Hippies for Obama
Machinists Union President Tom Buffenbarger, about Obama supporters:
Give me a break! I’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. (via TPM)
I wasn’t really an Obama supporter, but I did think he’d have a better chance against McCain than Clinton. But it’s this type of talk that makes me really, really despise Clinton and her campaign.
Okay, I drink the occasional latte, and, boy! would I love to own a Prius, but ’the hell about Birkenstocks? I mean, if you’re gonna make fun of my generation correctly, you should at least use something that we wore, like Doc Martens. I mean, maybe there are hippy-dippy kids wearing Birkenstocks, but they’re far more likely to vote for Kucinich or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Obama is my generation and younger, not hippies from the 60s, which is apparently what ol’ Tom there is fighting.
And trust funds? OMG. I’d like to take a look at the average salary of Clinton’s supporters versus Obama’s. Ever hear the thing about Bill Gates walking into a bar?
Posted by Jonathan at 01:41 PM, 20 February 2008
OK. I bite. What the Hell are “Birkenstocks”?! You linked the other things which I didn’t need because I knew what they where, but birkenstocks? And where’s my trustfund? I’m waiting!
Posted by: Katherine at February 20, 2008 4:19 PM