Obama reminds us: It’s our government

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Obama reminds us: It’s our government

Phil Kadner [e-mail] | [phone] September 7, 2012 10:16PM

‘So you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me. It was about you. My fellow citizens — you were the change.”

I had only been half listening to Barack Obama’s acceptance speech on TV when those words struck like lightning.

With one paragraph at the Democratic National Convention, it seemed to me, he had reframed the 2012 election debate for many voters who had supported him four years ago.

Republicans aren’t attacking me, he was telling them, they’re ridiculing you.

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1. More than Ridicule

Ridiculing us? I'd call it something a bit more denigrating..
Romney &Ryan's idea of trickle-down "economics" is nothing more than
.....how can I put this delicately.....it’s nothing more than the super-rich 
urinating on the rest of us, and then laughing all the way to the bank. 
Wise up. If the Republicans win, the rich will rape this country...."legitimately".
If the Republicans win, the rich will start yet another unpaid war, voucher Medicare to death, destroy Social Security for seniors, and decimate Pell grants for students.
One QUARTER of corporations in America pay NO taxes at all. NOTHING! ZERO!
ONE single family -the Waltons- own more than 40% - FORTY PERCENT!-of all the wealth in America. And the Koch Brothers can spend 400 MILLION to BUY this election.
Is THIS the kind of America we want for our children? ...for ourselves?
If the Republicans win, the rich will lower their own taxes even more,
...and screw the rest of us. Guaranteed.
If Romney/Ryan win ..then WE LOSE. Big time.
They’ll balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor. So that they can continue to accumulate even more wealth and power.
‘Cause in their greed- they want it ALL. Another car elevator, dear?
We’ve got to draw a line in the sand, and say Enough is Enough.
This is still our country. Too many citizens have died for it. And for us.
Don’t let a bunch of billionaires buy our democracy,
...and desecrate their memory and sacrifice.
Grow a backbone. Stand up. Fight back.
Your political action, your vote ..,IS your voice.
And it’s time to SCREAM.