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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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Aniokly said:
Sure. Maybe it'll keep Bill and his gaffe's off the front page for a day. (:^D)
She has no lead. They're neck and neck, which is quite a change from the actual lead she held a month ago.
Ani, I live in small town, rural Indiana, not much different than PA, and people here are indeed embittered. Lies about the war, lies about a pol's record ("Look! Snipers! Right behind that seven year old girl!"), tax breaks for unAmerican businesses and the rich. That same bitterness swept Congress away from the spend like a drunken sailor Republicans. And they're deserting Hillary and McCain every day.
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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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(continued retort to Aniokly)
And Hill and Bill, who earned $105 million over the past seven years, would see middle America at an equal level? Hardly!
Not a chance. You can, however, expect him to garner more new voters, swelling the ranks of the Democratic majority, as well as greater funds from those same new voters. And you can expect him to gain more endorsements from Democrats who matter, those who, like the new voters, are tired of politics as usual.
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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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FTA: "The Huffington Post Web site reported Friday that Obama, speaking of some Pennsylvanians' economic anxieties, told supporters at the San Francisco fundraiser: "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years. ... And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
How is that elitist? Can you compare that to George "I Want A War and I Want It NOW!" Bush, who described a group of multimillionaires, laughingly, as "My base"?
Obama's doing exactly what John McCain **used** to do: he's speaking the plain truth. And it's painful to admit that the majority of Americans vote more often against something than for something, but we do.
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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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Con't:
Votingly negatively is a very real truth Republican pollsters have been exploiting since the falsely named "Contract with America." It put Bush '43 (nicknamed for his SAT scores, no doubt) in the White House, and allowed a temporary Republican respite in 2004.
FTA: "Pennsylvanians don't need a president who looks down on them," (Hillary) said. "They need a president who stands up for them."
Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for Republican candidate John McCain, described Obama's comments as "condescending" and "out of touch."
"No, I'm IN touch," (Obama) said. "I know exactly what's going on. People are fed up, they are angry, they're frustrated and they're bitter. And they want to see a change in Washington."
And instead of apologizing, which is what Clinton's camp prayed for, he stuck to his guns and took his lumps.
Good for you, Barack. Since Stephen Colbert isn't on the ballot in Indiana, you've got my vote.
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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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Thanks for the welcome, BTV.
Been real busy working and writing a lot. Pitched a TV show concept to the History Channel, auditioned for the latest Mole show, and now I'm working on completely rewriting a new kung fu screenplay for a Chinese director, with a three week deadline.
All while balancing three kids, a classroom of fifteen, and trying to keep the groundhogs from completely undercutting the barn's foundation. "Consarned groundhogs" is the term I've heard used at the local feedstore. I think I grasp the translation. (:^D)
Busy, busy...
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Lurch1 year, 7 months ago
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>And Hill and Bill, who earned $105 million over the past seven years, would see middle America at an equal level? Hardly!
Isn`t that a little less than what McCain`s in-laws made in interest alone over the same time period?
compare them both to Obama who turned down any law firm in the country to work in downtown Chicago working in under-represented neighborhoods.
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injest1 year, 7 months ago
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TemplarScribe Said:
"people here are indeed embittered"
"Lies about the war"
"tax breaks for unAmerican businesses
and the rich."
Bla blah balh
So TemplarScribe are you a gun toting bible thumper, blaming all your problems on them dark skinned ferineres?
If yes then Obama is correct as far as your concerned
If no then Obama is wrong.
So TemplarScribe is Obama right or wrong?
BTW that's only true if you live in a small town.
If you live in a city or large town and embittered then your not a gun toting bible thumper racist.
Oh Obama's if your to stupid to understand what I said apology is just digging deeper, kinda like Kerry's "botch joke"
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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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Injest,
You completely miss the point. Obama's comments illustrate not reality, but the **perceived** reality that motivates many middle-class voters (both urban AND rural). He doesn't need to agree with your insightful (:^D) POV to accurately explain American voter habits.
I doubt that Obama's comments only apply to small towns, and only in PA, otherwise, the Clinton camp wouldn't be posting "Not Bitter" signs in Carolina cities and on Philly street corners.
But for the record, my town's got a smaller population then the four square mile neighborhood near Wrigley Field when I lived in Chicago.
BTW: Another indication of the widespread truth of Obama's comments is the vast grassroots support of those not usually involved in politics. You don't have to be a Bible thumper nor a gun toter to see this country needs **real** change, not **more of the same,** which most voters have proven we expect to get from either Hillary or McCain.
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