C. Swanton: The gullible public

How gullible can the American people be?

How could they elect a man with an array of sealed records pertaining to his past, no experience in governing anything and a dismal record as a senator?

A man who, after four years in office, has made things worse?

A vice president who, when he hasn't got his foot in his mouth, screams about helping the downtrodden yet has contributed an average of $369 per year to charity during the past 10 years?

I am retired and on a fixed income and contribute five times that amount. Joe Biden is a disgrace.

During the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama focused on how she and Barack could identify with the poor of this country; how Barack got his furniture from a dumpster.

He must have sold that furniture for a huge profit because he and Michelle attended very elite and costly prep schools; both attended Harvard Law School. Barack also went to Columbia.

I was an orphan back in the 1950s and won a partial baseball scholarship to college. I didn't have any financial support system and missed that wonderful opportunity, so I find it really difficult to sympathize with the two of them.

The administration knows that the mainstream media will not expose their lies, so they say anything that will attract voters.

At the Democratic National Convention, Biden stated that "We have turned the corner" in this recovery. Hours later, the jobs report showed an additional 370,000 Americans had given up looking for work.

Cornelius Swanton, Rangeley

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veritas's picture
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Do I detect

a little class envy here.......

mgr's picture
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Ronald is an expert at class

Ronald is an expert at class envy. I'll say no more about that.

veritas's picture
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I was always envied being near the top of my Class

See what it got me. Arguing with Buffoons......

Frostproof's picture
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What class was that?

On-ship broom pushing?

veritas's picture
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You too good for that???

I can jockey a swab like nobody's business......

mgr's picture
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Wouldn’t you rather be at the

Wouldn’t you rather be at the bottom of the top rather than the top of the bottom?

mgr's picture
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Why limit yourself ot the top

Why limit yourself ot the top of the bottom, shoot for the top class – the top of the top.

Jason's picture
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You know what's funny?

Alot of this can be said as well for Romney. He isn't forthcoming with information on his taxes. His governing of Massachusetts was not stellar. And from the figures I've seen, Paul Ryan and Biden average about the same in charitable donations.

Also, Obama started at a lesser college, and transferred to Columbia. He then became a community organizer and then went to Harvard.

But he went to college on his own dime. His book first allowed him to retire his student loans. So maybe if you were a bit more like him, you wouldn't have missed the opportunity of college.

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