Key Part of JFK-Obama Myth Not True

Interesting, but no to be compared to false foreign policy experience claims or lies about opposing NAFTA, both core issues in this campaign.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Obama family has cherished the Kennedy funding as part of their personal history. The finding might be a surprise for them as well.
Bottom line: there was no argument in the story for choosing Obama over McCain or Clinton, while Clinton’s lies have all been about pushing forward arguments to vote for her.
BTW who funded the flight Obama’s father was on then? Any info about that? Might be an even greater story, if it would have been a Republican who flew in the father of America’s greatest Democratic President since Jack Kennedy.

Obama’s discours has to be seen as part of a larger context and movement. It should be said that America played a very important role in the liberation of Africa from the colonizators and JFK and his family has done a lot in supporting Liberia, Ghana, and then the rest of Africa to become independant. America has played an important role in the 40-60s in the emancipation of Africans. Africa should never forget that debt. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

let’s see events that happen before he was born, family lore passed down, He knew there was a connection, not hardly the lie, like dodging bullets, that happened during an adult life.
Bottom line did he benifit from the altruistic actions of Kennedys, in the context he was speaking ? Yes.

This is history which one has to research somewhere including Obama Jr. himself.
In Bosnia story, Hillary was telling what exactly happened to her!

So when Clinton “embellishes,” it’s a lie. When Obama “embellishes,” reporters are being nitpicky.
I see how it works now.

You guys are getting all over him about ONE year difference!? What kind of reporting is that?
Rainy
The fact is he lied to the people another time. Continues to do so. Down right lying on friends and family and his personal life. over and over.
Makes for a major character flaw.

Bernd, what does this tell us?
It tells us the story of Barrack Obama has been carefully scripted. As one commentator posted to the LATimes:
“Hollywood could not have done better. Scripted to perfection.”
Also, Dreams of My Father, promoted as Obama’s “biography” consists of many composite characters and fictional conversations and pseudonyms. Obama is a good storyteller.

Jake, if you as a polital journalist thought that the key element of the so called “JFK – Obama Myth” was about this story, you apparently have missed what happened to America, and especially to YOUNG America and first time voters, during this primary season.
No one in the movement that has grown as a response to the rise of the Obama phenomenon has been interested in this story, but many were reminded of the promise for a better America that has been contained in the three letters of JFK, a promise that millions -for the first time since JFK was murdered- see embodied in the out of the ordinary individual and politician Barack Obama.
Even lots of folks in conservative Republican circles have acknowledged, just as Bill Richardson said, that there is ‘something special’ about this candidate, and some already say that Obama’s qualities seem to surpass that of JFK, though it’s early to tell. However, the story about Kennedy funding that flight has never been part of any of these considerations.

Peace, you mean really that Hill and Chel were under fire when they landed in Bosnia in 1996 and that the video clips we have seen are false. The wrong statement by Hill has been a deceit for soldiers and generals who have organized the trip and assured her protection. “Hillary the Bosnian sniper”. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

Obama is a constant liar, the media for days reminded us of the Clinton Bosnia gaff they played it over and over it was hot news.
Now we have Obama with his daily lies and the media of course is very selective not to mention in the same manner that they did with Clinton Obama’s gaffs.
We are not hearing from Obama that the pastor apologized where when did that happen I must of missed that one.
We are also hearing from Obama that Wright was not his spiritual mentor, excuse me but did not Obama say that Wright was just that to him?
He goes even further he would of left the church had not Wright retired, really now after telling us he could not disown Wright.
This sort of crap goes on daily, over and over but the media as usual never says a word about all of this, why I do not know, if the media is so upset over lies and makes it a issue, what makes Obama’s lying over and over so different to anyone else?

countallthevotes: I took the same class in college “How to be a good public speaker”. Most people who accuse others of be liars, are usually one themselves.

Broke,
Thanks for posting that the Clinton campaign needs $$$$. Now all Clinton supporters will know to contribute!!
Thank you so much!!

It seems Mr. Obama wants to claim a relationship with the Kennedy family. Impressive credentials for far left wing of our party, but not for those of us who are moderate and/or conservative democrats. Mr. McCain is looking better with each passing day.

This will be the only place that you will hear of this story,..all of Obama’s lies get no media coverage!! It is unbelievable, just like Obama!!!

Obama is a constant liar.

