
Home of the 197M Latte!
As I stroll the streets of Newton MA I cannot help but chuckle at the amount of “Obama/Biden” lawn signs strewn randomly about. Why? This is an upper middle class city (for the most part) and I suspect many of the “liberal, white, pseudo-intellectual” voters are ashamed of being called racist if they voice support for McCain.
Why would people from Newton vote for Obama? Compassion? Try crossing a street in Newton Center and more often than not a prick in a beamer will disregard state law and try you out as a hood ornament! Fall off your bicycle, be assured you have a better chance of being helped if you had fallen in Cambridge where people ride bikes as transportation. There is a great deal of “facadery” in this town – nice cars, manicured lawns, haute couture, but little substance (the Library rocks!). I am not saying that voting for Obama requires substance, it actually is a desperation move. He stands to take away more from Newtonites than McCain does. Newtonites voted against budget increases the last time around stifling some key programs in the city, a city that is WASTING millions in project overruns on Newton North High School under the guise of “renovations and expansions”. Why would we want increased taxes on our properties and larger wasteful government?
Unfortunately John McCain offers little leadership – he is a like a rudderless ship right now with a jawing attack dog (or bitch) barking away while the ship sinks. The Maverick of old is a Pinto and is imploding.
That may be the only reason people in Newton MA are voting for Obama, but If you were to tell me it was “progressive convictions”, well, then these people need a primer in urbanity and basic caring for their neighbors.