[Jaxter]

"And he can swill beer, hit the lanes and ride in a pickup truck, and a percentage of blue-collar workers won't be able to bring themselves to vote for a black man who has surpassed them by every measure.

Nope. No arrogance there.

[weegee]

"And he can swill beer,
hit the lanes (bowling)
and ride in a pickup truck,
and a percentage of blue-collar workers won't be able to bring themselves to vote for a black man who has surpassed them by every measure.

Because he's lousy at bowling, he wanted to kill the internal combustible engine, and preferred pot and cocaine to beer.

Don't see how this means Obama "surpassed" them. Where has Obama ever worked? He's been a community hustler and a Hahvahd grad.