I thought Obama’s parents met at the Selma march, 4 years after he was born?!!

The America of my dreams is almost here. An America where one can make up a story or two about their past life experience and become a candidate for the highest office in the land. Meanwhile supporters can denigrate ones POW experience to help move the fable along. We should all celebrate! Not!

What would actually surprise me at this point is if Obama said something that is actually true.

I just remembered that when Obama does not tell the truth it is not called a “lie” no thats for all of us common folks his lies are more sophisticated it is called “verbal camouflage.” See does’t that sound better!

Obama lies and says things that are exaggerated?? Shocked I say…but I am sure his supporters and the media will make up some excuse or compare this to something HRC has done and make it seem like a very small lie.

Yeah, this is the silly season, someone had to dig real hard to come up with this lame story and who cares. Its the economy, healthcare, homeownership etc…voters really want to hear about.

There are more interesting stories on Obama and Africa but the media does not want to investigate that side of it, so who cares about how his father got to the USA.
As a voter what I care about is what Obama is doing and saying, who his associates are, what are his values, what he did in his past that is what I want to hear about.
So rather than tell me about the love story of Obama’s father and mother go and investigate Obama and what he did in Kenya, who he met and why because he is running for POTUS and that is important to me as a American.

O my God… look at these polls… the guy is untouchable… even Wright didn’t kill him!… well, what else do we have?… Nothing? What do you mean nothing?… FIND something, whatever it is…. So?… but that’s a non-story, who cares?… well, OK, then… put it out there… but you better find something else or we’re done…
Desperately collecting pebbles to throw at the rising tide.

countallthevotes: Heck with Dewey Defeats Truman! What about in N.H. the LA times story line: Hillary loses N.H.!

Obama and Clinton — two peas in the same pod. There’s not a dimes worth of difference in them or the way they comport themselves.
Vote intelligently. Vote Nader!

Oh yeah, the Selma March lie! Geeze, this is getting embarrassing for ole Barry. What’s up with the lying? Deep down Barack knows he’s a fraud and he’s trying everything but the kitchen sink.
And to try to connect yourself to the Kennedys? SAD, baby SAD!!

Countallthevotes;
You posted one of the best commentary oh the mispeaks or outright dishonest claims made by the Lil George wannabe, Senator Obama.
Pleae repost on TL or Canonfire or Savage’s sites?
Share your good work!
When I revisited this site to reread your commenary, it was dropped. Could be some Obamiacs became worried about the truth.
Karen

Jerry ^5

He’s thrown the kitchen sink…
he’s compared bill clinton to crazy republican accuse everyone of being a communist Joseph McCarthy.
He says Hillary has CHARACTER issues
and he claims SHE’LL SAY ANYTHING TO WIN.
He is guilty of that, too.
and he also hammed up his COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ROLE.
IF YOU USE THAT AS A TALKING POINT AS WHY YOU SHOULD BE PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD EVEN BE RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY? MAYBE FOR THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE.

He misspeaks. She misspeaks. He forgets the facts, numerous times.
All this finger-pointing and name-calling has gone absolutely crazy. Yet, each camp thinks their candidate is above it all and states “He/she lies again. Is anyone surprised?”
While the web gives a chance for everyone to chime in with equal weight, the signal-to-noise ratio is absolutely off-the-charts in the noise end of the spectrum.

Teddy has been silent sincee the Wright story broke,…I bet his silence will be more deafening now!!

More fairy tales from Obama – and how desperate are some star liberals to fall for it. But not many of us “typical white voters.”
Of course, such outreach to African students was part of the same 1960′s that Obama has carelessly denigrated in his campaign.
Jake – will Obama’s “untruths” get the same wall-to-wall coverage as Clinton’s Bosnia trip?

Obama is a shame, a liar and unfit to be President of this great country.

If the Obama media had focused on both candidates fair and square, we will not be where we are today with second guessing stories that have been told the general public months ago. This is self evident that media is not doing their utmost to inform the American people in a balanced way prior to major elections. I am sure there is a lot more out to discover about Obama but for fear of being branded racists or standing in the way of so called history, we will go on and nominate a flawed candidate and in the long run lose the general election.

Here’s another case of Obama’s brand of “just words” to get votes. Scratch the veneer of Obama’s words and you see Obama is a politician like other politicians. He does not walk on water; he walks on words. You can always count on Obama for “just words”; you can’t count on Obama being a man of his word.

