Posted by: sjsh
Comment: #2
Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:46 PM
Portraying Smith as an aristocrat would be laughable, if I didn't worry that some might think you really believe Merkley's campaign rhetoric. Smith has upper middle class roots; he is not the aristocrat you try to portray. If you have disagreements with him,let it be over his voting record, policies or character, not what social economic group he was born into. I admire a politician who sincerely votes how he can best represent the wishes of his constituency, regardless of party affiliation. I believe Sen. Smith does this routinely. Why didn't you mention his countless hours of community service to his church? or the fact that he gives 10 percent of his income to his church? How about sleeping in a tent with his son on a camping trip? or working long hard hours as a teenager in the family business (which, btw, he bought, not inherited)? One of my co workers just returned from a shopping trip to NYC; does that make her an aristocrat? Please! The man carries himself with dignity and sincerity. Have you read his book about his reaction to his son's suicide? It appears that in order to fit your political populist lens, and /or your desire to see a Democrat win, you create a story of Sen. Smith the aristocrat, at the expense of truth. Shame on you!
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