Obama in interview with Winston-Salem Journal: If I offended, I deeply regret that

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: April 12, 2008
Obama: If I offended, I deeply regret that

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Barack Obama said Saturday that if he has offended people with comments he made almost a week ago where he labeled small town Pennsylvanians "bitter" and that they "cling to guns and religion" then he regrets it. "Obviously, if I worded things in a way that made people offended, I deeply regret that," Obama said in an interview with the Winston-Salem Journal, according to a transcript provided by his campaign.

"The underlying truth of what I said remains, which is simply that people who have seen their way of life upended because of economic distress are frustrated and rightfully so," he told the North Carolina newspaper. "And I hear it all the time when I visit these communities."

Earlier in the day, Obama told an audience at a town hall meeting in Muncie, Indiana that he didn't word his comments "as well as he should have," but did not go as far as using the word "regret."

Obama first made the comments Sunday at a closed-press fundraiser in San Francisco....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/12/obama-if-i-offended-i-regret/

[gateley]

1. Nor should he use the word "regret".

Those who don't knee-jerk overreact understand perfectly the message he was delivering.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. I think that's my take, too. I think maybe he should have just gone with it. nt

[asjr]

3. He was telling the truth. Anyone

who has had a spell of bad luck sure wouldn't go around singing and dancing. He just told it like it is.