Blast from the past: Who has the best working class credentials?

[XemaSab]

Candidate A: Parents are both foreign born. Father was a bank executive in another country, and the candidate was raised abroad until age 13, when he/she was sent to the US to attend prep school.

Candidate B: Dad was a US Senator. He/she is the 5th of 6 children and went to a Catholic prep school. Was in the peace corps in the Dominican Republic.

Candidate C: Father worked in a factory, first as a floor worker, eventually as a supervisor. Mother worked for the postal service. Was the first person in the family to go to college. Child died in a car accident.

Candidate D: Eldest of the seven children. Father was a truck driver. While growing up his family moved 21 times and when they couldn't find a place to live they were occasionally forced to live out of their car.

Candidate E: Father started a successful business manufacturing drapery fabric. Went to public schools growing up. After completing his/her BA, spent a summer washing dishes in McKinley National Park and cleaning fish in a cannery in Valdez. He/she was fired from the cannery for complaining about unhealthy working conditions. Volunteered providing free legal services for the poor, and won a grant to research working conditions among migrant laborers.

Candidate F: Father was a Senator, mother was a lawyer. During summer vacations he/she worked on the family farm. Went to a swanky prep school. Volunteered for Vietnam. Worked as a reporter exposing corruption in government.

Candidate G: Born to immigrant parents. Father was a painting contractor. Went to Catholic schools growing up. Put himself/herself through school driving a taxi. Has dyslexia.

Candidate H: Parents divorced when he/she was 2, and dad moved out of the country. At age 6, mother remarried and the family moved to Jakarta. Moved back to the US to live with grandparents from the age of 10 until after graduating prep school. After finishing school, he/she lead voter registration efforts in poor neighborhoods.

Candidate I: Father was a car salesman. Attended Catholic prep school. Spouse and child died in a car accident; other two children were seriously injured.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3718948

[Danger Mouse]

1. SO who is who?

[XemaSab]

3. I'll tell you

A: Richardson

B: Dodd

C: Edwards

D: Kucinich

E: Hillary

F: Gore

G: Gravel

H: Obama

I: Biden

[npk]

4. Although now that now that I read them all again

Candidate H could also be considered standing up for the rights of poor people. But then again I would have to know your definition of working class.

[Danger Mouse]

5. Interesting results.

Not what I would've thought.

[npk]

2. Candidate E

The only candidate that stood up for working class people and workers rights in general.

[TahitiNut]

6. D ... Kucinich