MLB 2012 World Series thread
Posted on 10/27/2012 10:49:29 AM PDT by Snuph
Few Americans will forget that electric moment when Barack Obama took the stage in Chicago’s Grant Park on the night he was elected president.
We were a war-weary country jolted by an economic plunge and looked to the man promising hope and change and assuring us that, yes, we could. We were inspired. Four years later, do you feel the same way?
It was unrealistic to believe President Obama could meet the lofty expectations created by candidate Obama. No one will dispute that he inherited remarkable challenges. But four years later, we need to be further along. And we don’t believe we are on the right path.
Our economic engine is sputtering. We have maxed out the national credit card, adding $5 trillion to our already burdensome debt.
Too many of us are struggling to find work, with the unemployment rate still around 8 percent. Too many more of us are relying on government assistance, with the number of Americans on food stamps rising from 31 million people to 46 million since 2008.
Too many of us are hurting, with 15 percent of us living in poverty, according to the Census Bureau. Four years later, do you feel optimistic?
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Almost as surprising as the Romney endorsement from the Duluth News Tribune earlier this week.
Grand rapids doesn’t surprise me, its a petty conservative town.
The only parts that lean Dem are the hipster/old hippy central area I live in, the mostly black near SE side, and the very affluent, but white guilt-ridden city of East Grand Rapids.
The west side is mostly old 60s conservative (relatively)Democrat but very redneck. The rest of town, especially the further north and east, are solid conservative. Lots of the christian colleges (and Amway) are over there.
Further west heading to the lakeshore is very conservative. South are the the rural communities that are red as well. Ditto to the SW heading to Holland and Jenison.
So it’s like a huge red doughnut with a small blue center, and the enthusiasm in that center isnt at all like it was in 08. Dem turnout in 2010 was meek.
grand rapids is a pretty conservative area, and a rather conservative Christian denomination, the Reformed Church of America (RCA) has its largest regional and second largest national offices there (together)
althoug, I recently, on Facebook, “unfriended” a long-time RCA friend, after he started posting pro-Obama stuff on his “newsfeed”
from all the time we were close, and since, I never would have believed he would take that position
feel like I lost an old friend
Does anyone have or know of a running tally of endorsements thus far? It Would be interesting to compare.
My nephew and his family (3 adult children) will all be voting for R&R in Grand Rapids, MI!
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