When is the media going to confront Obama on his mis-statement and exaggerations about his background and his accomplishments. Find the N.Y. Times article from 1990 or 1991 following his electon as editor of the Harvard Law Review. As a 28 year old man – certainly qualifies him as an adult – he LIED about his father’s position. He told the interviewer that his dad had been the “Finance Minister of Kenya”. He wasn’t. He also claimed that his mother was an anthropologist. If she was, where’s her research? The point is: who was he trying to impress back then. Was he so uncomfortable in his own skin that he had to invent a background. It is troubling that the little we know about Obama’s family is what he wants us to know. – and that he lied about his background when it couldn’t possibly make any difference. MEDIA< PLEASE EXAMINE THIS!!!

You are right. Bill Clinton was right. It was just one big fairy tale after all.

Navarro,..that is hilarious!!

When Hillary makes up story like this, the media magnifies 10 times.
When Obama makes up stuff like this, the media buries the story. The media is selling us a bill of goods that will come back to hunt us like the election of GW Bush.
Anything done unfairly has a way of blowing up in our faces.
I thought the presidency is about leading the country and solving our problems.

Got the link from Navarro,…Thanks Navarro,..LOL.
I just posted it on several other sites!!

Obama can certainly construct a good myth on his behalf. But in our tendencies to view presidential candidates as Olympian, rather than folks with foibles standing on the same ground, we allow the myths to unfold. Just a synopsis.

Teddy and Caroline are probably thinking “Bobby’s kid’s were right!”

Remember, Jonathan Alter of Newsweek magazine has been calling for Hillary to drop out of the race even after te Iowa caucus. He teams up with Keith Oberman to play up Hillary’s negatives and offer help on how Obama should respond to Hillary’s charges. And they do this shamelessly everyday (at least 3 times daily since Oberman show is now working overtime to try to destroy Hillary).

Jonathan: Obama does have a lot of skill in weed-smoking, vision only for blacks, leads a group of misfit politicians and is quite capable of lying and misrepresenting someone as innocent as his Grandma…..but we dont want him for President because he is plain STUPID

Obama Airlift Fairy Tale Inflated With Air

Key part of JFK-Obama Myth Not True from Jake Tapper at Political Punch reveals that Senator Obama did a little Clintonesque inflating of the truth when he claimed that his father Barack Obama Sr. was brought to this country courtesy

MattOhio,
I agree—the storm is coming for Obama. I didn’t think it would start cranking until Pennsylvania, but the results I’m seeing coming out of Texas with about half of the caucus precincts reporting show that the Obama trend is already reversing, they are now at 50-50 and Obama may still be sinking.
This is a 7 point drop for Obama in his own original supporters. I’m wondering why the press is so cautious reporting this, but I guess they don’t want to get caught appearing to be playing the race card, as is the risk that occurs when there are any negative political reports that come out about Obama.
Nonetheless, it looks very favorable to Hillary Clinton. Everytime there is a storm brewing for Obama the cries go up for Hillary to drop out. What many Obama supporters don’t get is that more than half the Democratic base supports Hillary.
The independents that Obama though he could draw from are now scrambling to decide if Hillary or McCain will be a better investment. They are doing this for only one reason, as far as I can tell, and that is because of the Reverend Wright relationship.

Donna needs to watch “The hunting of the President”,..Wow!! Great documentary!!

Jim,
Actually, this is absolute, unconditional proof that Obama never heard anything Wright said because they always spoke by phone this way.

WestCoastMessenger writes:
“This is a 7 point drop for Obama in his own original supporters. I’m wondering why the press is so cautious reporting this …”

OBAMA(TEFLON-MAN)-CAUGHT IN A LIE, OR MAYBE HE JUST MISSPOKE LIKE HILLARY. I BET THE MEDIA DOES’T BEATUP ON HIM LIKE THEY DID TO HILLARY.

@ Donna
Obama was the alleged TRANSPARENT candidate.
He is as transparent as a BOARDED UP WINDOW AT NIGHT!

WestCoastMessenger writes:
“Howard Dean and Pelosi are trying to engineer the fix, by calling it for by July 1st, to try to head off riots in the streets of Denver.”

Obama also said that his parents met at the Selma march which happened 4 years after he was born. I guess Obama is just not good with numbers. Bodes well for his economic policies…

I’m disappointed at Obama. I wasn’t expecting him to lie to the American people. Just when I thought we had found an honest politician.

