May 19, 2008
Okay, Now I'm Offended
Not really. More Amused. The man who puts the "Junior" in Junior Senator from Illinois said:
"What it says is that I'm not very well known in that part of the country," Obama said. "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle."
I laughed earlier at this map. "Can the man who wants to be President please tell us why Arkansas is somehow closer to Kentucky than Illinois?"
Ann Althouse has a virtual link to Mickey Kaus, wondering about the implicit condescension of those "states in the middle."
This guy has political gifts but they have so far masked his tin ear. Perhaps his $500/hr handlers can tease that out of him in time for the General Election.
But perhaps not. Reporting from Colorado, this is jk...
Hat-tip: Instapundit