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Washington Post: Poll Shows Obama With Clear Lead, But Doubts And Pessimism Reign Within Key Group
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- Could not see any working person voting for a remote and detached person like McCain. Like Bush, he hasn''t got a clue what we face in our daily lives. They were both born to privileged families, never had to work for a living, were too lazy to study at the expensive colleges they attended and have pretty much been failures in their private lives. McCain even has the distinction of dumping his disabled wife for a trophy millionairess, showing a complete lack of decency. These kinds of people cannot comprehend what it is like to have principals and to have to work for a living. I cannot see decent hard working people wanting anything to do with them.
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- According to the Economist magazine:
Share of total income accruing to the wealthiest 1% of Americans:
1910s: 17%, 1920s: 17%, 1930s: 14%, 1940s: 11%, 1950s: 9%, 1960s: 8%, 1970s: 8%, 1980s: 11%, 1990s: 13%, 2000s: 16%, current: 17.5%
Anyone old enough will recall: America was a truly GREAT country between the 1950s and 1980s, when America taxed herself appropriately to create a great society. In the 1910s-1920s, America was setting herself up for the Great Depression, and we all know whats happened since the 1980s (supply-side economics, ie crumbling infrastructure). I don''''t think that reality is unrelated to the statistics above.
Posted by ubrew12 at 03:28 PM : Aug 04, 2008
Excellent post and well worth repeating! - Reply to this comment
- Any adult who is trying to live on minimum wage needs to go to the nearest tattoo store and have a BIG "L" put on their forehead.
It''''s all about the choices we make in life. It''''s NOT the government''''s job to take care of people who were too stupid to do what''''s right. The world needs burger flippers, too.
Posted by bigwhtpony at 02:38 PM : Aug 04, 2008
Hellooo-- a lot of people who have college educations are out there in the work force as ''underemployed'' people. You idiots think it''s a big joke until it happens to you. This ''I got mine'' attitude truly svcks and is completely un-American. - Reply to this comment
- "Working poor?" How can you be "poor" if you are working?
Posted by Peterp111 at 01:58 PM : Aug 04, 2008
Another ''elitist'' in touch with the average American. - Reply to this comment
- This article is good news for America. With the corporations owning and running the government, there will be many many more working poor soon to support Obama.
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- I support Obama because he supports my union. End of story.
broadwayphi at 01:51 PM : Aug 04, 2008
LOL...LOL again. This lying mob union boss is too much. A conservative? Not likely.
MOB UNIONS HAVE DESTROYED AMERICAN INDUSTRY!
MOB UNIONS are one of the main reasons American companies flee the U.S. and take jobs with them.
UNIONS SHOULD BE OUTLAWED!
and everyone in the US needs to know that the unions support illegal invaders hoping for new members if the illegals are amnestied. I always thought that the unions supported American workers My bad. - Reply to this comment
- We can completely disregard the story because "Nearly six in 10 white and black workers said they think undocumented workers take jobs away from those here legally; seven in 10 Hispanics disagreed. (Nearly half of the Hispanic workers interviewed in this poll are not U.S. citizens.)" Which begs the question why CBS news is asking non US citizens who they are voting for and why. If a non-citizen didn;t know better, this may give them the impetus to try and vote. WE ARE DOOMED.
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- A LOT OF BLACKS ARE VOTING FOR HIM SIMPLY BASED ON HIS COLOR AND NOT ON POLICIES AND WHERE HE STANDS WHICH IS WRONG. HE FLIP FLOPS ANYWAY SO EVEN MOST OF THE U.S. DOESNT KNOW WHAT THIS GUY BELIEVES.
Posted by iuphockey12 at 05:01 PM : Aug 04, 2008
I''ll give you even money you don''t even know a Black well enough to actually KNOW why they are or are not supporting the Senator from Illinois. I''ll give you 50 to 1 odds that you posted that statement for no other reason than to get under the skin of some poor uneducated red neck! - Reply to this comment
- Your high beam doesn''''t penetrate very far into the woods, does it sonny?
Posted by aldon61 at 05:03 PM : Aug 04, 2008
LOL You think he even has a High Beam?? 6th Grade was his Senior Year!! - Reply to this comment
- Well DUH - what part of a liberal don''''t you understand ?!?!
