The Dark Knight By Wajahat Ali
"If corporate media and politicians were actually interested in fair, reasoned and intelligent discourse instead of the latest polls and knee jerk histrionic sensationalism, they would realize the elitist Obama received the majority of votes among low-income voters in 14 different primaries and caucuses, many of those whom were White. The truth of the matter is none of these candidates, including Obama, represents White, Middle Class America. Granted, Obama has a problem crossing over to some seniors and White workers, however what is not reported is that Hillary, last years sure-fire lock for the Democratic nomination, once held a near 20 point lead in Pennsylvania which eroded to a 9.5 point win. Furthermore, unlike Obama, Clintons campaign budget is in the hole, recently rebounding due to a desperate $5 million dollar loan by Hillary to her own campaign. Surely, theres nothing elitist about an Average Joan funding her own ambitious bid for a public office with millions from her own wealth while many Americans are either currently jobless, working two jobs just to stay broke or thirty days away from a foreclosure. McCains shameless attempts to empathize with the Middle Class should be ridiculed after examining his marriage to Beer heiress, Cindy McCain, whose net worth exceeds $100 million dollars, with most of it tied to her fathers stake in Hensley & Co., and the rest injected into the McCains faces."
http://www.counterpunch.org/waj05012008.html
"If corporate media and politicians were actually interested in fair, reasoned and intelligent discourse instead of the latest polls and knee jerk histrionic sensationalism, they would realize the elitist Obama received the majority of votes among low-income voters in 14 different primaries and caucuses, many of those whom were White. The truth of the matter is none of these candidates, including Obama, represents White, Middle Class America. Granted, Obama has a problem crossing over to some seniors and White workers, however what is not reported is that Hillary, last years sure-fire lock for the Democratic nomination, once held a near 20 point lead in Pennsylvania which eroded to a 9.5 point win. Furthermore, unlike Obama, Clintons campaign budget is in the hole, recently rebounding due to a desperate $5 million dollar loan by Hillary to her own campaign. Surely, theres nothing elitist about an Average Joan funding her own ambitious bid for a public office with millions from her own wealth while many Americans are either currently jobless, working two jobs just to stay broke or thirty days away from a foreclosure. McCains shameless attempts to empathize with the Middle Class should be ridiculed after examining his marriage to Beer heiress, Cindy McCain, whose net worth exceeds $100 million dollars, with most of it tied to her fathers stake in Hensley & Co., and the rest injected into the McCains faces."
http://www.counterpunch.org/waj05012008.html
