Letters to the Editor
This letter is associated with the following article:
-
"Barack Obama, meanwhile, used some clumsy language to describe a real phenomenon in struggling communities, where working-class families have fallen behind thanks to the policies embraced by Bill Kristol."
Unfortunately, Obama used "some clumsy language" about a group of people who have been willing to vote against their own interests in recent years. Its a group the Republicans have successfully leveraged with fear mongering and bigotry. Barack Obama's comment were dead on accurate, but his "clumsy language" may have doomed his chances.