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Is Racism Hurting Obama in Middle America?

May 17, 2008 - 1:18 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Concerned Citizen
2008-05-17 08:00:03

I don’t think it has anything to do with race.

Look at Sen. Obama’s work experience:

1. Private schools = entitled mentality (I see my daughter’s friends who attend an elite private school — their expectations are high and they aren’t big on getting their hands dirty)

2. Organizer = communist/socialist (I’ve never heard of regular people who were “organizers”) What does an organizer do? Sign people up for welfare and get them to vote for the candidate that hands out more free goodies

3. Harvard Lawyer = show up for a job with a pedigree and business network. many of the Harvard graduates I’ve hired at a variety of businesses had the worst sense of entitlement I’ve ever seen

Granted these are generalizations and there are always exceptions. There are good and bad people in all walks of life. However…

Here are some of the jobs and experience I DIDN’T see on Sen. Obama’s resume:

Dishwasher
Newspaper Route
Boy Scout
Menial labor construction job
Janitor
Business owner who knows what it is like to “feed the bulldog” and make payroll when you are broke
Paid his own way through school – had a full time job during school without going into debt

The bottom line — Sen. Obama has led a privileged life and is out of touch with the 90% of the rest of us. That’s why I’m not voting for him — it has nothing to do with race.