Posted by
Shogrensus on Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:08:42 PM
April 14th- more on elitism:
In perhaps the most ridiculous part of the show, Joy shares her frustrations:
Joy: You know what really bothers me now- they are calling Obama the elitist. First of all, I looked up the term “elitist” for us and it’s a group, or class of persons, or a member of such a group or class enjoying superior intellectual, social or economic status. Now, first of all he was raised by a single mother
No, he was not raised by a single mother- his parents were married until his father abandoned them to go to Harvard to pursue graduate work. Then his grandparents and mother took care of him until his mother remarried when he was about 6 years old. Why do liberals continue to try to use stereotypical images to paint Obama as a person he isn't. Oh, silly me- it's because what he isn't is more politically attractive than what he actually is...
Joy continues: the guy just finished paying off his student loans
This does not mean he couldn’t have afforded to pay them back more quickly, it simply means that he chose to spread his payments out over 15 or 20 years, which is what all smart people do. These loans are usually federally subsidized at an interest rate of less than 5% which means that people can actually be better off not paying off this particular type of loan quickly.
By the way, he and his wife never have said what their student loan payments were. I would guess that their payments were less than $1000 per month and that they could have paid them off a long time ago if they had wanted to.
There is no rule that says wealthy people have to pay these loans back faster.
By the way, since the Obamas like to use the fact that they only recently paid off their loans as evidence of them being like regular folks- it would be interesting for someone to ask just how much their payments had been…
Joy continues: Hillary Clinton and John McCain are both worth over $100 million dollars
First, none of these people are currently in the poor house- who is she kidding. It is true that McCain has made some good money but it is his wife who inherited the mass fortune. Hillary Clinton also is no pauper but I remember not too long ago when the whole country was asked to support her husband’s legal defense fund because they weren’t multi millionaires. Since Bill Clinton left office, the Clintons have accumulated an unbelievable amount of money- giving speeches is very lucrative for some people.
Joy goes on: so how is he the elitist exactly?
Did she read or listen to the definition she just read to us? The first descriptive used to describe an elitist was….INTELLECTUAL. Obama is an intellectual elitist who thinks many of us, particularly we conservatives, are just too close-minded or stupid to understand the real solutions for our society- limit or take away the rights granted by our Constitution, promote a large federal government and raise taxes to redistribute the wealth accumulated by the working people.
I know there was a big time span from the beginning of the quote to the end but really…