"Bitter" Pill To Swallow

Barack Obama has finally revealed his true colors; those that Hillary Clinton's supporters have always known: He says and behaves one way in public, but is another in private when there are no cameras or crowds within earshot. I have sensed, and have blogged about his arrogance and condescension going back months to Iowa and New Hampshire. Comments such as "you can be one of my advisers" and "you're likable enough, Hillary" were clear indications, at least to me, that he was condescending and patronizing. I felt at the time, despite the pundits' claims, that Hillary won New Hampshire not because she "choked up" but primarily because women were turned off by his egotistical remarks. He thought he had the nomination locked up after his win in Iowa and was not magnanimous in victory. Frankly, I thought he was gloating and was quite boastful.

His recent revelations about what he "really" thinks about others who he thinks is beneath him, is only surprising to those in the media, but not me. I sensed this about him from the jump. He often speaks with contempt when he is questioned or pushed to give specifics about what he intends to do beyond his campaign rhetoric. When he uses the word "notion" he seems to be saying "how dare you question me." I believe what one says when they are in "private" is revelatory. It is often in these unscripted moments that you discover the true character of an individual. I was not surprised when I heard his comments that was surreptitiously recorded in San Francisco because I has been quite furious at the media for not looking at him closely enough, not reporting on facts that myself and other supporters of Hillary Clinton had uncovered, including the separatist agenda of his church while he was claiming to be a uniter. His connection to Rezko, William Ayers, and Auchi were also issues I/we felt the media was irresponsible in not reporting. Obama's assessment that small town people were "bitter" and "clinging" to their faith, guns, and harboring antipathy towards immigrants, trade, and people that were "not like them" revealed the condescension and patronizing language that I believe is part of the "real" Barack Obama. Why the media has not explored it is, I think, self-explanatory. They had already "decided" that there was not going to be any negative reporting about Obama. I was so frustrated with the likes of MSNBC, CNN, NBC, and to a lesser degree, ABC that I started watching FOX! Why did I do that? Because it was the only way I was going to hear what I knew to be issues of concern for me about Obama that was not being covered by the other networks. The Reverend Wright issue or the 70s terrorist Williams Ayers would have never seen the light of day had it not been for Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly. Time and time again, the main stream media has buried stories that were negative to Obama. Notable was the story about Obama's votes in the Illinois State Senate (130 present), p[articularly the 6 votes he changed, claiming he pushed the wrong button. He was never asked tough questions aabout why he changed those votes. His "explanation" was simply accepted without question, as were his explanations about his 20 years in his church and what he knew and when he knew it about the incindiary comments of his pastor.