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April 2009
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Who can blame Barack Obama for loving him some Austin? After all, Travis County voters went with Obama two-to-one in the March primary. And while he was here in the much cooler months of February and March, he got a good enough taste of Austin to realize he liked it more than he expected. That's according to the New York Times, anyway: Senator Barack Obama marveled at the view here in Big Sky Country. He discovered that the gumbo in New Orleans was far tastier than in Chicago. And he was pleasantly surprised that he loved Austin, Tex., and its music -- but who doesn't?Later in the story, we get to Obama's quote. "A place that I've come to love, which I did not expect until this campaign, is Texas," he said in an interview the other day aboard his campaign plane, a patchwork of the countryside passing below him. "I ended up loving Texas! I've been struck by how many beautiful places there are in the country that you don't necessarily think of as beautiful. Pittsburgh, for example, is a really handsome town with the rivers and the hills."Not sure if that was one of those backhanded compliments. There's the whole lumping Texas in with Pittsburgh thing. And the construction of the sentence makes me wonder why he did not "necessarily" think of Texas as beautiful in the first place. Aw man! If the Senator needs more convincing of the state's natural beauty, I think Pete Gallego could give him a nice tour around his district... 4 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Elise Hu is KVUE's Political Reporter and your dedicated blogger. There's too much politics in Texas to fit into a newscast, so the fun continues here. Email your ideas and feedback to ehu@kvue.com.
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I've heard Pittsburgh has cleaned up and become a great city.
As for Texas, Obama had probably only heard the stereotypes: flat, dusty, desert, the image Hollywood often portrays. Prime example: Once when I was kid, I was watching "Smokey and the Bandit 2" -- the only explanation for which I can provide is, "I was a kid" -- and apparently, there is a sprawling desert wasteland somewhere between Texarkana and Dallas.
Maybe he meant Pittsburg, Texas, home of Bo Pilgrim.
TexasI IS flat and dusty!
As for Pittsburgh-- maybe I'm just an East Coast guy, but I like it there. Except for the 100 inches of snow every year. In March. At least it's not 106 in July.
Anon - ever been to, I dunno, Kerrville? Not flat. Sometimes dusty.