Is anyone talking about poverty at the convention?
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:47 PM
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Is anyone talking about poverty at the convention? |
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I do not watch the convention gavel to gavel and yesterday almost missed Schweitzer were it not for the crowd getting excited that even CNN had to stop the punditry and focus on him.
Had Edwards given a time to speak - all all other candidates did - he, no doubt, would have talked about poverty. So I wonder whether any other speaker picked up this topic.
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:48 PM
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1. In the immortal word of Biden |
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:52 PM
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2. Not that I've heard yet. Middle-class, yes, but not poverty. Too bad Edwards couldn't keep it |
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zipped or we'd have had it part of our platform. Now they don't have to.
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:52 PM
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3. Poverty breeds Depravity |
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Even talking about it can make a man breed.
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:53 PM
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:53 PM
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5. There's poverty at the convention? |
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Wed Aug-27-08 12:58 PM
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6. No. The poor cannot afford to take time off work - if they have one |
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to travel and lodge and wine and dine there.
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Wed Aug-27-08 01:27 PM
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7. We gave the homeless people haircuts, what the hell ELSE you do want?! |
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Wed Aug-27-08 06:33 PM
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Wed Aug-27-08 01:33 PM
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8. No. Apparently, there are no poor people in America. |
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Just the rich and the middle class.
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Wed Aug-27-08 03:17 PM
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9. The people who talked about poverty the best |
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were poor themselves, people telling their real stories about factories closing and being out of work and what it's done to them and their families. I wouldn't say that the politicians did as good a job as Edwards would have.
Dem pols did claim credit for raising the minimum wage, talk about the need for health care for all and for early childhood education for all--so you could say they talked about poverty indirectly. They also talked about the American dream of hard work reaping rewards being endangered.
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Wed Aug-27-08 03:25 PM
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10. Probably not because Edwards isn't there and the convention is full of a bunch of rich assholes |
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who don't give a damn about the peons aka the majority of us. :grr:
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Wed Aug-27-08 03:26 PM
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11. The only person with any media profile who gave a fuck about the poor unfortunately |
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couldn't control his dick. So, no, we are not being represented at the convention.
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Wed Aug-27-08 03:29 PM
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12. Not since they crucified Edwards |
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Wed Aug-27-08 03:30 PM
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13. I heard a pundit say "Obama will help the working poor" and |
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he had to interrupt the interrupter to get that out! That's the only time I've heard the term used and I haven't heard the word 'poor' used at all by any of the speakers....
Poor people apparently don't vote. :sarcasm:
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Wed Aug-27-08 06:36 PM
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15. This is true. Ask Rove |
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Would have been decent to at least mention the ones who suffer the most from the Bush policies and whose voices are not heard.
We have several more speeches. Perhaps Biden or Obama will.
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