Re: Obama's "gaffe"

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Posted by Squeegee on April 12, 2008 at 22:39:01:

In Reply to: Re: Obama's posted by Typical white person on April 12, 2008 at 20:08:09:

: I'm getting tired of Barack's so called sophisticated atonements of his own words.He's the one who said words are just that,words.
: Yet he seems to backtrack everyday on the very words he uses to put down the typical white person forgetting the fact he is half white himself.Not that I care what color he or his family act like,he's an elitest.
: Period.
: He's never been a black man nor a white man,just a self serving,hypercritical,typical jerk.

What exactly makes him an elitist? Is it that he is extraordinarily intelligent? Magna Cum Laude at Harvard and president of the Harvard Law Review are indeed impressive. But does that make him elitist? He was raised by a single Mom with help from her parents who valued and stressed education but it was through scholarships and not family wealth that he was able to attend prep-school and college. Nothing elitist there unless being smart and educated is something to be disparaged.

What I see in Senator Obama is a willingness to listen and hear what people tell him and then he focuses his bright mind on the problems at hand. He isn't telling people he will fix all their problems; he is encouraging all of us to work together for the common good of this country. Many people are hurting economically here, in the mid-west and all over the country. And yet, Right-wing politicians have been stirring up emotional issues like gun control, abortion, immigration and gay rights in order to mask their true economic agenda that protects corporations and the wealthy. This has worked for them. They've gotten many of the lower and middle income voters to vote against their own economic interests this way. This is what Sen. Obama is referring to and he spoke the truth.

Also, his original statement was made to a small group of people in a closed door meeting in answer to a question. It was not in a planned speech. As he said, he expressed his thought perhaps inartfully but nonetheless truthfully.

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Re: Obama's "gaffe" - starr 16:42:24 04/13/08 (0)

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: : I'm getting tired of Barack's so called sophisticated atonements of his own words.He's the one who said words are just that,words.
: : Yet he seems to backtrack everyday on the very words he uses to put down the typical white person forgetting the fact he is half white himself.Not that I care what color he or his family act like,he's an elitest.
: : Period.
: : He's never been a black man nor a white man,just a self serving,hypercritical,typical jerk.

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: What exactly makes him an elitist? Is it that he is extraordinarily intelligent? Magna Cum Laude at Harvard and president of the Harvard Law Review are indeed impressive. But does that make him elitist? He was raised by a single Mom with help from her parents who valued and stressed education but it was through scholarships and not family wealth that he was able to attend prep-school and college. Nothing elitist there unless being smart and educated is something to be disparaged.

: What I see in Senator Obama is a willingness to listen and hear what people tell him and then he focuses his bright mind on the problems at hand. He isn't telling people he will fix all their problems; he is encouraging all of us to work together for the common good of this country. Many people are hurting economically here, in the mid-west and all over the country. And yet, Right-wing politicians have been stirring up emotional issues like gun control, abortion, immigration and gay rights in order to mask their true economic agenda that protects corporations and the wealthy. This has worked for them. They've gotten many of the lower and middle income voters to vote against their own economic interests this way. This is what Sen. Obama is referring to and he spoke the truth.

: Also, his original statement was made to a small group of people in a closed door meeting in answer to a question. It was not in a planned speech. As he said, he expressed his thought perhaps inartfully but nonetheless truthfully.

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