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Indeed! (5.00 / 1) (#43)
by felizarte on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:26:58 AM EST
Except that I think, he tends to say exactly what is in his mind and heart which is quite revealing of his shallowness.  How very wrong of him to equate dignity with one's economic status!

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No fan but... (none / 0) (#73)
by RustedView on Mon May 05, 2008 at 11:34:00 AM EST
I'm no fan of Obama, or Clinton, or McCain, but...
I think Obama is trying to turn himself into a firebrand as a strategy for winning in places like Indiana.  I can see Eugene V. Debs up on stage in his home state going on about how "When they take your job, they are trying to take your dignity with it.  A man's work is his livelihood and a man can take pride in his work, can find dignity in it.  When they ship your good jobs to the lowest-bidding country, they are trying to take your dignity away from you.  Stand up and let it be known that 'No, my dignity is mine, not yours to take!'"

Maybe it's just my naivete, but I'd like to think Obama goes off script in these moments and just doesn't phrase what he is thinking correctly.  Sadly, I know that isn't true, everything is scripted these days.

One last thing, as a direct reply to felizarte:  Our society equates dignity with economic status all the time.  The Bill Gates sits at the top of our ladder, while the unemployed and homeless are considered the lowest, with no dignity.  There was a recent NYT article about a homeless man in Queens who begs for money in a suit and tie, which I think disproves the point, but this sort of classism still exists in our society, you just won't here most politicians (save Edwards) explicitly talk about it.

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