Obama said he understood why some people were offended by what he called a "mangled up" statement and then sought to reframe his comments in less offensive terms. "The point I was making was that when people feel like Washington's not listening to them, when they're promised year after year, decade after decade, that their economic situation is going to change and it doesn't, then, politically, they end up focusing on those things that are constant, like religion."
Obama also said many of those Americans end up basing their votes on issues such as gun control, and he said those issues often become wedges to divide the electorate. "When those issues are exploited, we never get to solve the issues that people really have to get some relief on, whether it's health care or education or jobs," he said.
When you talk about an issue that's guaranteed in the Constitution for all US citizens, and you openly call for restrictions upon those rights, you can't act like you're the innocent one in all this Mr. Obama. The issues are what's going on in the day.
“I think what’s important is to make sure that we don’t get so obsessed with gaffes that we lose sight of the fact that this is a defining moment in our history,” Obama said. 
He also said: “For us to be obsessed with this — these kinds of errors — I think is a mistake. And that’s not what our campaign has been about.”
You see Mr. Obama, when you have a Senate career as short as yours, you only have your words to fall back upon, and let's be frank, your words are the only real thing that has gotten you this far. Your voting record on protecting American's rights is appalling, and I'm not even talking about Gun Control. I'm also speaking about your lack of doing what's right and voting for the immunity from lawsuits, people who in good faith report something suspicious.
A gaffe is something small, almost insignificant. We didn't look at one word and say "ah ha! He's a jerk!". We have taken a good, hard look at you and what you represent, and frankly, I'm not that impressed. To me, you represent the attitude the thugs in the early 90's used to have: "My shit don't stink, and everyone's coming down upon me because I'm a black man". You can't duck behind everything when you're President. You need to stand up like a man, and make tough choices that can and will result in the death of another person on the planet. When you prove that you're willing to sell out people's Constitutional rights and side step tough questions and decisions, you're telling the world that you're not ready to be President.
And unfortunately, I think a lot of people are falling for your line of bullshit. Recently, a Congressman got into a bit of hot water when he described you as a "snake oil salesman", and while the media may have picked up on it and pounded on him, I don't think he was too far off.
When people start asking you about how you plan on dealing with X problem, your only response seems to be "hope".
Travis
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