The Kennedy’s should be pissed!

The Obama media friendly outlets ought to be ashamed & embarassed that they are being hoodwinked by a slick talker with no questions asked. Obama is having the time of day knowing full well he has “pulled the wool” over your eyes. You all spent nearly 2 weeks disecting the mistake Hillary made when describing an event which took place 12yrs. ago. On the other hand Obama was a member of an establishment for 20yrs. listening to hate against America & Americans & saying nothing until he got caught. Since then he has defined his relationship with his Pastor to fit with where & whom the interviewer is @ any specific moment. He first told Fox he wasn’t present when those digustingly hateful accusations against America & Americans were spewed from this man’s lips. He later made a speech in which he now heard “some” of what was said,but not the most hardcore hate. On the View he denied that Rev Wright was his Spiritual Advisor, only his Pastor. Why in God’s name is this man getting away with such blatant lies, while Hillary was/is crucified for mis-speaking about a 12yrs ago issue? Does anyone think that by insulating this man the Democrats stand any chance of the White House if he was so unfortunate to be the Nominee? Lets speak reality, all of the so-called elite Super Delegates for Obama had better wake up & “smell the coffee” because if they think by disrespecting & embarassing Hillary we ( her supporters) take kindly to that they are in dreamland. If Obama is the Nominee there will be an organized branch of Hillary’s supporters who will remember the way she is being treated & we will vote for McCain or stay home. There are many of us Democrats who remain in the Party because of the Clintons, so hurt them & they hurt us.
There will be NO so-called unity, because we see how easy it was for Conventional Democrats to betray Hillary for a man no one knows nothing about( even now). I do believe there are many skeletons in Obama’s closet to be uncovered & they will by the Republican Party, & no insulation will protect him then.So I hope all the Dodds, Leahys, Richardsons & Pelosis had better stop insulting Hillary ,because they are the ones guilty of dividing the party, not Hillary. I do believe these folks hate the Clintons more than they love the party, because they have to know without Hillary’s supporters their surrogate will not get to THE BIG HOUSE!

muncie writes:
“I do believe there are many skeletons in Obama’s closet to be uncovered …”

The irresponsible media is to blame for all the lies about Obama’s record. The public is just now finding the truth, drip by drip, of the real Obama. Still, the media is not putting out the whole truth. It prefers to attack Hillary on a daily basis, exaggerating every little thing about her and her family, specially Pres. Clinton. The public would like to know more and hear more of Wright’s sermons, specially the ones delivered when Obama and his family were in attendance. How about more of the Rezko scandal – Obama used the Rezkos so he could buy his mansion. Now he says they were just acquaintances – that’s what I call a loyal friend; he’s an ingrate – helped him buy a mansion and contributed to his Illinois political career and beyond. The media should interview Mrs. Rezko to get to the truth. By now she must be mad that Obama has been dismissing them as mere acquantances. If Obama becomes the nominee, you can be sure the Republicans will dump all this stink and more on Obama and he’ll never survive it. That would be good punishment to the stupid Democrats for going overboard with this man. I hope they lose the white house, the upper house and the lower house. Down with Ted and Caroline Kennedy, and Maria Swarzzeneger and other Kennedys for Obama (all you care about is the Kennedy name), Lahey (I hope you get thrown out, too), Pelosi (Madame Speaker title went to your head, ), Kerry (I regret supporting your presidential candidacy), Daschle (glad you are now a has been), Howard Dean (get the heck out of the DNC chairmanship). Shame on all of you and shame on those who have been heckling and pressuring Hillary to drop out of the race. I will stop giving to the DNC, DCC and DLCC because I don’t want a penny of my contributions to go to politicians in racist States who voted en masse for Obama. The 28% Hillary supporters who will be voting for McCain will go up to 75+% if Obama is the nominee. In this coming election, I will cut my nose to spite the DNC – they are looking at 8 more years of Republican rule and if McCain chooses a strong VP, make that a total of 16 years under the Republicans. It will give the moronic DNC a long time to think about their idiotic choices.

