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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 06:56 PM
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what change did this woman expect that she didn't get?
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Edited on Mon Sep-20-10 06:59 PM by spanone
from townhall meeting today

Q: I am a chief financial officer for a veterans service organization, AmVets here in Washington. I'm also a mother, I'm a wife, I'm an American veteran, and I'm one of your middle-class Americans. And quite frankly, I'm exhausted. I'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for --

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

Q: -- and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. I have been told that I voted for a man who said he was going to change things in a meaningful way for the middle class. I'm one of those people, and I'm waiting, sir. I'm waiting. I don't feel it yet. And I thought, while it wouldn't be in great measure, I would feel it in some small measure. I have two children in private school. And the financial recession has taken an enormous toll on my family. My husband and I joked for years that we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs and beans era of our lives. But quite frankly, it's starting to knock on our door and ring true that that might be where we're headed again. And quite frankly, Mr. President, I need you to answer this honestly, is this my new reality?

video here: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/video-obamas-town-hall-meeting/

what is her new reality?

that she MIGHT have to eat hot dogs and beans while her kids go to private schools?
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