Has it come to this? We are now going to base a President on whose more “down” and can come up with a passable bowling score?
It’s b******t like that that makes me seriously contemplate leaving the U.S. to go live somewhere else. When you consider that Americans are apparently more concerned about a bowling score than a real plan to do something about the mess that the war-happy, big-business enabling, subprime-lending Republicans have gotten us into, you realize that most voters really are idiots.
It’s hilarious, no, it’s ridiculous and sad that people actually think Hillary Clinton is more “down to earth” somehow or less elitist than Obama. Are we talking about the same woman whose address for eight years was 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Or are we talking about the one who lives in Chappaqua, N.Y. – hardly the hood? Or the one who, with her husband, made over $100 million dollars, which we only found out after she reluctantly released her taxes? And yeah, McCain, he’s really a regular dude – except when the he’s using his wife’s plane (and her beer company fortune) to help his campaign?
Puh-leeze, stop the madness! That Barack has to go on the defensive to prove he’s not some “elitist” while Hillary and McCain get some kind of pass is as racist as it comes. I guess if a black man is not wearing Roc-A-Wear and spouting street slang he’s not “down.” You see how things are stacked against a black man in America? If he has an education and carries himself with any kind of grace, that somehow means he’s “putting on airs” and if he dresses nicely “he’s too GQ” as one reporter said. WTF? Does John McCain get those kind of questions? Does Hillary? I sincerely doubt she’s getting her suits at Sears.
This kind of stupidity is just what the Repubs want. The politics of misinformation and distraction are their bread and butter, that’s why we got good ol’ boy Bush in the White House. If the American public wants four more years of the same, then by all means, vote for whoever you think is most “down.” But for voters who actually want to be able to feed their families and maybe get from place to place without spending 10 dollars a mile, I’d suggest they pay a little bit more attention to the real issues in the campaign, not the ridiculous battle over who’s more “down.” I don’t need a President to be my boy, or girl. I need them to get s**t done. -Hellifiknow