As the character Cecily said to Miss
Fairfax in a play written by Oscar Wilde entitled “The Importance of
being Earnest”: “When I see a spade I call it a spade.”
In October 2008, Obama told a gathering of his acolytes:
In October 2008, Obama told a gathering of his acolytes:
“We are five days away from fundamentally
transforming the Untied States of America. In five days you can turn the
page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street
before the hard work and sacrifice of the folks on Main Street. In five
days you can choose policies that invest in our middle class and create
more jobs and grow this economy so that everyone has a chance to
succeed. Folks who can’t afford to pay their medical bills or send their
kids to college or you not being able to afford college, or thinking
about that $30 or $40 or $50,000 worth of debt that you might have to
carry. People who can’t save for retirement. You know ordinary Americans
can’t take a backseat to CEOs and Wall Street banks for four more
years, but remember we’ve faced difficult times before; the American
story has never been about things coming easy, it’s been about rising to
the moment when times are tough.
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