And more factual news, from Texas.
By The Associated Press
Here is the apportionment so far of presidential caucus delegates to the Texas Democratic state convention based on reports from Saturday’s county and senate district conventions. A total of about 7,300 delegates were expected to be selected in this stage of the caucus process, according to the Texas Democratic Party.
These results are from 145 of about 280 conventions.
Clinton: 1,509 delegates, or 40 percent
Obama: 2,234 delegates, or 60 percent.

Maybe the Kennedy Foundation can make the payments on the 1.6 million dollar loan that Trinity Church took in 2006 for the home they built for Rev. Wright’s golden years. I doubt his congregation can really afford it.

Core issues in the campaign is obama has no experience. But he had SPEECHES.
Now he has been fundamentally damaged by the Wright scandal. His spiritual GURU for 20 years.
He is unelectable. Why do you think there are all these rigged calls for clinton to get out?

Jake Tapper, once again you’re out there putting down Senator Obama so Hillary will look good. This does not matter to me. I want to hear more about Hillary’s corkscrew landing in Bosnia, which the pilot said was not true, and her running from the snipers with Sinbad which also wasn’t true. Oh yes, and the Ireland peace process and how she brought that together and oh yes, how she was against NAFTA from the start and oh yes, how she got her name “Hillary”. Did you also invent the “internets”.

Over 22,000 people attended Barack’s rally at Penn State University this afternoon…
22,000…?!
22,000!!!
VIVA OBAMA!

@ Carolyn
You’re not interested in your JUNIOR SENATOR lying about his COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ROLE?

Gore would never run again because he himself said he has no passion for politics.

“Jo writes:
“I think [Obama] better start to work on keeping his senate seat – he may lose that as well.”
mmm… I thought Illinois was the biggest win so far… 104 delegates for Obama, 49 for Clinton… those Illinois folks seemed to know pretty well who they where voting for… our country’s next President!

All of you bloggers should read the article that appeared today in the Honolulu Advertiser about his white grandmother. Finally, her co-workers and people here in Hawaii are speaking out about their knowledge of Mrs. Dunham and her character and reputation. Please rwad it and make up your own minds. Keeping them honest here in Hawaii.

I’m glad this story finally broke.
Now, someone should examine his books. They are FILLED WITH EMBELLISHMENTS! Nearly every story, every fact, is an overstatement, to make the story more pretty, and make his accomplishments seem more grand.
This is NOT someone that we could trust.

In regards to Carolyn Grace’s post…It’s so sad that she, along with so many others are so blinded by everything that is real and truthful about Barack Hussein Obama. His involvemnent with Rev. Wright, Rezko, his false statements such as this one above, and the list goes on, etc. etc. Still harping on what Hillary said a few weeks back only to make herself feel better about the candidate she backs, who lacks…in clear EXPERIENCE. Hilarious really! What’s in your drinking water over there anyway Carolyn? Are you a member of his church? His campaign? Or just one of many who have not done your research and refuse to believe what’s real? Jake Tapper’s job is to report the truth even if so many people such as yourself Miss Grace,live in clear denial of anything that is “Truth.” Maybe if you woke up one day and made a conscious effort to live in the land of reality you would see things for what they really are and not in the fantasy land that you have created for yourself.

Just add this to the MANY lies and misrepresentations that Obama has told! Mr. Unity himself! The one so protected and slanted in the media, that we know nothing about him until AFTER we vote, and even then, the media continues to hide the facts regarding Obama and instead, spend 24/7 speaking negatively of Senator Clinton. WHERE IS THE FCC? WHERE IS THE “PUBLIC INTEREST” IN THIS TYPE OF MEDIA SLANT? THE FCC STATES THE “PUBLIC INTEREST” AND THE “RIGHT TO KNOW” ARE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GOVERNING THE MEDIA. THE FCC NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED! And now. WRITE THEM NOW!

Not quite the same ring but the same gist, if you ask me. This is another one of those nit-picky type things that “gotcha” journalists care about much more than real-life voters.

oh and kids…Obama 52%, clinton 42%. hill’s negatives are higher than the mountains too.

Dude, you need reliable sources. FYI, AOL’s poll means nothing, uses anyone’s computer and is not a scientific sample. Hence, the math and results are not a good representation of anything. Actually, it’s closer to the voting on American Idol. I Vote And I Vote Over And Over….
Rasmussen Obama 47. Hillary 42
Real Clear (average of week – and Obama went up strong at end of week) Obama 46, Hil 41. Only Gallup tests Every Day. And his trend is up in all RCP’s sources.
Use better media.

