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Hanging With the Hard Working White Folk
Looks like Clinton has been Hanging With the Hard Working White Folk in Oregon. Here a little something from the shallow end of the gene pool:
“I think it’s just great that she’s staying in,” Frisby told me. He isn’t a big fan of Obama. He’s heard Obama won’t sing the national anthem, that he considers it a war song. “How good an American could he be if that’s his way of thinking?” Frisby asked. “His patriotism goes one way—that’s his way.”
How did Frisby hear about Obama’s dislike of the national anthem? You guess it: By email.
And these people are Democrats.
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This is a serious question. I'm, honestly not trying to be a smartass, but do journalists help the people with their ignorance or are they just interested in the quote? I noticed Lynn Sweet wrote something similar to this the day of the NC and IN primaries. She told the story of an older gentleman that waved Obama off as he approached to shake his hand. Sweet asked the man about it and he said that he did not like Obama at all - thought Obama was a muslim and not very patriotic. Seems to me a simple solution is for her to fill the man in on what is accurate and let him figure it out from there. Do you handle situations like this?
May 9, 2008 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
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