Barack Obama is an educated man and an eloquent speaker. He is poised and has been a successful Senator. Barrack Obama is endorsed by followers who are “highly educated” and affluent. He is popular with blacks as well as whites for his presentation of a successful politician in America. Americans want a change and may cast their votes for Obama.
But the middle-class of this country may be doubtful of Obama. We in the middle-class do not like Obama's lack of experience. True he is a U.S. Senator, but he is only 44 years of age. Although, John F. Kennedy was younger than Obama is today. John F. Kennedy seemed to have more experience.
We in the middle-class want a candidate that is seasoned and has know-how. The middle- class is fiscally conservative and does not want to spend its tax dollars on any new illusion.
Barrack Obama seems like an illusion to those of us who are middle-class. We hear his glorious words, but we don't see his hands-on experience. We don't connect to his plan. What exactly is his plan?
We want to identify with our candidate. It is not about race. It is about similar values and skill based on experience.
We are distrustful of a candidate that is being touted by the elitists and the so called “very educated”. There is aloofness to Obama's image and arrogance to the tone of his supporters. Obama supporters cast a look of superiority in our middle-class direction. They seem to say, “You middle-class Americans don't see the vision of Obama because you are not as educated as we are”.
But many members of the middle-class are just as educated as Obama supporters. We have our post-graduate degrees. But we may have attended a lesser known university and didn't bother applying to Harvard.
Barrack Obama supporters see much hope and change for the future in their candidate. But we in the middle-class wonder if the “emperor” is really wearing such fine clothes.
For all we see is the “emperor” walking around in his underwear. We need to see substance.
We in the middle-class don't necessarily see Barrack Obama as the next J.F.K. We are the salt of the American earth. We are skeptical of politicians. We are not easily swept up in any euphoria.
We like to vote for a candidate that has weathered the storms and has callused hands. We want a candidate that speaks our language about food, shelter and survival in America.
We are cautious. We know what is like to budget our money and lose our jobs. We send our sons and our daughters to war. We believe in the steadfast principles of America and America seems to have forgotten about us.
We pay our bills every month and find less and less money left over to send our children to college. Yet we don't quality for financial aid, as we live within our means.
We believe in sacrifice and the American Dream. But this dream is becoming dimmer.
We get up every morning and trudge off to our blue and white collar jobs. We hope that we have a job next week, next month and next year. We pay our tax dollars year after year and we don't see what the government is doing for us.
We are Americans of all colors, religions and creeds. We are senior citizens struggling on Social Security. We are college students burdened by student loans. We are families living from paycheck to paycheck. We are America and we deserve to be heard.
We may be Republicans or Democrats. We may have voted for Kerry in the last election or Bush. But we voted. We believe that voting is our duty as Americans.
We stand at football games and place our hands over our hearts to salute our flag. We remember the sacrifice and bloodshed that built this country. We may not agree with the Iraq war. But we would serve our country honorably to defend our democracy. We expect no less of our leader.
We resent Ivy League politics in our government. The rich do not speak for us.
We just need someone to listen to our concerns. But then, we just need to make next month's mortgage payment.
We don't have anything against Barrack Obama, but we question his connections and his slick projected image. He tells us that we all must “come together,” but he has no concrete ideas or experience to tell us how this is going to happen.
We middle-class Americans have carried the burden of fiscally irresponsible politicians for many years. We are not poor enough and we are not rich enough either. We are the ignored middle child.
There is a great divide in this country between the rich and the middle class. The affluent have their social lives, their mansions, their millions and their prosperous friends. The wealthy prance around like they are better than the rest of us. The wealthy have connections that get them what they need. We see the rich using their connections to receive at no cost, what the rest of America has to buy with their own hard earned dollars.
Money gives the rich power and gives them a louder voice. Money gives a microphone to the well-to-do Americans. Meanwhile, the voices of the middle-class remain
muted and gargled. We in the middle-class can't afford a decent sound system and our home is going into foreclosure.
America's middle-class is the heart of this country. We would like to see Barrack Obama address our concerns and our issues. We can't entertain Barrack Obama with our fancy education and our ritzy parties, but we do vote and we need real answers. We like a candidate that speaks our language, demonstrates courage and is a fighter. Once thing is certain, we are not voting for an illusion.
