, obama would still be hard pressed to make a dent there. better to concentrate on the 45 or so states that have the ability to move forward.

[magen]

I'm sick and tired of the MSM legitimizing these stupid people's opinions based on rumors.

Anybody stupid enough to vote against their economic interests based on racism, prejudice, rumors, lapel pins, so-called "elitism", guilt by association preachers, or any other non- issue invented by the MSM and republiCONS to confuse REAL issues deserves to be called what they are-STUPID.

They also deserve to have their jobs shipped overseas, endless tax dollars wasted on meaningless war, with no healthcare, no education, home foreclosure, and everything else that goes along with republiCON rule if that's what they vote for.

Question for racist West Virginians-If the white guy's policies caused you to lose your home, job, income, and health insurance, and the black guy's don't, would you still vote for the white guy?

[christieZ]

Agreed.

[ginnypoo]

You say this stuff but cannot figure out why they are voting for Hilary...it's your words...REMEMBER WORDS DO MATTER AND YOUR ARE FILLED WITH BIGOTRY AND NARROW-MINDED STEREOTYPES. DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWED ARE THE ONLY ONES THERE......HECK, THEY M7ST BE SO BACKWARD THEY DON'T HAVE THE INTERWEB, EVEN, RIGHT, SO SPEW YOUR VITRIOL....I'M PRINTING YOUR POSTS AND GETTING VOTES FOR HILLARY JUST BY LETTING THEM SEE HOW OBAMA SUPPORTERS TALK ABOUT THEM...YOU MAKE IT EASY.

[disgustedbyitall]

Amazing to think that West Virginia came into existence by seceding from Virginia over slavery.

Even today, nobody would call Virginia liberal, but in a comparison with the western counties?...

[Sparty1]

That's a good question to ask. The last thing a prejudiced person wants is an evil black man telling them what's in their best interest. Even if it's good policy, if it's coming from the black guy they don't want to hear it. When you have 2 people( one white/one black) in the same economic situation, the white person will always feel superior because they are white. Sad, but true.

[docpooh]

Hey guys, come on! I am an African American, female supporter of Obama. And, while I might feel extremely uncomfortable upon having to drive through West Virginia (and scared as hell to have to stop for anything), I don't hate these folks. And I feel bad when people call them "inbred" or "retards". It really does sound elitist. Their views are based on ignorance and poverty and isolation. I hope a President Obama does do something to assist these poor, uneducated people. If he does, I'm willing to bet that some of them, not all, but a good many might see how wrong and uninformed their attitudes have been. I wish he would at least visit the state. Of course he will lose, probably by a large margin, but I also think that reaching out to them might change some perceptions. I know! He can visit during his Presidency. It would be a wonderful gesture and let them know that even though they reject him, he doesn't reject them as Americans.

[disgustedbyitall]

The fact is that Obama will likely rise above their ignorance and actually help them--economically, educationally, socially--but it doesn't excuse their racism, their bigotry, or the determined stupidity of basing important decisions on nothing more than gossip. We judge people by what comes out of their mouths. If they don't want to be judged for their appalling disconnect with the rest of the world, perhaps they should do something about it. Mountains are no longer a barrier to the flow of information and ideas, but it seems the desire for them is having trouble getting through.

[ErnestineBass]

A decade from now, there won't be any mountains left in West Virginia.

Rather than ignoring the voters of WVA, perhaps Obama should take some time to talk about the horrific coal company practice known as "mountain-topping"?

[LABC]

thank you! I am tired of giving willfully ignorant and bigoted people the benefit of the doubt - How many more times will someone let some good ole' boy slap them on the back and rail agin' homosexuals and minorities while stealing hard earned money out of their wallet?

[WAstateliberal]

Exactly. He can use these two states, that he will lose anyway, to tell the truth about the future of coal, about his plans for a green economy, and about how they are being exploited by mining companies. If this is the last election with an electoral college (we can only hope), he can make lemonade out of lemons and use these states to trumpet his green economy plans. They may not listen, but the rest of us will. And it would be a great test case for the effects of telling the truth during a presidential campaign.

[ginnypoo]

Use them - how bigotted of you, hate them but use them. You make me sick.

[Grunty1]

Its not about the color of one's skin or the location of one's birth, its the content of one's character

I think some said something inspirational like that somewhere :-)

[ohiodem250]

Well said, docpooh, you appeal to my better angels.

[stateMachine]

He can visit West Virginia during his presidency, but he really better have the Ironman costume on... especially with Hillary's bizarrely suggestive radio comments the other day.