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Originally Posted by skylark
Heaven forbid we have a President who thinks we are all intelligent adults enough to comprehend a semi-controversial idea. Heaven forbid we have a President who actually cares about figuring out what the origins and causes of our problems (like hatred) are. Heaven forbid we have a President who thinks America can handle hearing the truth and isn't afraid to be the one to share it.
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But what if it isn't the truth or a very accurate description of what people believe and why they believe it? Then he's just revealed how out of touch and offensive he is to a segment of the electorate.
If Obama had want to have an open discussion with rural voters about the issues, he could have done that; instead we get reports of comments he made about these voters to a relatively disconnected group of affluent campaign contributers across the country who, in contrast with your take that he was opening the discussion, were likely to be in agreement with the "wisdom" he advanced.
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