Comments on: Obama Has Advantage Among Working Poor

Washington Post: Poll Shows Obama With Clear Lead, But Doubts And Pessimism Reign Within Key Group

[intheshade-2009]

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.

[ofbyfor1]

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!

[ofbyfor1]

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.

[ofbyfor1]

"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.

[noloyalisti]

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.

[randaids]

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.

[randaids]

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.

[skyk-2009]

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!

[skyk-2009]

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!!

[skyk-2009]

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".