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WCGreen

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6. Just got back from the doc this afternoon and it hit me as I was driving

Reply to LeftofObama (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:11 PM

Oct 2012

through Downtown Cleveland and then out to the suburbs. You can literally see how much harder it is to live in the city where the poor folks live than it is to live out in the outer ring suburbs that I live in...

Who speaks for the people who have no voice?

In my lifetime, the only politicians that looked out for people in need was the Democrats.

Time and time again I see the GOP speaking to those who have it all and want to keep it.

Rambling, I know, just woke up from a nap, but the whole idea of conservative, to me at least, is to conserve what I have and don't look back...

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I don't know about you, but I have a very personal stake in this election... [View all] WCGreen Oct 2012 OP

. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #1

I am with you, WCGreen Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #2

i hope some people listen. and then i hope they THINK. barbtries Oct 2012 #3

It's personal for too many... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #4

It's personal for me too. LeftofObama Oct 2012 #5

Just got back from the doc this afternoon and it hit me as I was driving WCGreen Oct 2012 #6

I wish someone like you could have asked a question of Rmoney at that town hall ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #7