On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:40:43 -0500, George Cleveland
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:04:53 -0500, wrote:

It appears Michelle Obama made several mistakes in her speech. She
claimed...well, let's let her tell it:

"Instead of heading to Wall Street, Barack had gone to work in
neighborhoods devastated when steel plants shut down and jobs dried up.
And he'd been invited back to speak to people from those neighborhoods
about how to rebuild their community. The people gathered together that
day were ordinary folks doing the best they could to build a good life.
They were parents living paycheck to paycheck, grandparents trying to
get by on a fixed income, men frustrated that they couldn't support
their families after their jobs disappeared. Those folks weren't asking
for a handout or a shortcut. They were ready to work. They wanted to
contribute. They believed like you and I believe that America should be
a place where you can make it if you try."

OK, this would have been approximately from 1993 until 1997, when he
quit working in neighborhoods and decided to, um, help Alice Palmer
retire, back when St. Bill was president and everything was perfect and
rosy and wonderful for everyone. So, anyhoo...just who were these
supposed folks living paycheck to paycheck, catfood-eating grandparents,
and dads with disappearing jobs...?

And what does she think makes the man is so special - what's at his real
core? He's handsome...and he bought her ice cream...OK, great, that's a
real cute story...if they met when they were 10. As folks who met as
Harvard-graduated JDs and one of whom wants to be the Prez on a resume
that consists of a speech, a slew of "presents," and only getting his
ass handed to him in one of the two US Congressional elections he's been
in, well, not so much. But he's gonna fix everything for everybody THIS
time...

Sheesh,
R
...and I can hardly wait to hear Cindy's lament about John's recent
brush with mere Weejuns...


You can feel it slipping away, can't you Richard.

Yeah, I do...so much so that I'm now willing to greatly reduce the odds
wanted on any "sure bets" from Obama supporters...

Must be tough.

Not at all:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/...oll/index.html

and

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ..._tracking_poll

tied, leaners or not, a 3 point drop _in one day_ for Obama -
interestingly, at least to me, right after his wife (and Turdy) spoke...

HTH,
R

Geo. C.