When was the last time Hillary and Bill "pumped gas?"

[KoKo]

Obama gave a speech in Winston-Salem, NC this morning where he said: "I know about sticker shock with gas prices because I used to pump my own before the Secret Service started doing it!"

This may seem an odd point to bring up...but when was the last time Bill and Hillary "pumped gas" or "struggled to pay a mortgage?" (Bill and Hillary's first house was the one in Chappaqua,NY bought when she was running for Senate.) When was the last time they even went grocery shopping to buy the weeks groceries to notice the cost of anything? Attorney General then Governor of Arkansas (after graduating law school) and then a two-term President? When is the last time either Bill or HIllary had to do anything for THEMSELVES?

Pumping gas, paying a mortgage, doing your own wash and ironing and having to worry when the plumbing springs a leak or the car breaks down is what most Americans have to worry about every day and figure out a way to stretch their pay to make it work. Or, go into debt to make up the difference.

Is this the reason both Bill and Hillary seem so "out of touch" these days? Is this why HIllary can't seem to manage her Campaign finances?

Is this even important to consider in our choice between the two Dem Candidates? :shrug:

[Andy823]

1. Sure it's important.

If any candidate wants to make the claim that they "know how we feel" , then they need to take the time to really see what is going on. If a candidate can't mange their campaign finances, how will they be able to spend our tax dollars wisely?

[ecstatic]

2. Her tough speech on OPEC today will add another 50 cents to prices

in the next couple weeks. Thanks, Hill.

[Crazy Dave]

3. Reminds me of being a kid

There was always food in the refrigerator, our clothes got washed, the lights stayed on, we had a roof over our heads, etc.

Once we left home we found out that a magic fairy didn't just wave a wand and make those things happen.

[NightWatcher]

4. Bill just pumps interns

[thoughtcrime1984]

5. SHE is the elitist. nt

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. They had to refuel after throwing Bill Richardson under the bus.

[KoKo]

7. His speech in Winston-Salem, NC was a GREAT SPEECH it's overshadowed by MSM with Wright Flap...

I hope a "You Tube" will be shown of this. We were leaving the Bruce Springteen Concert last night and were lucky enough to catch it on XM Radio in our car this morning as we drove back to Raleigh...before he Rev. Wright denial Presser.

The Winston-Salem Speech might just get this "undecided Dem from NC" to vote for him..here! It was "Obama Unplugged."

[KoKo]

8. Ha! Hillary to "Pump Gas" following a Steelworker's "Day on the Job" from MSNBC

Hillary, working 9 to 5:

Per NBC’s Ron Allen, Clinton begins her day today with an interesting "event." A typical Indiana resident -- Jason Allen Wilfing, who has worked at Deluxe Sheet Metal for 15 years -- will just happen to stop by the hotel where Clinton is staying, and she will join him on his typical commute to work. And what's more, they will have to stop for gas. (The tank just happens to be running dry while Clinton's along for the ride.) Clinton will then help Wilfing pump gas. And then he will complete the typical trip to work. Of course, we all wonder when was the last time Clinton drove a car? Or pumped gas? Or even, after that $109 million, had to worry about the cost of gas? Politicians do all kinds of things to attract votes, but this has the potential to be memorable. Indeed.

*** Pander alert: The Clinton gas event is yet another sign that Clinton is trying to harken back to the '90s and hammer home the "I feel your pain" aspect of the Clinton years that voters responded to so well back then. But the debate over the gas-tax holiday is an interesting one -- and it's a test of just how closely voters are following the campaign. Will voters respond simply on the pocketbook front and demand this gas tax holiday, despite all the downsides that many experts have outlined about the idea? It's the old "if it feels good, do it" (that Clinton and McCain have seen succeed for so long during times that pocketbook politics have dominated the debate) versus the intellectual argument Obama is trying to have (that usually is praised by, well, intellectuals but dismissed by rank-and-file voters who want their tax cut or gas prices cut). Clinton is trying to own this issue big time -- even running TV ads about it and constantly criticizing Obama for not supporting the gas-tax holiday.Obama's criticism of McCain's plan and Clinton's are accurate. The only problem is it leaves voters saying, "Ok, it's a gimmick; so what's your proposal? This feels like Clinton v. Tsongas '92. But the electorate acts as if its more informed than it was 16 years ago, and also could be a bit more distrustful of government handouts than in the past. Regardless, one could argue that the Clinton-Obama debate over this issue sums up their candidacies and potential presidencies. In this environment, which do voters prefer?
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