Posted on 05/05/2008 5:32:12 PM PDT by John Semmens
Put on the defensive by charges of elitism, Democratic presidential contender Senator Barack Obama (Ill) insisted that he can appeal to people in all walks of life.
Those who say I cant connect with the diverse peoples of this country dont know the real me, Obama said. To say that I dont understand the point of view of the blue-collar man is absurd. I, myself, have often worn a shirt with a blue collar. There are pictures of me in a blue shirt at campaign rallies. So, dont tell me I dont know what it is like to wear a blue-collar.
As further evidence of the breadth of his exposure to a diverse culture, Obama reminded questioners that he had recently choked down most of a waffle at a morning campaign stop. This showed, Obama claimed, that Im willing to step outside my comfort zone to experience how the other fellow lives.
His effort to, as he says, commune with the common man, goes back to his teen years when he forced himself to play basketball because I understood it was what Black boys do.
In related news, Obama reaffirmed his disinclination to engage in further debates with rival presidential contender Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) on the grounds that she is a yammering harridan.
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“President Obama, Iranian missiles have been sighted entering our airspace. We need a command decision immediately sir!”
“Uh, I just wanna eat muh waffle. Can I finish muh waffle?”
"Diverse peoples?"
The condescension just drips from that phrase, like he is separate from those yucky "diverse peoples."
A blue shirt does not a blue collar make...
DM
LOL! Funny stuff.
Problem is, some people think your satire is for real. Remember the quote about not wearing a flag pin because he didn’t want to “be perceived as taking sides”? It is all over the net. People think the quote is real.
Have you considered a “this is satire” warning at the beginning?
Speaking for working class people everywhere: I say Nyet-ski, comrades!
how could you win the blue collar vote when your averaging a 34 in bowling?
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