Obama: Beware 'you're on your own' society

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USA Today: Obama: Beware 'you're on your own' society
By Susan Page


(Alex Brandon/AP)
Sen. Barack Obama took aim at likely Republican nominee Sen. John McCain at a town hall meeting in Greensboro, N.C. March 26.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Presidential candidate Barack Obama, largely ignoring his Democratic rival for now, ridiculed likely Republican nominee John McCain on Wednesday for offering "not one single idea" to help hard-pressed homeowners facing foreclosure.

"George Bush called this the ownership society, but what he really meant was 'you're-on-your-own' society," Obama told a town hall meeting here, tying McCain to a president whose popularity is low. "John McCain apparently wants to continue this."...

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At Obama's town hall in North Carolina, which will hold its primary May 6, economic questions dominated — about the cost of college tuition and the availability of health care coverage. He also fielded a question about what role religion played in his life.

In response, the Illinois senator spoke at length about his faith and then raised an issue the questioner hadn't: controversial comments by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, about racism in America.

Wright's comments have been targeted because they "spoke to some of the racial divisions we have in this country," Obama said, saying the furor was a "distraction" from larger issues on Iraq and the economy....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-26-obama_N.htm