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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
You say "Who can...lecture you on poverty." I think anyone *can* lecture on it, but to get people listening to you, I think the speaker needs to take action and not just use words. Donating or fundraising to alleviate poverty or giving time instead (building/constructing, etc.) Unless the speaker has some unique theory on the topic, without the action the words alone won't be so effective. As for Gore, isn't he truly spending time and money on this issue and dedicating himself to it? Who can doubt that? I don't think his flying a jet is going to derail his whole agenda but it wouldn't hurt to walk the walk and also try not to give fodder to hecklers like Drudge, no?
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I completely agree with you on both of those points. For me, it is especially frustrating with Edwards -- I don't necessarily agree with some of his positions, and I like Obama for the nomination, but he is the only national politician who seems to be concerned about the issue enough to try to come up with solutions. And he has been working the issue since the end of the last election, knowing that it is not a "popular" issue among the chattering classes.
Does the fact that he lives in a mansion change his commitment? No. Is someone an idiot -- him, or his staff, or Elizabeth, or whoever picked the barber and approved the price -- for getting a $400 haircut, and thereby handing a club to the people who hate him and are scared that he will get the poor and working class to start voting in accordance with their economic interests? Absolutely.
