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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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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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