Which Presidential Candidate Do You Think Wrote This?

Question

"Not so far beneath the surface, I think, we are becoming more, not less, alike.

I don't mean to exaggerate here, to suggest that pollsters are wrong and that our differences--racial, religious, regional, or economic--are somehow trivial, [but] facile expectations and simple explanations are being constantly upended. Spend time actually talking to Americans, and you discover that most evangelicals are more tolerant than the media would have us believe, most secularists more spiritual. Most rich people want the poor to succeed, and most of the poor are both more self-critical and hold higher aspiration than the popular culture allows. Most Republican strongholds are 40 percent Democrat, and vice versa. The political labels of liberal and conservative rarely track people's personal attributes."








Guesses, anybody? And what makes you guess the way you do?

*!Mountain Oyster!*-- Bush isn't a candidate this time. (Guess again if you want.)

*!ndgbill!*-- Whoa!! I didn't write this, it's a quote. This question is called "Which Presidential Candidate Do You Think Wrote This?" I am not a candidate this time around.

Answer 1

Rudy or Obama, I can't tell, the voice is definitely a moderate tone, which both of these men have. But if I had to guess I would say Obama, because it just sounds like the kind of positive spin he is trying to get.

Answer 2

Hillary Clinton

Answer 3

Not only have you exaggerated ,you have posited highly questionable statements without any evidence.

Evangelicals or Christian fundamentalists are simply "judged" ,"rated" on what they and their institutions/churches do and say.

From abortion to homosexuality ,from never ending assaults upon the legal system over the seperation of Church and state notwithstanding many decisions by the Supreme Court that goes against them,these evangelicas are by no standards,tolerant period.Constant turmoil in society about EVOLUTION and a host of other "stuff" defines these fundies BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS.

These fundies notwithstanding the fact that virtually all Christian Churches have condemned Bush's illegal atrocity in Iraq including his own Methodist Church as being ANTI-CHRISTIAN (against the moral/ethical teachings of Christ) ,these lemming- like fundies even, when confronted with the facts that Bush LIED about why he warred against Iraq,still in 2004 voted virtually "en Bloc" for him.

Where on earth do you get the idea that these fundies are "most secularists more spiritual".Show me and this board your proof of this patently outrageous assertion.

"Most rich want the poor to succeed" What on earth does this mean ????

I have no doubt that on a certain level the rich do hope this but ONLY IF IT DOES NOT EFFECT THEIR RICHES.

In the last 20 years there has been an obscenely large growing gap between the "haves" and the "have nots" both in the US and elsewhere.

Virtually all reputable economists/sociologist are becomming very concerned about this obscene gap for it is the "stuff" of riots and civil dis-order.

While there are many reasons for thios gap ,Bush's horrid tax cut which really benefitted the affluent and rich only is a major cause.

Recently on the news a large number of wealthy individuals have at last come out and admitted that they the rich are being given way to much of society's wealth and have demanded large increased taxes for the rich individuals and corporations.

I have not seen any data that evidences your claim that most of the poor are "more self critical".

Finally all labels are not perfect but they still are valid as general quidelines to a person be it their religious,political etc affiliations.

The labels "liberal and conservative" do in fact to a substantial degree track a person's "attributes" and heaven only knows what qualitative/ quantitative information
you have to conclude otherwise.

Answer 4

Thats Hillary Clinton

Answer 5

It could be anybody but it sounds just like that mushmouth George D'bya Bush.
Obama- he is now the say anything ya wanna hear guy since he is losing to hitlery.

Answer 6

This is a very good thought provoking question. I think Clinton thought like this. And these statement are truer than we think.