Obama on Clinton: ‘Shame on her’
STEELTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) — A visibly agitated Sen. Barack Obama accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of acting like Annie Oakley …packin’ a six-shooter in her attempts to connect with gun owners.
Obama on Sunday used some of his most heated language to date to attack Clinton and her campaign for their reaction to his comments at a California fundraiser a week ago.
Shame on her, he told a Steelton crowd shortly before attending Faith in Public Life’s Compassion Forum with Clinton on Sunday night at Messiah College in Grantham.
I expected this out of John McCain, Obama said in a decibel higher than his everyday stump tone.
But I’ve got to say, I’m a little disappointed when I start hearing the exact same talking points coming out of my Democratic colleague, Hillary Clinton. She knows better. Shame on her. Watch Obama target Clinton
The most recent war of words erupted after Obama referred to some small-town Pennsylvanians as bitter people who cling to guns and religion. Watch a recap of the ‘bitter’ dispute
The senator from Illinois made the comments at a closed fundraiser April 6 in San Francisco, California. An audio recording of the remarks was posted online Friday. Watch Obama try to clarify his comments
Obama spent the weekend telling reporters the remarks were badly phrased but accurate. Meanwhile, Clinton reached out to gun owners and churchgoers, calling Obama’s comments elitist, out of touch and frankly, patronizing. Watch Clinton take aim at Obama
She appealed to Second Amendment supporters on Saturday by hinting that she has some experience of her own pulling triggers. I disagree with Sen. Obama’s assertion that people in our country cling to guns and have certain attitudes about trade and immigration simply out of frustration, she began.
She then introduced a fond memory from her youth.
You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl, she said.
You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter.
Asked Sunday when she last fired a gun or attended church services, Clinton said the query was not a relevant question in this debate, sparking harsh criticism from Obama. Watch Clinton face questions on gun use
She’s running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment, Obama said at a Pennsylvania union hall.
She’s talking like she’s Annie Oakley. Hillary Clinton’s out there like she’s on the duck blind every Sunday, [like] she’s packin’ a six-shooter. C’mon! She knows better.
He added, That’s some politics being played by Hillary Clinton. When Hillary Clinton says I’m out of touch, I just have to remind people of the track record. He then went on to attack her for campaigning for the North American Free Trade Agreement during her husband’s administration and raised questions about her stance on the current Colombian trade pact.
[It] turns out that her top adviser, her top strategist was working for the Colombian government to get the bill passed.
Who do you think is out of touch? he said as the room erupted with people shouting Clinton’s name. One supporter yelled, ‘What’s her name’ is!
Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said afterward that Sen. Obama’s outburst won’t change the fact that he has embraced his characterization of the millions of Americans who live in small towns.
Obama’s comments came a short time after the two Democratic opponents landed in Harrisburg, sharing a tarmac and exiting their planes almost simultaneously to take part in the Compassion Forum.
CNN was the broadcaster of Sunday night’s forum in which Obama and Clinton discussed faith and moral issues.
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