Forgive if this is a dupe, or the posts are too old. I just thought this particular thread had some great Bobboism in it!
I am sure there are even better Bobborants, but here's a good start:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9746639#9748709Obama's path to re-election - start standing up for the poor and the middle class!
OK...the title has the word POOR in it, so we know Bobbo's on it like, well, a homeless person on a still smoldering Newport.
NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 04:43 PM
Original message
Obama's path to re-election - start standing up for the poor and the middle class!
It's not too late. Force a showdown with the Republicans on the tax cuts for the rich. Make strengthening social security a priority. Put military budget cuts on the table. Expand the Earned Income Tax credit. Extend unemployment benefits. Bring the troops home. Make a real effort to help Americans who are facing foreclosure and those who are already homeless. Feed the hungry. These are all things that most Americans believe in.
What would Jesus do? He would side with the poor over those who think it's noble to occasionally allow a few crumbs to drop from the table of their bloated feasts. That's the message that President Obama needs to get across. He campaigned on "the audacity of hope." It's time to start displaying some of that audacity.
OK. Pretty much standard, but mild, DU rant. But it is missing something: proper obedience of the Queen of the Road!
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 05:32 PM
Response to Original message
4. For every Federal dollar spent on Food Stamps, $1.74 returns to the local economy.
There is no question... take care of poor people, and they will take care of the friggin' economy!
The same is true of unemployement payments, and subsidized housing.
Speak. It. Out!
Not merely a request - a commandment!
So our poor victim tries to appease her majesty
NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 05:42 PM
Response to Reply #4
8. I wasn't aware of that number...
Edited on Fri Dec-10-10 05:43 PM by NaturalHigh
but I certainly agree with the premise. It's immoral to let people starve while others sit around staring at their stacks of money.
Right on! Power to the people! Anti-rich, pro-poor! That's the message, right?
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 05:48 PM
Response to Reply #8
10. Most people aren't... that's why we need to SHOUT it out!
Subsidized housing also creates jobs.... it was in a real estate article.
You heard the president speaking about it, didn't you?
You better not have ignored The President Of The United States talking about me, and everyone like me!
NaturalHigh gets it. By all means necessary!
NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 05:58 PM
Response to Reply #10
11. I must have missed that.
Personally, I'm all for spending whatever it takes to end homelessness and hunger. Take it out of the war budget.
A society that ignores the least fortunate among us is sick and depraved. We can afford to feed and house everyone and still have plenty around to keep the rich in diamonds and new limousines. The rich just might not be able to light quite so many cigars with c-notes.
Sorry - not good enough! When the Goddess of the cardboard condos and Aqua Velva potables says poop, you better know how much and what tint!
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 06:08 PM
Response to Reply #11
13. You keep pairing it with the war, which is why it never happens.
People are suffering. People are dying. It is time to sing a new tune.
Food stamps and subsidized housing do MORE for the economy than the damned tax cuts.
Start singing that loudly and clearly, and drop the war stuff. Suffering people can't wait.
Later, she demands
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 06:29 PM
Response to Reply #14
15. You bring up the war because everyone does. It is the standard "progressive" out.
I repeat, it is time to start getting the REAL facts out, and leave the tired phrases behind.
NH makes a bold statement sure to earn a trip to Forest Lawn
NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 06:55 PM
Response to Reply #15
16. Bobbolink, with all due respect, you misunderstand me.
First of all, I don't consider myself to be "liberal" or "progressive". I actually consider myself to be a conservative Democrat. Honestly, my only reason to bring up the war budget is to answer the question that the Republicans will ask - "how will we pay for it?" Yes, I agree that action needs to be taken immediately to help the homeless and the hungry. It breaks my heart to think of people who can't feed themselves or their children. I'm all for paying for it by raising taxes for the rich, which I think should be raised in any case.
Not a Liberal? Not a Progressive! Oh noes!
The misunderstood link speaks:
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 07:16 PM
Response to Reply #16
17. And you misunderstand me, but that is understandable if you are conservative.
Answering to the Republicans is a losing proposition.
But, if you are conservative, there is no point in trying to converse about that.
It is REAL people, like me, who are suffering, and the death toll is mounting.
And I can't even talk about my own experience because I get mocked and attacked.
So, do what you want.... it doesn't even matter, does it?
I give up. Really, I. Give. Up. You all win.
The mean old world has won! Hooray! All we have to do is send her our names, addresses, SS#, mother's maiden name, and she'll give us all a fabulous prize.
NH wants to make nice. Use Bobbo to point out how terrible things are. Poor sap.
NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 07:34 PM
Response to Reply #17
18. "I can't even talk about my own experience because I get mocked and attacked."
Edited on Fri Dec-10-10 07:36 PM by NaturalHigh
I wish you would talk about it. Anyone who has been through really hard times can put a human face on the suffering all around us.
As a Christian, I still go back to the question "what would Jesus do?" Jesus was a champion of the poor, not an advocate for the super-wealthy.
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 07:37 PM
Response to Reply #18
19. You want to see me get attacked? Entertainment? Here, this may thrill you then:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Maybe I could get another death threat, too.. that is always fun.
And this is just the warm up! She even goes after Stalinist Supreme, Hannah Bell, when they discuss how BHO did NOT grow up poor!
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 10:23 PM
Response to Reply #32
33. anyone who took the trouble to look knew he didn't grow up poor.
having a single mother (for a short period) doesn't = "poor".
poor people don't work for the ford foundation.
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 10:35 PM
Response to Reply #33
34. geeez, Hannah... I "take a lot of trouble"
I'm not the bad guy here, OK?
She even manages to get in a heaping helping of destitute superiority:
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-10-10 07:57 PM
Response to Reply #21
23. I tend to agree with you, from things I hear from poor folk I know.
We poor folk usually are able to sniff out truth and integrity.
Its really tragic, but he did it to himself.
She sniffs out truth and integrity - and runs from it like a scalded dog!
