Punished for the Truth
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-crier/punished-for-the-truth_b_96358.html
Here are the controversial comments Barack Obama uttered in San Francisco.
"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
nothing's
replaced them...And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the
Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that
somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. 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."
Inartful. That is the only fair criticism of this analysis. Let's ask the
voters in Pennsylvania these questions. If the 'distracting' issues of
guns,
gay marriage and abortion were all resolved to their liking, would their
economic lives change? How about immigration? If all illegal aliens were
to
disappear, would those rust belt jobs return? For so many years, such
issues
have been used to corral blue collar workers into a party and political
philosophy that serves the elites in this country. When someone speaks the
truth and acknowledges that this sector of our society has been royally
deceived, that issues they rally around have little to do with their
ultimate welfare, it is time to banish such a person from the campaign
trail.
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 cir***stances. 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 Wa****ngton laugh
at
such naivite and continue on their destructive course.
THE MORE YOU CAN GET CAUCASOIDS TO READ, THE SOONER THEY FIND OUT THAT
THEY
ARE JUST CONSPICUOUSLY EXPLOITED CAUCASOIDS WHICH ARE WHITE NIGGERS.
What Is a "White Nigger" ?
By Andrew D. Todd
http://hnn.us/articles/1220.html
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