Clinton Camp: Amish "shunning" reference

[State the Obvious]

Hillary Clinton spoke in Harrisburg today and drew a large representation from Lancaster County (Amish country)....

Later the Clinton campaign chastised Barack Obama for what they said is his "shunning" of Pennsylvania. (Of course, Hillary had no idea that this "misinformative-play-on-words" was being released.:sarcasm: )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/17/pennsylvania-primary-lat_n_87069.html

[Oleladylib]

1. shunning, ignoring..that's just about it.

[thereismore]

2. You've got to give it to her. Her handlers are good. Shunning is an effective word in PA. nt

[BeyondGeography]

5. It's so cool how she inflames people with falsehoods and loaded language

must be why those negatives of hers are so low.

:thumbsup:

[Not the Only One]

13. Giving the devil her due.

Old Scratch is good. She is really good.

[onenote]

16. "shunning" is an effective word in PA? Please explain

exactly how the use of the word shunning in a speech to a group of non-Amish is going to make an ounce of difference in the vote in PA? How many Amish voters will even notice? How many AMish voters are there and how many are registered Democrats?

I'm an Obama supporter, and I think any of my fellow supporters who tries to make an issue out of this are off the deep end.

[State the Obvious]

19. It's a word that implies...rejection and disdain.

Pennsylvanians are very familiar with the concept of shunning. Hillary wants to imply that Obama is rejecting the entire state of Pennsylvania..... and SHE is the only one who cares about them.:sarcasm:

(Nothing to do with Amish "voters").

[onenote]

23. the concept of shunning is familiar to a lot of people everywhere

I would bet that even outside Pennsylvania there are tens of millions of people who have heard the word "shun" and knows what it means even though they have never heard of the Amish practice of shunning.

Big f'ing deal.

Let's not turn into the stupid word police.

[rug]

28. Lol

[Ian David]

3. Just wait until she tells the Inuit that Obama wants to set Alaska adrift on an ice floe. n/t

[scheming daemons]

4. WTF? MS was two days ago and PA is 5+ weeks from now...

SHUNNING?


How about this.... Obama at least presented a full slate of delegates to PA.... Clinton, who thought this would be over on Feb 5th, never presented to the PA SOS a full slate of delegates... even after Fast Eddie gave them an extension to do so.

[State the Obvious]

7. Maybe Obama should mention that. nt

[City Lights]

6. How is Obama shunning PA?

She's off her rocker.

[hogwyld]

9. You have to admit that it's very effective

IN this campaign where perception = reality.

[City Lights]

14. I give the residents of PA more credit than that.

He'll be shunning PA only if he never shows up there. She's acting in a manner that should be offensive to thinking people everywhere.

[State the Obvious]

12. She's assuming Pensylvanians are stupid...and they're NOT.

They know exactly what she is trying to do...and my guess is that it will backfire.:hide:

[City Lights]

15. Agreed.

Hillary wants to talk "shunning." Fine. I shun Hillary. :hi:

[onenote]

18. I'm an Obama supporter, so help me out. What "exactly" is HRC trying to do?

[Bicoastal]

8. Do the Amish even vote? Screw those barn-building, butter-churning, whisker-growing fruitcakes!

I can say this because I know for a fact there aren't any Amish people on the Internet. :)

[El Supremo]

10. Damn puppy-millers!

[keep_it_real]

11. Her mis-representing Obama is out right lying

[paperbag_ princess]

17. I was once shunned

for not saving the excess oil from a can of tuna. I was 2 at the time.



Shun should be the new lingo for ignore....that would be fun.

[State the Obvious]

20. It means disdainful rejection....not just "ignore". nt

[paperbag_ princess]

22. Oh come on...does no one watch the office?

that was a funny joke.

We seriously need to lighten up.

[Blue-Jay]

21. I've always wanted to "shun" something.

I just can't decide what it is that I'd like to shun.

Maybe I'll shun creamy peanut butter, since crunchy peanut butter is clearly superior....

[MattBaggins]

25. I like crunchy so much

I poor a handful of peanuts on my peanutbutter sandwich

[zulchzulu]

24. Obama has been in PA several times, Shrillary!

Last May for instance...
http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/5/17/9422/31024

March 8:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23533932/

OK, I had to Google for about 20 seconds...

[ecstatic]

26. Rampant hypocrisy nt

[rainbow4321]

27. Isn't he known for his grassroots campaign/volunteers??

Probably going on under the radar...

Just because HE is not physically IN the state doesn't meet his grassroots supporters haven't been/aren't hitting the pavement and setting the stage for another HRC "WTF happened in THIS state...ah, it doesn't MATTER, anyway..ON to Puerto Rico"!!
But HRC sems to have no concept of such a strategy so it's no wonder she is making such ignorant comments.

[CreekDog]

29. Are they reading a campaign manual from the 1970's?

:banghead:

[Scurrilous]

30. Kick

:kick: