Modesto Bee: Barack Obama for president

[Kadie]

Barack Obama for president
last updated: October 17, 2008 02:26:38 AM

A litany of serious problems faces this country: the collapse of financial institutions, spiraling national debt, rising unemployment, a dysfunctional health care system, crumbling infrastructure, a failed energy policy and porous borders. And we're fighting two wars.

What we've been doing isn't working. America needs a president who can look to the future and inspire change. We believe Barack Obama is the candidate who can do that.

Economy: Only a month ago, John McCain was telling the American people that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." That wasn't true then, and things are worse now.

Both candidates propose tax cuts. Obama's plan would cut taxes for a large majority of Americans, giving much-needed relief to the middle class. McCain is focused on making George W. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans permanent -- a move he once opposed.


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[Hope And Change]

1. K & R!

[Mz Pip]

2. From one of

the redest parts of CA! :bounce:

[Duke Newcombe]

3. Actually, Central California (especially that part)...

...has flipped purple within the last 10 years. Condit, Cardoza, McNerney did get elected in a vacuum--people there will back a Democrat that "gets" local issues.

[Mz Pip]

5. I think McNerney

was helped by Rethug redidstricting. They cut into a chunk of more liberal Contra Costa County thinking it wouldn't matter. It took two tries but McNerney ousted Pombo and weren't they all surprised!

I remember in 2006 when McNerney won his seat. I was in NYC and it must have been about 2am NY time when they called it for McNerney. I was dancing all around my son's apt. Even though Pombo wasn't my rep, I could smell his foul stench all the way from my house.

[goclark]

4. Absolutely

[Kadie]

9. Yep.

A lot of red through the central valley.

[Matariki]

6. Interesting. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't The Modesto Bee pretty conservative?

[crankychatter]

7. I lived around there for years... I know these folks... and THAT, is damned amazing

central california is a red state

edited to add

in fact the story I tell of the small town in central california, where the only two members of the police force that weren't ku klux klan, were the two token chicanos

(because SOMEone has to speak spanish)

just south of Modesto (moDustBowl)

[Duke Newcombe]

8. Ah, yes...Ceres, CA

The Klan's little dog park.