Friday, August 27, 2010

Ben Stein's gas station attendant

"On the way home, I stopped to get gasoline. The Hispanic attendant, whom I have known for many years, wanted to talk to me about the mosque in New York.

"We have to wake up," he said. "Those people want to hurt us. Then they want to build a mosque. Why? To hurt us more? And how come Obama always takes the side of the people who hate us? Isn't this his country, too? What's wrong with him? Doesn't he know he's an American? Or what is he? This country has to wake up and get rid of Obama."

I nodded. "I agree," I said.

The man shook his head. "This country has to wake up," he said again. "We elected Obama. We made a big mistake. Now we have to fix it. Stop him, then get someone else in there. Someone who is an American. Someone who works for us, not our enemies. "

He shook his head and walked away and I drove home to write about him."

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

hooray for Fox News you reach e vryone with your 24-7 cycle of fear Congrats

Anonymous said...

Murray sez:
Hey Anon, if Obama is allowed to continue his destruction of our great country, you will soon learn fear without the benefit of Fox News!

Norma said...

Anon 8:38: So Fox can win the minds and hearts of the people by presenting all sides of a controversy, but ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC can't get out one single Obamessage? No wonder they're losing the ratings game.

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Unhappy is always and everywhere.

Anonymous said...

Covert Operations
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer

Norma said...

Covert--haven't read the article, but considering the source, I'm surprised there's someone with more money than Soros, who put him in power.

Three Score and Ten or more said...

Very powerful.

tunafisher said...

Holy schmoly. What Right Wing BS and hate. It has to be because the guy is black, right? Obama got 'er done and is getting them home from the wilderness where Mr. B put them at risk 10 years ago. Where is it written that taxes are bad or that the rich don't have to share? And I only stopped through tracking down a Hemmingway essay on the 1935 storm.

Norma said...

Didn't see any hate here. Can you be specific? Obama's popularity is plunging--particularly on the left, but also independents. And how much of the tax burden do you think the rich should be paying? Top 1% pays about 40% now; bottom 50% 2.7%. How much more fair do you think would fix Obama's spending habits?

y8 said...

Covert--haven't read the article, but considering the source, I'm surprised there's someone with more money than Soros, who put him in power.