{"id":1054,"date":"2008-04-17T08:51:10","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2008-04-17T08:51:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-17T15:51:10","slug":"latte-sippin-obama-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/17\/latte-sippin-obama-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Latte Sippin’ Obama Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I’ve got news for all the latte-drinking, Prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies crowding in to hear him speak! This guy won’t last a round against the Republican attack machine. He’s a poet, not a fighter.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n-Tom Buffenbarger, Youngstown, Ohio\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My how the world turns. What would Thomas Jefferson make of an African-American being positioned as the elitist poster-child by a former first lady while battling for the nomination to run for President?
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\nHillary, with her estimated net worth of $35M<\/a> is likely to be, shall we say, a little more out of touch with the working class family than Obama with his estimated net worth of $1.3M (though I did notice a snippet that Obama’s 2007 income quadrupled to $4M.) Let’s stipulate that neither candidate is worrying about where their next mortgage payment is going to come from or how they’ll pay for the next tank of gas (I just paid $4.09\/gallon for regular unleaded this morning.)
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\nIn any case, getting back to Mr. Buffenbarger’s assertion, is there a correlation between hybrid owners, birkenstock buyers, latte sippers, and\/or trust fund babies?
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\nBlogger Ethan over at UrbanSpoon.com has posted a brilliant article on the possible correlations<\/a> and his findings are a bit surprising. Rather than let the cat out of the bag here, suffice to say there is a weak correlation between one of the attributes mentioned and support for Obama. It’s worth a visit to the original article to have the full context as it’s very well articulated and documented. And beyond that, it’s a little funny too. Hope you enjoy it!
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\nAnd the notion that Obama is a poet, not a fighter. Well Ethan doesn’t take that one on. But I’ll weigh in here and say that better is always different and after decades of “fighters” – perhaps a step outside the box would be good for the nation, and perhaps even, the world. One of the world leaders I’ve always admired is Vaclav Havel<\/a>, the former President of the Czech Republic and a world-class writer before he assumed the office. He wasn’t perfect, but he did catalyze huge change and manage to lead his country along a path into the 21st century pretty effectively…There is a precedent for different being much, much better.
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