Wow, yea, I only got the last part without the precding portion. And I'm not sure where I picked up from - Drudge or Fox, or wherever. Thanks for putting it in context. Makes alot of sense :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2008, at 8:36 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > OTOH, I thought I saw a quote from Obama the other day implying > > that people in small towns have a kind of backward mentality, if I > > read it right. > > You didn't. :) Here might be what you're thinking of: > > "But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded > that we can make progress when there's not evidence of that in their > daily lives. You go into some of 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." > > Sounds like an accurate and honest description of how he > sees the situation. Does he have blinders on? Possibly. Like > everyone else, he sees things mirrored through his own > experiences. But pretending things are great when so many > people are miserable and without decent jobs never did > anyone any good. In order to try and remedy something you first have > to identify the problem. Sounds to me like > that's what he's doing. The last sentence is spot on (as Hugo > might say) and reflects a very uncomfortable truth that > most Americans just either won't face up to, or, like > you've done, lurk, (IMO) try to crucify him for, perhaps > without thinking. > > Like I said before, I think being married to a conservative > and constantly having to deal with that POV may be > coloring your perceptions. > > Sal >
