Last I heard...Hawaii is a State.
By calcynic
@calcynic (433)
United States
August 12, 2008 2:48pm CST
All too frequently, the talking head pundits have nothing to say and they say it anyway. Cokie Roberts, a loooong time "sage-for-hire", has finally run out of things to say, but that doesn't stop her.
She seems to think Obama is showing himself as an elitist by vacationing in Hawaii, coincidentally, a State where Obama was raised. Not an isolated tropical paradise with only rich vacationers, rather, the 50th state of the union. It's a beautiful state...but nevertheless, a state. Has its ups and downs, just like Myrtle Beach, SC; the location Ms Roberts suggested as a better venue. What's the point? This is just major league stupid...and there's a whole 10 weeks til the election.
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@jonesy123 (3948)
• United States
12 Aug 08
What's the point? They have discussed everything else so much, people are tired of it. This is just something new they can gripe about. There is nothing else to discuss, lol.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
16 Aug 08
I really didn't think Cokie was that stupid! Let's see, he's an elitist for vacationing in Hawaii; I have a friend I worked with at the Post Office for years who has been to Hawaii three times because they love it so much. They're far from elitists, heck they're even Republicans, but they're working people who save up money for a vacation...wow! My daughter went there on a school trip years ago with a bunch of her fellow non-elitist friends. Two of my sisters-in-law have been there a time or two, same scenario. And none of these people I know who have gone to Hawaii have a grandmother who lives there! How DARE he go visit his own gram?
Annie
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@RevSkull (271)
• Tokelau
22 Aug 08
Oddly enough, it is John McCain who is iffy on where he was born. The Panama Canal Zone was not an official U.S. Territory but simply a possession. A ruling on his individual case was made before he was accepted to the Naval Academy but there are some people on the Christian Right who are considering bringing suit against him! Now he was born to the wife of a naval officer while on an American Naval base so there really is no doubt he is a citizen but I can guarantee you that these folks on the self-righteous Right will cause trouble if McCain chooses a Pro-Choice running mate.
When Obama was born, Hawaii had been a state for only a year but it had been an official U.S. Territory for more than half a century.
One thing to keep in mind folks, about 20% of people out there haven't made up their minds yet and won't till the last few days. More than 10% in a recent poll claimed to have never heard of Obama and %5 said they had never heard of McCain. These are people who don't watch or listen to news and are wrapped up in there own lives...which is fine...free country right?
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