Sunday, March 04, 2012

Pandering by Obama and Santorum

Vincent Carroll writes today in the Denver Post that two politicians, Obama and Santorum, are pandering to the "working class," and both are missing the mark. Obama tells the working class that their enemy is the corporate elite and rich Republicans, while Santorum tells them that their enemy is the "latte-sipping gentry who expect their children to go to college." Bedrock values of faith and family are no longer so prevalent in the working class, and, ironically, are more likely to be present in, say, a college community, than in a working class neighborhood.  Read more here: http://www.denverpost.com/carroll/ci_20083089

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