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Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - vision63 - 05-01-2008
[quote Lux Interior]It's:
"I was born a poor black child"
Jeez!
Thank you. "Pick a bale of cotton!"
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - cbelt3 - 05-01-2008
makk- good question. I vote (I follow the rule that you're not allowed to complain if you don't exercise your right to vote). I'll probably vote for the lesser of the available evils.
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - bazookaman - 05-01-2008
[quote vision63][quote Lux Interior]It's:
"I was born a poor black child"
Jeez!
Thank you. "Pick a bale of cotton!"
Maybe he has a "special purpose".
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - guitarist - 05-01-2008
I was point out that picking apart a candidate because of a bad headline just doesn't make any sense.
I agree. He didn't write the headline, some goon at a news desk did.
Headlines are funny that way, we're misled into thinking the candidate's statement--the pull-quote--represents the story, or what the candidate said, or that the remark has particular emphasis, or special relevance. When more likely, it was one of dozens of remarks, but a copy editor isolated it, inflated it, and turned it into a "headline". Selling news is a business.
Having said that, talking about privilege or lack of privilege growing up is a tiresome thing politicians say, uncharacteristic for Obama, an unfortunate example of being on the defensive.
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - vision63 - 05-01-2008
[quote bazookaman][quote vision63][quote Lux Interior]It's:
"I was born a poor black child"
Jeez!
Thank you. "Pick a bale of cotton!"
Maybe he has a "special purpose".
"Stay away from the cans!"
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - Lux Interior - 05-01-2008
[quote vision63][quote bazookaman][quote vision63][quote Lux Interior]It's:
"I was born a poor black child"
Jeez!
Thank you. "Pick a bale of cotton!"
Maybe he has a "special purpose".
"Stay away from the cans!"
This is the best pizza in a cup. People come from all over to get this!
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - cbelt3 - 05-01-2008
*ahem* and once president, he can write a letter:
"Pa, I'll be sending more money to you. My new intern says she's going to give me a job !"
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - karsen - 05-01-2008
A couple of observations:
The Jerk is a great movie. It makes me laugh every time I see it.
I didn't see the speech and know nothing about Obama's quote other than what you wrote but I don't think anyone wants to get in a debate with McCain about having a hard life. Growing up without his father around had to be difficult for Obama but McCain's 5 years as a POW trumps anything either Obama or Hilary can claim as hardships in life.
Is this just an attempt by Obama to give himself some street cred? From what I've heard Obama was raised in a loving home by his Grandparents.
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - guitarist - 05-01-2008
Is this just an attempt by Obama to give himself some street cred? From what I've heard Obama was raised in a loving home by his Grandparents.
It illustrates the sort of no-win defensive position he was coming from. He was responding to an unfair charge, being called by his rivals an "elitist". In trying to make a case that the particular disadvantages he had growing up hardly classify him as a pampered, privileged candidate compared to his rivals, it came out wrong, I think.
A bad case to try to make. Voters with any inclination to look at things from a class perspective might still see him as a gifted, charming, handsome, pedigreed Yale graduate, member of skull and bones, etc., not as a survivor of (what, the tough streets of Hawaii?) poor beginnings, struggling to overcome a deprived background. Even if the background comparison to his rivals was accurate or truthful, it wasn't helpful.
I've seen Hillary do the same thing (on the O'Rielly Show Hillary said her dad "worked his hat off" (?) or else I heard her wrong) sounding like a tough girl from an average middle class family trying to make ends meet. It's like they're all competing to see who can look the most "working class". Three rich people pointing the finger at each other, competing for who is the most humble and representative of "regular folks", is screwy anyway. None of 'em are like regular folks. And they shouldn't have to pretend to be.
Re: "I Grew up a poor Black Child"... - bazookaman - 05-01-2008
[quote Lux Interior][quote vision63][quote bazookaman][quote vision63][quote Lux Interior]It's:
"I was born a poor black child"
Jeez!
Thank you. "Pick a bale of cotton!"
Maybe he has a "special purpose".
"Stay away from the cans!"
This is the best pizza in a cup. People come from all over to get this!
Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it.