Obama pledges fealty to middle class; conservatives squirm in horror

One of my points in this article was that, in this age of their decrepitude, we can expect conservatives to have a hard time keeping their stories straight—that conservative activists are required to memorize so many intersecting seams of bullshit that, in the absence of strong leadership and obvious media direction, they'll simply forget their lines. They will simply make no sense.

From the conservative propaganda service CNS, here's a splendid example— a fuming, high-dudgeon dispatch on the Obama administration's eeeeeeeeeevul campaign to "raise middle class living standards."

Obama Administration Aims to Raise 'Middle Class' Living Standards
Friday, January 30, 2009
By Susan Jones, Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) - Vice President Joe Biden says the goal of a new White House task force is to raise middle-class living standards.

At the request of President Barack Obama, Biden will chair the Middle Class Task force along with other Cabinet members and Obama advisers. President Obama announced the task force on Friday.

"Over the upcoming months, we will focus on answering those concerns that matter most to families," says the task force Web site, called AStrongMiddleClass.gov. "What can we do to make retirement more secure? How can we make child and elder care more affordable? How do we improve workplace safety? How are we going to get the cost of college within reach? What can we do to help weary parents juggle work and family? What are the jobs of the future that we can begin to create?"...

The goals of the task force are plums for the labor unions that supported Obama's presidential bid. Those goals include:

-- Expanding education and lifelong training opportunities
-- Improving work and family balance
-- Restoring labor standards, including workplace safety
-- Helping to protect middle-class and working-family incomes
-- Protecting retirement security

Nooooooooo00000ooo!!!!!!!! Say it ain't so, Barack!!!!!!!

(h/t GMcN)

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