The following is the transcript of an interview that took place during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. The interview is between a reporter and Ms. Peggy Joseph, an Obama supporter in Florida. I know we’ve all heard it a million times….but please read it one more time….please…..it will make you smile…..(or more likely it will make your head explode)
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Reporter: Peggy Joseph took her daughter out of school early Wednesday for this. Her emotions ran high following Obama's speech.
Peggy Joseph: It was the most memorable time of my life. It was a touching moment.
Reporter: Why?
Peggy Joseph: Because I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know. If I help him, he's gonna help me.
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Wow….where do you start with that?.....That is just wrong on SO many levels. But I will try……
Let me see if I have this right…you went to hear a campaign speech and “it was the most memorable time of my life”……Not to sound petty...but from what I read, you have a daughter. I know this because not only am I quite the detective, but also because it says that you took your daughter out of school early to go and hear this campaign speech. I would think that somewhere in time, between the birth of your daughter and this speech….there was something in your lives that was as memorable as a campaign speech. But I could be wrong. I’m sure that Ms Joseph has attended numerous other political rallies….however I do wonder what was so important about this particular speech that Ms. Joseph felt compelled to not only attend herself, but also compelled enough to take her daughter out of school, to attend along with her? Based on her comments, it’s probably a safe bet (especially...based on her next statements) that Ms. Joseph was not going to hear Obama speak as part of a fact finding mission in order to complete her doctoral thesis in Political Science. (That’s just a guess though) (and no I don't have one either)
Then we come to the all important statement…..”I never thought this day would come”…What day is that? That you would actually go hear a political campaign speech?....NO, that’s not it at all. I didn’t think that the day would come when “I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage”….My question is a simple one…(only because I’m a simple kind of guy)….Why is it that you never thought this day would come?......Is that statement based ONLY on the fact that Obama is black and you are black? (I know some people just got a little scared that I’m headed into a dangerous territory…..but, hang on for just a minute...I promise I'm headed somewhere)…..If her statement is based solely on that criteria….then Ms. Joseph is a racist…..OR worse yet….she thinks that Obama is a racist…and is going to give her “free stuff”…not because she and he are Americans…but because they are both black. So tell me exactly why you "never thought this day would come"? Either of those reasons….are just wrong.
Then there’s the second half of that infamous statement…“I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage”….Let me ask this silly question…If YOU’RE not going to worry about it….then who is? Obama? If that’s what you meant….let me ask you this…"how’s that workin’ out for ya’?" Let’s just say that IF “he” really is going to take care of your mortgage and gas for your car…..where is “he” going to get the money to do it? Flashback to the lady in Detroit who was waiting for her “Obama money”…..when asked where Obama was going to get the money she said “I don't know, his stash. I don't know. (laughter) I don't know. where he got it from, but he givin' it to us, to help us”…..sound familiar? First of all....I must be missing something here....so tell me again why ANYONE is going to give you free money?….and more importantly....WHERE is this free money coming from?
Does anyone in this country really think that anything that the government does for you….is free? Do they not realize that someone has to pay for it….The government does not have a source of income other than taking it from the citizens of this country. They don’t have a product that they manufacture and sell…..They certainly don’t get paid to give advice to any company that wants to stay in business. So where does all that “free money” come from…..Before you answer….let me tell you that the rich people can’t pay for it. It’s not only that the rich people can’t pay for it……they also won’t pay for it. If you tax the rich people enough, they only have a few choices. They can raise the prices of the goods that they manufacture and sell (which means it will cost you more as a consumer). They can fire people that work at those businesses in order to make up for the extra expense brought on by the higher taxes. Or they can always close their businesses…..or another choice is to move them to another country. Before you say….”so what”…..If that happens...that means that you will probably lose your job. If and when you lose that job……..why don’t you go job hunting and see how many poor people are hiring.
Then there is "free" health care (fortunately Ms Joseph didn’t know about that at the time....or she would have probably included that in the rest of the free things that Obama was going to give her)…..anyway, this Free Health Care that is being talked about….if it wasn’t so sad, it would be laughable. Those that are pushing it are saying that part of it will be paid for by cutting 500 BILLION (yes with a “B”) dollars in corruption, waste and fraud out of the current Medicare and Medicaid programs. I have an idea….why don’t you show me that you can do that….and then we will talk. Or even better yet…..Here’s my REAL problem with a statement like that…..(lean forward and look very closely at your screen)……If you have known all along about this 500 billion dollars in corruption, waste and fraud…..and you knew that that there was a way to eliminate it...... (wait for it…..wait for it…..and BOOM)….then WHY HAVEN'T YOU ALREADY DONE IT....YOU MORONS? Why are you telling us that if we give you another Trillion (YES with a “T” this time) dollars….you will cut out 500 billion dollars of corruption, waste and fraud….Are you that stupid?....Or do you think that we are? The problem with this is that it is always easier to spend someone else’s money. And it’s obvious that a LOT of those in Washington don’t pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us…so they are in fact….spending someone ELSE’S money.
So for you seriously idiotic people in Washington....Please…..stop and think for a moment where we are headed. We cannot sustain a spending spree like the one that we are currently on.
For anyone who really thinks that "free" doesn't cost anything.....why don't you stop thinking that the government owes you anything....and YOU go out and EARN what you want and need....for you and your family......
One of the greatest things about our country, is the tremendous freedoms that each of us have (like no other nation in history has ever had)...…We have a free market system that has worked just fine for all of these years…..We have capitalism..... and that has been proven to be the only sustainable way for a country and it's people to flourish….Finally....I believe that (up until now) we also had the greatest foundation of principles that served to promote and reward a person for their accomplishments and hard work….not their laziness…...Then Again....That's Just Me
(to be continued)
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