Obama gave the GOP the greatest gift of all

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66. I think about it more than you know. But why kowtow to Karl Rove? That's not our only choice. Might

find a Democrat to go to war on poverty instead of inflating bankster's pocketbooks with opportunities denied working people.

I don't mean to presume that I know better than you what to be concerned about, and if you want to live your life around K Rove, that's your business.

Seems like it would be more useful, however, instead of spending so much time worrying about what he thinks one might be in working people's homes (where the teabaggers organize, btw) finding out what THEY think. Me, I don't even think of him. I think about my neighbors and how we can find opportunity, since we all know the government that used to protect us now works for the banksters.

Btw - if you think that last paragraph is unsubstantiated, feel free to check out a copy of "Stress Test" by Timothy McVeig...I mean Geithner (I get my killers mixed up - the CDC, police departments, and hospitals have documents listing the reason for suicides and injuries as the very foreclosures that were not prevented, as well as a large number of disabling health issues, because of the actions of the banksters), the last Treasury Secretary - he explains in excruciating detail about how it was necessary to save the banksters at the expense of the lives of millions of people, for their own good. He explains how they came up with the plan and President Obama made the banks take it. For our own good.

Jon Stewart interviewed him about the book: said "The perception is that you went to hell and back for the banks, but not for working people". Geithner tried to spin it another way, but an entire audience of voters laughed - at him.

I would bet Karl Rove watched that and got an even bigger kick at the nationwide audience of voters who watched it with him. He's not reading my comments which are just simple, publicly available information provided by the government and competent authorities.

I suspect he has an autographed copy of the book, from the person appointed by this President.

Some years ago, years I lived through and remember very well, the governments were concerned about action, getting things done, concerned about the people, and worked on solutions. Sure they had to win, but the people knew who was on their side and responded. When the people thought they had been left behind, they went another direction. Just an aside - I bet most of them don't know who this Karl Rove thing is.

Like then...

When Poverty Was the Enemy, Not the Poor Here.

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It has been 50 years since America launched the War on Poverty. The Economic Opportunity Act and legislation to outlaw racial discrimination were the centerpieces of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s vision to create a Great Society.

Today, rather than a war on poverty, we seem to have a war on the poor. Wealth inequality is growing. State support for education is withering. Social safety-net programs are under attack in Congress. Many Americans believe that if people are poor, it’s their own fault. The only “solution” for poverty that many people advocate is allowing companies to create jobs offering wages too low to support a family.
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“Dad worked in the coal mines and did other jobs. He was a very hard worker, but he didn’t have an education,” said Darlene Sharp, 61, who was a teenager with six brothers and sisters when the War on Poverty came to Knox County. Her father managed buildings that housed the new educational programs, and her mother got a job at one of the factories West helped create. “A lot of people worked there,” she said. “I’m sure that every one of them was people who had no employment before. Without the programs, there weren’t very many jobs. It helped them be able to take care of their families and meet needs. I know
it helped my family.”

At its core, the War on Poverty was not about a handout, but a hand up. It was about creating economic opportunity and giving poor people the skills and support they needed to take advantage of it. And it was about giving poor people a voice in decisions affecting their lives. A half-century ago, Americans made a commitment to fight a war on poverty, and we could do it again. Creating a society that is more fair, just, and prosperous for everyone is a fight worth winning.
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I didn't write the plan that left all those people homeless or hungry, and I offer what I can to provide opportunities for others, because I think we all do better when that philosophy is followed. Maybe if more people were concerned about that they could quit obsessing about unimportant people with a serious deficiency in their humanity.