October 1st, 2008
12:23 PM ET
14 years ago
Mainstreet USA: St Louis
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In a bar down the street from the Wachovia Securities headquarters, Election Express producer Josh Rubin talks with those effected by the company's recent economic troubles.
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RAYMOND DUKE
In regards to your post no sir I am not on welfare and i own two homes if it is any business of yours my husband and I have a very good income between the two of us so for you to sit there and portray the obama supporters the way you do is awful i mean look warren buffet a billonaire mr duke is an obama supporter is he on welfair its people like you that has divided this country!
You people that believe Democrats are socialist are complete idiots...lets see you clam to be an evangelical Christian, but have not been to church in years. You are a NRA Member in good standing, but clutch your wallet everytime you see a black man, you think Rush Limbaugh (who is from Missouri) is the second coming of Christ...
Excuse me. Why unslt our intelligence with a photo of a bar as representing "Main Street, USA". I have a better idea, how about a suburban street with a bunch of foreclosure signs on the lawns, or a gfas station with a sign that says, "No Gas", or a shuttered factory building in Ohio. That's Main Street USA today, and we have our budds in the Republican Party who have run the country (into the ground) for the past eight years to thank. We may be depressed, but we are not all alcoholics!
McvCain FAILED all of these people he along wtih Bush administration took from the poor and gave to their rich friends.
McCain with all his houses and all his cars could never understand the pain of a family about to loose everything.
Out of Touch and a FAILURE McCain is not the man he used to be he was a hero now he is a ZERRO
to Gertrude – thanks for that refreshing statement of what should be obvious to most people.
It is like the little kid in the fairy tale saying the empereor has no clothes.
Mr. Duke, allow me to say this,
Obama=Good economy for our children and grand children!!
Republicans, why bother vote. We vote for a good guy and that is Obama!!
Watering the Horse?? Next stop the Toilet. Down the drain go your investments...
Us black people love Missouri, you know we can always move on from our painful past!!
sadly enough obama or macain, the question is who will run america into the ground quicker? both of these two have too much knowledge without reality of what its like for the rest of us. and don't even get me started on the vice pres. canidates. lets face it people at least those two are not running for pres or were all in for it, please , please save us. if only there was someone with some common sense.
Palin out of touch with reality that she said yes to vp spot......
How unqualified even to think what one can do?
It's know secret, Sen McSame knows what time it is. I can just amagine what in his mind about MO., " GOSH THE GOOD OLE DAYS" Dane times are changing.
To Brenda–you don't need to watch CNN–go to Foxnews. Believe me, it is worth the money to get unbiased reporting!
When you are used to living on a "Little Island"... "Grimm was the Word"... But how would you ever know that?
You obamabots can stop the hate now, it looks like your boy is poised to win. Leave the rest of us alone, we will be watching fox news. Cnn can have you. God help America–the country of haters.
St. Louis is very polarized – Sarah Palin would fit right in with the white natives. However, as of late there are more open-minded, non-natives for them to contend with... It's not a GOP given anymore.
There's no arguing with conservatives. Seriously, some scientists did a study. The more you use facts and reason to counter misinformation the more likely a conservative will believe the misinformation. You are never going to change a conservative's mind because they are inherently close-minded, not open to new ideas, hence conservative. So it's better to address your facts and reason to independents.
I'm not sure if all these crazies that come out against Obama with just plain nonsense are just trying to " pull chains " for laughs or if they are typing inbetween snorts, but, either way, they are just plain idiots and should be just ignored. They do not vote anyway. They do not work, they just sit in front of the computer all day trying to stir things up. Ignore them America. They are " losers ".