Interesting.. reiterates the annoying mysticism that surrounds the Obama campaign.
And PMC – good post.

Someone needs to pass out Barack’s “Dreams” book to the general public (to see what a raving racist he is) as fast as Obama passes out the kool-aid.
Like I’ve said before, this guy is slicker than a raincoat in a downpour.

A lot of tings Obama is saying are not true: right now Obama is acting magnanimous saying I don’t agree with Laehy and others, Hillary should stay in the race as long as she wants, when behind the scenes he is calling people such as super delegate Bob Rankin and telling them he wants to end this NOW. See article on fox news.com; Bill Clinton says to chill

ABC needs to do a feature story about this on the 6:30 national news. We sure wont see it on MSNBC or CNN.

The sad thing is that the best Democrat candidates didn’t make it to the top. I guess there’s no glamour in being fairly honest and normal.

Why is this story not carried by mainstream media as they did with Clinton’s bonia story?
This is why Obama is no longer electable because he has not been vetted and will be crushed by the republican.

@ CWatson
Obama can do no wrong in your eyes.
What about the Selma March he lied about?
He knows his birthday and he should know when the Selma March happened.

Well, like I said the endorsement of Obama by the Kennedy’s was going to come back to haunt them. His campaign is a ‘fairy tale’. and he is the pipe Popper and Pinocchio. I wonder how long is his nose by now. Lie after lie after lie. He sat in the pew and never heard a thing. He took tainted donation money from Rezko, but he was the only one in Chicago that didn’t know Rezko was a player. He takes money from unregistered lobbyist, their families and business associated, because their unregistered its OK. He father airlifted in to America via the Kennedy’s , so his family. Where were the Kennedy’s and Kerry when the facts of Rev. Wright came out?

@Bobby “What about the Selma March he lied about?
He knows his birthday and he should know when the Selma March happened.”
If you read the whole speech which is on Obama’s website, it shows he didn’t lie.
The trouble some are having with that part of the speech lies with his use of the word “march”. In some cases in the speech, he uses it literally in the sense of people using their legs walking in a procession. In other places, he uses it more figuratively to collectively represent the African American Civil Rights movement. For example, one of the people he refers to within “they” as “marching” is Anna Cooper, an author who was dead before the Selma march happened and couldn’t possibly have “marched” in Selma.
Obama: “I’m here because somebody marched. I’m here because you all sacrificed for me. …. I thank the Moses generation.” Do you think Obama would be speaking to them if African Americans didn’t have the right to vote that the Selma march and previous Civil Rights activities helped bring about?
Obama wasn’t saying “My resume is so great, I got here on my own.” Obama was saying “if it wasn’t for people like you, I wouldn’t have got to where I am today.” He went beyond the airlift. It related to his education. It related to changing attitudes so that he could be elected. It related to Civil Rights African Americans acquired. Etc. Etc.

“Update: 56% who heard Obamas speech are less likely to vote for Obama? March 2008!”
19 Mar 2008 “A Rasmussen poll released this week showed that 56 percent of voters said Wright’s comments would make them less likely to vote for Obama”
We’re off topic but the point does bring it back on topic in a way:
When I listened to Obama’s speech on the economy in New York last week, it was a good speech and some received it well. But it was directed at the Wall Street types and Wall Street media – not directed to the blue collar worker. Obama gets great support from folks with higher education. His support is much poorer with less educated, blue collar workers.
I think this speech on Selma and other speeches he’s given and some of the problems that he’s had explaining Rev. Wright and this Selma speech partly relate to how Obama speaks. For those with more education and a broader vocabulary, I think they understand his “big words” and speaking style. For those lacking, they don’t. When they don’t, they mistrust and/or they don’t completely understand what he is trying to tell them. That generalization won’t apply to everyone but I get a sense that’s part of what’s going on here.
I do not mean that in a condescending way. Having a lot of experience in manufacturing, I’ve often found myself with more respect for the shop floor workers than those who manage them. They tend to be solid, direct, straight up folks more often than those who manage them who tend to be more into office politics, etc. To be successful communicating with the shop floor workers, you have to speak their language – cutting down on the syllables and sticking with the basic words they understand. In my opinion, this is a problem for Obama and one reason some have had a problem with his Selma speech.

New rule; when Obama lies, it’s only an error. He’s the Messiah remember?