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To: Tiemieshooz
"So it’s not surprising then that 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,”

He makes it sound like being white collar is a disease...

He's trying to lump those who live in rust belt and may have lost their jobs when manufacturing went overseas as "victims." The answer however is not to make them a perpetual victim class, as Obama and Wright do for the Blacks, but to give them tools so they can help themselves to a better education, skills and lifestyle. A candidate needs to give them a vision that they alone can give themselves a better life, not government freebies at the expense of those who have jobs.

After 25 years, most have weathered the hard times and moved on, many in small businesses. The irony is that those who took it upon themselves to become successful are exactly the ones Obama and Hillary both target with higher taxes that will prevent them and others, maybe their employees, from enjoying the benefits of their hard work.

18 posted on 04/12/2008 12:44:10 PM PDT by CedarDave (John, When will you respect conservatives the way you do fellow senators Barack, Hillary and JohnK?)
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To: CedarDave

I pretty much agree. Except for this: “but to give them tools so they can help themselves”. Some of us don’t want anything from government except protection. “just protect us and leave us along”. As far as being angry. Yes I get angry but it’s when I see government (both parties) spending more and more and more. Then taxing and borrowing more and more and more. Along with taking more and more freedoms.


24 posted on 04/12/2008 1:06:17 PM PDT by Need4Truth
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