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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
Okay I actually took the six minutes to watch not only the woman's question but also Obama's response. From what I saw, she was saying, "Things are pretty good now for me now, but I'm getting really scared about the future; where's the change we were promised?" and Obama said, "I understand your fears; here's what we've done so far to try to get the country back on track going forward." So now I'm not getting what all the hullabaloo is about; it seemed like a pretty straightforward question and answer. I guess Obama's big mistake was in not vetting the crowd ahead of time so that the toughest question he'd get would be, "How often do you want us to pray for you, Mr. President, since you were sent on a mission from God." In that respect, GWB was MUCH smarter than Obama. Obama is foolish enough to take questions from people who disagree with him.
What I don't get is, we've had 30 years of declining incomes, which are now finally catching up to us and people can't understand why Obama hasn't fixed everything in a year and a half? What is the matter with people? Bush's two unfunded wars would be more than enough for one administration to try to fix, but this is just several decades of bad tax policy coming home to roost and he's being blamed because Congress is trapped by a minority party that would rather see the country go to hell than see the wealthy's taxes go up by two percent?
So, in that respect I think the woman's question was a bit uninformed, but not nearly the big deal it's been made out to be.
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Margaret Carlson I believe hits the nail on the head - Most times it is not what you say, rather how you say it and the manner in which the message is delivered.
Mr. Hope and Change can feel no one's pain - Margaret Carlson:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...t-carlson.html
09-23-2010, 08:30 AM
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