Posted by RosieOD4Prez at 04:29 PM : Aug 04, 2008
You''ve got to explain this one to me. I happen to live and teach in the SOUTH and you not only telling a lie, it''s not even close to the truth. If you want to drive to rural south folks ANYTIME and check out the BASE of the Republican Party you are welcome to confirm what I say, but these people work for NEAR NOTHING and are as Conservative.. No I''ve got to say they are so far right they qualify as Fascist!! Anyway they are about as far from Liberal as it gets. The difference is that so many that were ONCE Middle Class are NOW the Working Poor under "Trickle Down". - Reply to this comment
- Obviouslly, Obama can''''t do no wrong, but what is wrong is the people who follow him like sheep. When he falls off the cliff, so will you, in case you don''''t know.
Posted by Ariel133 at 04:03 PM : Aug 04, 2008
Again with the FEAR!? I don''t know that I''ve ever met a more cowardly person than you. Were you asleep when he was in Iraq, Afganistan, Isreal, Europe? Compared to what we have and the response McCain has gotten, I''d say Obama is MUCH more likely to find Allies and right now THAT is what the American Tax Payer NEED''S. In case you haven''t noticed our economy is in the tank, we have $4.00 Gas and the Lending Crisis isn''t even close to being over!! Maybe you are one of the Cultist, I don''t know, but anyone with a mind should be able to see we need to change our directions here!! - Reply to this comment
- Why, because he so poor and struggles so??? What a bunch of crud. Let''''s just be honest here. Blacks are voting for him because he is black. They would be the first to admit it. Quite frankly, he is still a man and if a true change was needed, it would be to elect a woman and we had the best choice and we blew it.
Posted by beader59 at 03:49 PM : Aug 04, 2008
I don''t suppose McCain want to continue the "Trickle Down" Economics has anything to do with it!? You people talk trash and it''s bigoted as it can get!! Blacks are intelligent people who vote for the Person who best represents what THEY find important. THEY happen to think all the jobs shipped to the Third World is a very BAD thing and McCain wants to continue to ship those jobs out. What Working Man, Black or otherwise, want''s that? NOTHING, in THREE decades has "Trickled Down" to them or anyone else. THAT''s why were dead last in the G-7 when it comes to the standard of LIVING!! - Reply to this comment
- This guy may be young but he is Good, VERY good. Slowly he has done to McCain what he did to Hilary. He''s going to make a good President. Next to what we NOW, GREAT!
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- Obama has advantage amongst the working poor?" What kind of statement is that?? "Working poor?" How can you be "poor" if you are working?? How do you think Obama is going to help you? Take from the rich and give to you? Wake up, the rich aren''''t going to do it no matter what that chump says.
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Posted by Peterp111 at 01:58 PM : Aug 04, 2008
Your high beam doesn''t penetrate very far into the woods, does it sonny? - Reply to this comment
- Obama gets 92 percent of the black vote
Posted by terrorislamv
A LOT OF BLACKS ARE VOTING FOR HIM SIMPLY BASED ON HIS COLOR AND NOT ON POLICIES AND WHERE HE STANDS WHICH IS WRONG. HE FLIP FLOPS ANYWAY SO EVEN MOST OF THE U.S. DOESNT KNOW WHAT THIS GUY BELIEVES. - Reply to this comment
- wow!!! terrorislamv, you need to take your meds....
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- ubrew12 - interesting observation.
However, I don''t know that based on one stat (total income accruing to the wealthiest 1% of Americans) you can really make that strong of a correlation to the statements that followed...
Usually there are many factors involved in why a Depression happens or an economy is running strong.
However, if I were making minimum wage, and a politician claimed he/she would give me more benefits, I''d probably be more likely to vote for that politician. - Reply to this comment
- "Obama Has Advantage Among Working Poor
Well DUH - what part of a liberal don''t you understand ?!?! - Reply to this comment
- Obviouslly, Obama can''t do no wrong, but what is wrong is the people who follow him like sheep. When he falls off the cliff, so will you, in case you don''t know.
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- Why, because he so poor and struggles so??? What a bunch of crud. Let''s just be honest here. Blacks are voting for him because he is black. They would be the first to admit it. Quite frankly, he is still a man and if a true change was needed, it would be to elect a woman and we had the best choice and we blew it.
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