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Obama responds forcefully to the “bitter” BS, effectively adopting the word into his vocabulary for change. While at it, he imposes his own special brand of smackdown on Hillary.

Ron Paul is one of those rare Republicans that I REALLY like–primarily because I think he is exactly on target on the dire economics of the country (falling dollar, trade deficit, role of the federal reserve, true cost of the Iraq war, etc.).

Gen. Petraus recently testified before Congress on the Iraq war, and Paul took the opportunity to apply the bitchslap. He makes crystal clear just how stupid and idiotic this war has been all along.

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Clinton and McCain are trying to make lots of political hay over Obama’s comments (which admittedly could have been said better) about the bitterness being felt by people in depressed areas like parts of Pennsylvania. He clearly intended to say that because people feel abandoned by their government on their economic needs, that they are bitter about that and will vote instead on religious or gun rights issues. That is the only interpretation consistent with Obama’s campaign theme, which only the most strident Clintonites and ratings-hungry TV pundits could deny.

So what do the people of Pennsylvania really think, apart from what all the talking heads would like them to think? Well, Fox news went out and asked a couple of them, and didn’t get the responses they expected. They agreed with Obama, and saw nothing wrong with what he said. Watch these videos, courtesy of Crooks & Liars:

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So could we stop with the nonsense? I guess that’s too much to ask, especially of Clinton–who will end up not getting the nomination while damaging her party and its candidate in the process, for the sake of her own ambition.