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pampango

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8. It's not how much you have or don't have, where or how (race, gender, nationality) you were born

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 09:35 AM

Aug 2015

that matter as much as what you believe, how you treat people and how you work to make things better for everyone, particularly the poor and disenfranchised. That's what makes you "in touch with the common people".

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FDR was clearly out of touch with common people and should not have been elected [View all] jberryhill Aug 2015 OP

The man had great Karma and that Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #1

Is this really about Hillary renting that beachfront mansion in the Hamptons for $50,000 a week? Electric Monk Aug 2015 #2

Because I'm sure there were no common people Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #3

Where's Lloyd Bentsen when we need him? (nt) Z_California Aug 2015 #4

He had polio and hid being crippled NathanSharp Aug 2015 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #6

Clinton was out of touch even back when she was "dead broke", it is ideological. TheKentuckian Aug 2015 #7

It's not how much you have or don't have, where or how (race, gender, nationality) you were born pampango Aug 2015 #8