Barack is being "Punished for the Truth" (excellent column)

(This could have been posted in Editorials and Other Articles, but it is so germane to the discussion going on here today that I felt it belongs here.)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-crier/punished-for-the-truth_b_96358.html

Punished for the Truth

by Catherine Crier

. . . Heaven forbid we should suggest that bitterness might exist in this country of such optimism or that this emotion might be an appropriate and effective reaction to current circumstances. Hillary Clinton countered with this statement. "Well, that is not my experience," she said. "As I travel around Pennsylvania I meet people who are resilient, optimistic, positive...If we start acting like Americans," she said, "and role up our sleeves, we can make sure that America's best years are ahead of us." McCain's spokesman chimed in. "It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking...It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans."

Are you kidding me? Pulling the curtain back on a very effective political trick, the old bait and switch, is far from elitist. Americans are working harder than ever. Two job families are the norm. Yet the poor and middle class are falling further behind. What is breathtakingly condescending is watching two candidates stroke this group with platitudes about their being tough and resilient. What exactly has that gotten them? Nada. The real stereotype Clinton and McCain are playing on is that blue collar workers are easily manipulated and will 'stay down' if you just tell them they are hardworking, patriotic, value-driven Americans. . . .

It is time for these people to get mad. Illusion may make us feel better, but it simply serves to keep us tilting at the wrong windmills. It is time to embrace the truth and turn that anger, yes bitterness, on those who created such conditions. The alternative is to pat ourselves on the back for our optimism and 'can-do' attitudes while politicians in Washington laugh at such naivite and continue on their destructive course.

These 2 old sad sack of shits have centuries of ignorance.

"Don't worry, be happy".:bounce::beer::party::puke::scared::nuke:

:thumbsup:

No doubt she will come back and say that she didn't really mean for the consequences to happen.

More likely, she will refuse to address it. I pray it comes up in the debate, because I want to see her try to wriggle free from that one.

I have to respond to your Iraq War, I was watching Hillary this morning talking to a very small group,
and she started talking about oil, and our dependence, and Saudi Arabia, they were the ones that were on those planes, the Saudis? Those were her words.
My question is Why in the fuck did you vote for the war.
I hope it does come up in the debate

:kick:

for the haters

good to hear this coming from her!

She also has spunk. I HATE spunk.

But blunt is good.

And It's the media's fault. Remember journalists are mostly millionaires who could not care less about the middle-low class.

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explaination three thumbs? ME MYSELF and I...all three of us approve!