People here in eastern MA, admittedly a Lib. hotbed (but there are still conservative outposts), are worried about the economy. One recent college grad sent out a number of resumes and got zero replies. Maybe her experience was odd, but the person who told me this said he’d heard other rumblings. In other words, it’s the economy, and never mind that Obama is a racist, inexperienced, stupid Liberal.
Maybe Mass. is a lost cause, but I’d hate to think Obama might get in because of $5.00 gas and few jobs. Talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water. McCain has a tough fight on his hands. I do think people have become complacent about the war on terror and young voters, easily swayed. (Heck, we haven’t had any attacks lately, the war never existed anyway. Let’s pull out of Iraq tomorrow, give Iran whatever it wants, NK, too, Syria, etc.. Talk to any lunatic with bombs in the attic. This is Obama’s game plan. Find out what they want, give it to them, and we’re all pals.
If you think this is nuts, it’s the same idea proposed to me more than two years ago by an educated Jew of my acquaintance...a dental surgeon who should know better. In his case he was talking about Israel, who, he said, should sit down with Hamas, etc., barter, and then everything’s hunky dory. His one caveat was that Israel had the right to exist.
It would be more significant if we knew what her Major was, though. A Science? Art History? Marketing?
I just took a quick look at Monster.com searching for occupations that excluded non-college jobs within a thirty mile radius of Boston and got 5,000 listings.
If someone sends out a pile of resumes in MA and hears nothing back, then there must be something wrong with the resume -- or with the person.