EraOfResponsibility
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:23 PM
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Perhaps Henrietta Hughes will be the end of Obama's bipartisanship |
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Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 04:28 PM by EraOfResponsibility
now that he's seen homelessness firsthand, perhaps he'll go back to washington with a more steely resolve not to take anymore GOP obstructionist bullshit. We can only hope.
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:28 PM
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1. You think Obama hasn't seen homelessness firsthand before? |
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Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 04:29 PM by Avalux
Sure he has. Do you think up until today, Obama hasn't understood the crises facing people in this country? He understands - and that's precisely WHY he's masterfully defeating the pukes with political jujitsu.
Obama already has steely resolve and I'm happy with what he's doing.
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:30 PM
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2. You lost me with this one ..... |
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Obama knows all about the poor and needy. He hasn't forgotten.
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:31 PM
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3. There's a vast amount of forest after them trees. |
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:31 PM
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4. You're right. In all his years first as a community organizer in the South Side of Chicago, |
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then as a lawyer focusing on employment law in the South Side, then as a State Senator representing a poor South Side district, he had never come across poor urban people before. Maybe that will cause him to rethink his entire political philosophy.
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:33 PM
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5. Ya know not all presidents are as dumb as Bushie. |
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Just most of em. But I give Obama a little more credit than that.
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:45 PM
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6. I believe that his time as a community activist got him close to many of the poor and homeless. |
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Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 04:46 PM by BrklynLiberal
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:01 PM
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:12 PM
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9. Yeah yeah, I know, this post sucks lol |
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Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 05:14 PM by EraOfResponsibility
I was just really affected by seeing Henrietta, that's all.
And another thing that's sort of bugging me about Obama's answer to her. He said "I'm going to do everything I can to help you, but there are many others like you..."
"but"? Why would you say "but" anything?
Am I being over-emotional here?
PS: sort of a defense of my OP, yes, Obama did encounter homelessness during his time as a community organizer, but like any human, he forgets. Perhaps meeting Henrietta reminded him. After all, he has been talking a lot about the middle class in this country, but not saying much about the poor.
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:27 PM
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11. You're cool...I don't post many threads because sometimes |
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they go off the rail!
He had to be truthful about the fact that there are a lot more out there like her, and in even worse situations than she is in. If he did something for just this lady do you know how many people would scream about it?
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:16 PM
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because Obama's "bipartisanship" will be the doom of the GOP. He's making them marginalize themselves, as I've said elsewhere, and thus neutralizing their ability to block him.
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:36 PM
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13. doubt it, and of course they'll accuse her of being a plant |
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:50 PM
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14. Didn't a republican help her out and get her a house - thats bipartisanship |
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