Oct 03 2008
America, Don’t Fool Yourself
There is no candidate who can rightly be called middle-class. Don’t let them sway you with life stories and down-home country charm. They are rich, rich, rich. They have the best health insurance this country can afford.
Don’t you ever let any politician convince you that they know where you’re coming from. They don’t.
We should be looking for intelligent candidates who actively seek information about issues and listen to our concerns. But my concerns are my own, and I don’t believe that any action made on my behalf alone would be for the benefit of the nation as a whole.
So stop it, America. Stop falling for charm and stories about people’s roots. Those people don’t know your life, and they never will. But they do have the power to make it better or worse. And you give them that power.
I am sick of candidates courting middle-class voters. None of these people belong to our shrinking middle-class. Maybe they did at one point, maybe not. Either way, there are millions of dollars to their names, houses and health insurance. Don’t fall for the bologna about how they’re just like you, how much they can relate to you. They can’t. You shouldn’t want them to.
You should want them to have a bigger picture in mind.