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To: tejek who wrote (403092)	7/31/2008 7:54:11 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575084

I'll bet they're comfy. Good idea. My wife and I pay more to get good SAS shoes, though there not as expensive as what McCain is wearing. BTW I think Obama should have met with the Dalai Lama too. Would send a signal to Beijing if both Presidential candidates did so. But maybe he is getting money from China.

To: tejek who wrote (403092)	7/31/2008 7:56:02 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575084

"Put it this way — if Barack Obama paid $520 for a pair of Italian loafers, every voter in America would know about it. Every media outlet would report it and every Republican would talk about it." And you would be getting a dozen emails a day with that theme.

To: tejek who wrote (403092)	7/31/2008 10:42:58 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575084

Its really tough to argue against this interpetation because its true. I just think mccains shoes are not the same issue as if they were obamas, because folks expect republicans to be rich and famous and excuse them when they live that way. For dems otoh, they represent the downtrodden so when they wear $500 shoes or get $400 haircuts it says to the average voter that there is little difference between the rich guys running. Obama is impeccably dressed and i am sure his clothes budget is hgher than the average joes. But so far no $400 haircuts and no Teresa Heinz Kerry as a wife or Algore millionaire family status. He is a unique figure for modern politics in the US. So i dont worry about that. What i worry about is the class-warfare bent of the democrat left? If he adopts it and you get your $8 gas you want so badly and there is no drilling or short term fixes so the economy can at least begin recovery before sinking it deeper, we are in deep shit as a nation. You will rue the day you whined about foreign oil as our #1 problem if we are thrown into depression trying to change that fact too quickly. Thats why i am conservative by temprement and though i want change from bush, i dont want structural change that occurs in a vacuum.