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thesubstanceofdreams (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:07 PM Original message |
Why doesn't Obama talk about the lower class? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. He is |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's right. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Fuck, my income is listed as "middle class" |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I agree |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Me, too. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. If I were Obama, I wouldn't be talking about the poor because it's a losing issue. |
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thesubstanceofdreams (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Sad, but 100% true. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's one of those things that can go unsaid |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Reason, Sir, Is That We Pretend Hard Here There Is No Such Thing As A Lower Class |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I agree 100% |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. because he'd be watching the debates on the couch at home with kucinich and edwards - anecdote why |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. wait a minute |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. 100% - nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because it makes middle class Americans feel threatened. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. He doesn't name them, but rather talks about what they need |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Obama can't do the things he wants to do... |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ever since Clinton the talk has been about the middle class squeeze there is very little talk of the |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. neither of them have talked about the poor - however, |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because no one in America thinks they are "lower class." |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. At the rate we're going no-one is going to think they're middle class either |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. What is more critical is that he won't have to just "talk about the poor" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I may not have much money but I have plenty of |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Now, really. If he started talking about the "lower" class would |
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