Obama really drove home the point tonight that he is, in fact, the American Dream.
He truly represents the plight of the average American Joe. He was raised in pretty humble means with a single mother that couldn't always make ends meet - sometimes having to rely on gov't such as food stamps.
His mother died while fighting cancer and the insurance companies - this is a sad situation that too many Americans face day to day.
Most Americans, including my husband, have trouble with the insurance companies based on his condition. It's horrible and it threatens to ruin our family. I am so grateful that finally a politician brought this issue to light. McCain has no idea what we're going through. He has no idea how this affects us and our families. He is simply too rich and too connected to ever know the problems that plague my family just because my husband has an illness and our fear that it will bankrupt us.
Obama had a single mother. Too many American women are single mothers. He knows first hand the struggles of these women. McCain doesn't know the first thing. And Palin doesn't either. She's had Todd this whole time.. but even if she didn't, she receives, as a resident of alaska, at least 2000 for each of them per year.
How could these people who either receive free money or are rich already, understand the plight of the average American? The only people that I see on this ticket that truly lived it are Obama/Biden.
They know where they came from and the troubles we face every day. They didn't have fancy admiral fathers to get them through navy academey like McCain did when he was almost last in his class. We didn't have beauty contests to pay our way though college like Palin.
Sarah Palin is a part of a group of women back in Alaska that calls themselves the "Elite 6". I know of no friend of mine that could claim to be "elite".
That ticket of McCain/Palin does not represent the regular Joe, The regular American.