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I’ve Got Mixed Feelings About Barack Obama’s Campaign Trail Rhetoric.
His speeches are excellent…but where was this attitude when he was in office?
Well as we all know, midterms are rapidly approaching. Naturally, that means both Republicans and Democrats are coming out swinging, with their most prominent officials traveling around the country in an effort to garner support for the candidates.
Of course Barack Obama is among them and unsurprisingly, his speech on the campaign trail in Wisconsin got a lot of attention online.
In the clip that went viral online, Obama says:
“Some of you here are on social security. Some of your parents are on social security. Some of your grandparents are on social security. You know why they have social security? Because they worked for it. They worked hard jobs for it. They have chapped hands for it. They had long hours, and sore backs, and bad knees to get that social security and if Ron Johnson does not understand that…if he understands giving tax breaks for private planes more than he understands making sure seniors who have worked all their lives are able to retire with dignity and respect, he’s not the person who’s thinking about you and knows you and sees you, and he should not be your Senator from Wisconsin.”
