The presidential candidates are in Indiana now, pursuing the elusive “working class”. How much pandering can we stand? As a working class person myself, I resent the undue attention. We’re supposed to think that they care about us because, as Hillary did yesterday, they pick out a typical citizen and buddy-up to him. Yesterday, Hillary rode with Jason Wilfing, whom she watched pump $63 worth of gasoline into his half-full pickup truck gas tank. She proclaimed that “The oil companies are making out like bandits!” We in the working class always knew that, even when gasoline was a dollar a gallon.
Nice one, Hill. Maybe she should have asked Jason why he drove such a big truck and how much he actually uses it. Then, she could have checked her voting record on CAFE standards, subsidies for oil companies and breaks for auto manufacturers. But all of that wouldn’t have helped her win the votes of the commoners. We’re here for ya, Hillary, because we know that deep down, you’re just like us and you understand our troubles. Gak.
Then, there’s Barack Obama who is still defending himself over racist comments his pastor Jeremiah Wright made and is still making. That’s like the drunken friend at a party acting like a jackass and the guy he came with is supposed to apologize. “Sorry my friend is an idiot.” Don’t blame one for the actions of another. Maybe it would be better if Obama renounced religion altogether?
That might make him more popular. God forbid.
Saturday is the annual “Run for the Roses”, sometimes called the Kentucky Derby. I don’t pretend to know beans about horse racing, but I’d bet you that we wouldn’t give a rat’s ass about the thing if we couldn’t bet on it. Who’s going to show up to watch a bunch of horses run around in a circle for two minutes? I don’t even think the other horses watch it.
It strikes me as a bit cruel to make the horses do all of that running, but we’re told that they are bred for it, as though somebody asked them and they said, “OK.” It’s all fun and games until one of them falls and breaks a leg, then it becomes human drama – and cruel. It also seems odd that some of the same people who decry NASCAR as being silly, because “all they do is drive in circles”, are excited about a horse race where they run in circles. At least Tony Stewart has a say in the matter.
It’s all fun and games until one of them hits a wall.
2 comments:
Then there is Hillary supporting John McCain's "gas tax holiday" gimmick which is clear pandering.
Most economists and energy experts are coming out against it saying that it would actually be worse for consumers. It could even cost people jobs.
As for horse racing and NASCAR? I don't watch either.
Welcome aboard, Mr. Wonderful.
I was thinking I got a new reader, but it's James.
Sorry. I blew your cover. :)
Gas tax holiday sounds like a big deal, but all it will do is create artificial demand and probably drive the price up in the long run.
idiots.
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