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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 01:16 PM Oct 2012

CNN Picked Up One Of My iReport Quotes On The Presidential Debate

I am still riled up about the debate. I really have mixed feelings on President Obama’s performance and passivity. I racked my brain last night and came up with what I believe is the only plausible answer as we know our president knows the material inside out and he knows the severe flaws of Mitt Romney, his hypocrisy, insincerity, and lack of empathy. I wrote the piece “President Obama’s Fear of the Angry Black Man Label Loses the Debate On Style But Wins On Facts”

Now folks, the president need surrogates. He needs folks who work on the personal level with people where the unrelenting corporate dispersal of misinformation can be mitigated. If you really want a democracy you have to fight for it. The Plutocracy does not just wither away, it requires that the middle class reclaim it and take it.

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